Description
In the garden at Giverny, the light changes every few minutes, and the water lilies seem to change with it: pink at breakfast, violet by lunch, almost gold by evening. A young art student sat on the Japanese bridge for an entire afternoon, sketchbook on her knees, trying to catch just one of those moments. She failed, cheerfully, and came back the next day to fail again.
This easel holds Monet’s famous water lilies, painted in miniature, a celebration of that endless, joyful chase after light. Standing over five inches tall, it is one of the more commanding pieces in any collection. It makes an inspired gift for a painter, an art teacher, a museum docent or a couple who honeymooned in Normandy. Set it on a mantel, a piano or a studio shelf beside brushes and paint tubes, where its soft blues and greens glow against the wall. Lovers of the Impressionists will spend a long moment admiring the tiny canvas, which captures the dreamy mood of the original.
The particulars
- A miniature artist’s easel
- Displays Monet’s Water Lilies on its canvas
- Tall at 5.25 inches, with a 2.5 by 2.75 inch base
- A Rochard creation
- Porcelain of Limoges, its colors applied by an artist in France
A beautiful gift after a visit to the Orangerie, or for anyone who keeps a Monet print above the bed.
