Claude Monet and his family lived at Argenteuil, outside Paris, from 1871 to 1878.

Visiting Claude Monet's Gardens and House at Giverny. History enthusiasts will love checking out the once-home of the French royal family, grand Versailles Palace. Here he depicted his five- or six-year-old son, Jean, playing with a hoop and his wife, Camille, standing in the doorway of their vine-covered house. Art and nature lovers will especially enjoy Monet's house and the gardens Monet painted. Claude Monet lived in this place from 1883 until his death in 1926. The paintings have all the same size and viewpoint, Monet's window at St Thomas' Hospital overlooking the Thames. The House and Gardens of Claude Monet is the beautifully restored home of the painter Claude Monet, the founder of French Impressionist Painting. With a passion for gardening as well as for colours, he conceived both his flower garden and water garden as true works of art. Celebrated impressionist painter Claude Monet spent nearly 43 years-- from 1883 to his death in 1926-- living in a house he had specially constructed in the peaceful locality of Giverny, about an hour from Paris and at the edge of the Normandy region of France. Claude Monet lived in his home at Giverny for forty-three years,from 1883 to 1926. This is an easy way to see both places in a single day. During this very long time, he layed out the house to his own tastes, adapting it to the needs of his family and professional life. Claude Monet lived for forty-three years, from 1883 to 1926, in his house in Giverny. Claude Monet painted a series of paintings of the Palace of Westminster, home of the British Parliament, during his stays in London between the years 1900-1905. Many of his paintings were painted in Giverny, the village where his home is located, especially in his own gardens.