Bridge of Giverny (Monet) Pouch
Description
The Bridge of Giverny pouch is a stylish, lightweight Belgian jacquard woven pouch perfect for small essentials such as makeup/cosmetics, chargers/technology, stationary, etc.
Details
- 9 by 6.25 inches
- Durable zipper closure at the top of the pouch
- 100% cotton
- Imported from and woven in Belgium
Bridge of Giverny immerses you into the natural hues of Giverny, France, capturing the iconic view of Monet's green bridge and his expansive water lily garden. As described by the National Gallery:
In 1883 Monet moved his household, his two sons along with Alice Hoschedé and her children, to the rural community of Giverny, where he leased a house that he was able to purchase seven years later. In early 1893, he acquired a swampy area across the railroad tracks abutting his property and petitioned the village council for permission to divert a small stream into it. But it was only toward the end of that decade that he turned to the garden he had created there as a rich source of artistic inspiration.In 1899, Monet painted 12 works from a single vantage point, focusing on the arching blue–green bridge and the microcosm of his water garden. Among the 12 works was the National Gallery's Japanese Footbridge. Monet designed and built the landscape that appears in the painting—from the bridge to the pond and its shape, to the water lilies and other plantings. The artist, who as a leader of the impressionists had espoused the spontaneity of directly observed works that capture the fleeting effects of light and color, had in these later paintings subjected a nature he re–created to sustained, meditated scrutiny.
