Monet's wall paintings ……………

Monet first began painting in Le Havre in France. In the 1860s he concentrated mainly on landscape painting, often working alongside Renoir in the countryside around Paris. He tried to capture the effects of light on water, and in his numerous river paintings, he developed his technique for showing bright atmosphere and outdoor light using broken brushwork and contrasts of colour. He later settled in central France, where he created his famous water garden and began a series of wall paintings, which were shown in the ‘Orangerie' in Paris a year after his death.