born in Paris in 1840, Claude Monet is often referred to as the father of Impressionism. His desire to venture out of the studio into nature to investigate and capture the effects of sunlight and different times of day on a subject was quite revolutionary. Having committed himself almost exclusively after 1880 to pure landscape subjects, for which he travelled increasingly further afield, many of his paintings give us the stylised view of the French countryside that we search for on holiday. After 1890, his time was increasingly spent in his garden at Giverny where he constructed his  water garden.

This collection of six of his paintings brings together images that he captured of flowers - from his very early still life of Spring Flowers; his views of Poppies and wild flowers in the French countryside to views of his beloved garden.