In what year did Claude Monet move to Giverny?

Claude Monet moved to Giverny in 1883.

Monet settled in the village of Giverny in Normandy after traveling by train along the route between Vernon and Gasny. He rented a house called the Clos Normand, which later became the center of his artistic life. In 1890, he was able to purchase the property.

At Giverny, Monet developed extensive gardens, including a flower garden and a water garden crossed by a Japanese-style bridge. These gardens supplied the subjects for his celebrated late paintings of water lilies, bridges, and reflections.

A common mix-up is to place Monet’s move in 1890, because that was the year he bought the house. The move came earlier, in 1883; ownership and the later expansion of the gardens followed. Giverny is now closely associated with Monet’s home, studio, and garden legacy.