Gardens & Flowers Collection: Claude Monet Oil Painting Reproductions

Forty-nine paintings of gardens, flower beds, blossom and cut flowers, spanning nearly the whole of Monet's working life. They run from a seaside terrace of the 1860s to the beds he planted and replanted at Giverny, where for the first time the painter was also the person who decided what would be in flower and when.

From a borrowed terrace to a made subject

The earliest gardens here are places Monet found: the flower-filled terrace at Sainte-Adresse near Le Havre in 1867, looking out over the sea with the family seated in the sun; the enclosed garden at Argenteuil through the 1870s, with dahlias, a gravel path and his wife and son somewhere among them; the steps rising through sunflowers and gladioli at Vetheuil around 1881. In each case he is painting a garden the way he painted a river, as a field of light with the figures half dissolved into it.

From 1883 that changed. Monet settled at Giverny, eventually bought the property, and turned the ground in front of the house into something built to be painted: long straight beds of massed colour, an arched walk of nasturtiums and roses, irises in bands, and after 1893 a separate water garden fed from a branch of the Epte. He employed gardeners, ordered seed and bulbs by catalogue, and planned for succession so that something would always be at its peak. The late garden paintings are not records of a garden; they are the second half of a single project in which the planting and the picture were designed together.

Hand-painted oil reproductions, made to order

Every work here comes as a hand-painted oil reproduction, brushed in real oils onto artist-grade cotton canvas by a senior studio painter and never printed, or as a lower-priced archival canvas print. Pick the size and orientation you need, then choose rolled, stretched, or a thin or thick frame. Each piece is made to order, hand inspected, and shipped free worldwide with a 30-day return guarantee.

Which room this collection suits

These are the busiest and most saturated pictures Monet made, so the wall behind them should be quiet. Plain white, soft cream, pale grey and chalky green all work; patterned wallpaper and a flower painting fight each other and both lose. They reward daylight, so a wall that catches morning or afternoon sun will show the colour properly. Garden views suit living rooms, garden rooms and hallways at generous size; a single cut-flower canvas is often better in a bedroom, where you want one note rather than a chorus.

Frequently asked questions

Are the water lilies part of this collection?

This group covers the flower beds, blossom, borders and bouquets, from Sainte-Adresse and Argenteuil through to the Giverny plantings. The water garden pictures are gathered separately, so it is worth browsing the wider Monet catalogue if the lily pond is what you are after.

Hand-painted oil or archival print for a flower subject?

Flowers are where the hand-painted oil shows its advantage most clearly. Monet loaded the paint in short dabs to make petals, and a studio painter working in real oils reproduces that raised, broken surface. A print reproduces the image faithfully but flat. If the picture will hang where you pass it closely, the oil is worth the difference.

What size should I choose for a living room?

Garden scenes generally want scale: below about sixty centimetres wide the massed detail starts to close up. Aim for something that fills roughly two thirds the width of the sofa or console beneath it, and check the measured examples in our size guide before ordering.

Will strong colour date the room?

Less than you might expect. The palette is high but broken into small strokes, so from normal viewing distance it reads as light rather than as a block of colour, and it sits happily with neutral modern interiors.