Giverny - A Colorful Silence: Four Seasons In The Gardens Of Monet

A book unlike any other on Monet's famous gardens in Giverny in a bi-lingual edition! Claude Monet is one of most influential French painters and a founder of the Impressionist movement. When he purchased a house and land in Giverny, France, during the 1890s, he soon set about creating gardens on his property, including a water garden inspired by the Japanese art that influenced so much of his work. These gardens would become a focal point for his art for the rest of his life. He made more than 250 paintings of them, including hundreds of paintings of the water garden that make up his famous Water Lilies series. In Giverny-A Colorful Silence: Four Seasons in the Gardens of Monet, Monet's gardens are the subject of photographers Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum, who first visited the gardens in 2015. That experience inspired them to delve more deeply into Monet's life and work and to seek special permission from the Monet Foundation to visit and photograph the gardens in Giverny. They proceeded to make four more trips over three years to photograph the gardens in each of the four seasons, and the stunning photographs they made reveal the changing beauty, light, and color palettes of the gardens throughout the year. In their own way, Russek and Scheinbaum captured unforgettable views and perspectives that even those fortunate enough to visit the gardens in person may not see. Their photographs embrace the spirit of Monet's magical gardens while also honoring their history and Monet's legacy and vision. Russek and Scheinbaum's color photographs are accompanied by heartfelt and informative essays (presented in both English and French) by Jean-Marie Avisard, the current Head Gardener at Monet's gardens, Jan Huntley, Head of the Artist and Volunteer Program at the Versailles Foundation Inc.'s Foundation Claude Monet à Giverny, and Paul Hayes Tucker, an esteemed art historian and expert on Monet's life and works. Giverny-A Colorful Silence is a gift for all who revere Monet and his gardens. As the world celebrates the 100th anniversary of Monet's passing on December 5, 2026, readers will treasure this book in unforgettable ways. AUTHORS: Janet Russek is a photographer and, since 1980, has operated the photography gallery Scheinbaum and Russek Ltd. in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her partner, David Scheinbaum. She was a founding member of the Santa Fe Children's Museum and has served on the Board of Directors of both the Association of International Photography Art Dealers and The Marion Center for Photographic Arts. Russek has curated numerous exhibitions, including La Mirada Critica, Luis Gonzalez Palma, and the Lannan Foundation (2007). Her photographs have been featured in numerous periodicals, including Black & White Magazine, Hyperallergic, Lenscratch, The Santa Fean, and Trend Magazine, and in books such as Judy Chicago and Frances Borzello's Frida Kahlo: Face to Face (Prestel Publishing, 2010), Thomas F. Barrow and Kristin Barendsen's Photography, New Mexico (Fresco Fine Art Publications, 2008), Mary Anne Redding and Krista Elrick's Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe (The Museum of New Mexico Press, 2008). Russek's books include The Tenuous Stem (Radius Books, 2013), and, with David Scheinbaum, Remnants: Photographs of the Lower East Side (Radius Books, 2017), Images in the Heavens, Patterns on the Earth: The I Ching (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2004), and Ghost Ranch: Land of Light (Balcony Press, 1997). Her Website is janetrussek.com. David Scheinbaum is a photographer and, with his wife, Janet Russek, and daughter, Andra Russek, operates Scheinbaum and Russek Ltd., a private fine art photography dealer in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was formerly the Director/Chair of the Photography Department and The Marion Center for Photographic Arts at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design and is Professor Emeritus at the College of Santa Fe. Scheinbaum's publications include Enso: What is Beheld (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2024), Varanasi: City Immersed in Prayer (George F. Thompson Publishing, 2022), Hip-Hop: Portraits of an Urban Hymn (Damiani Editore, 2013), Beaumont's Kitchen (Radius Books, 2009), Stone: A Substantial Witness (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2006), Miami Beach: Photographs of An American Dream (University Presses of Florida, 1990), Bisti (University of New Mexico Press, 1987), and, with Janet Russek, Remnants: Photographs of the Lower East Side (Radius Books, 2017), Images in the Heavens, Patterns on the Earth: The I Ching (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2004), and Ghost Ranch: Land of Light (Balcony Press, 1997). Scheinbaum has received The New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2010 and The Santa Fe Arts Commission's Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2001. His Website is www.davidscheinbaum.com. Jean-Marie Avisard has been a part of the team of gardeners at Claude Monet's gardens since 1988 and, since 2018, has been the Head Gardener of Monet's Gardens at Giverny. As Head Gardener he has worked tirelessly within the gardens, insisting on the importance of the entire team, while ensuring the transmission of knowledge for the future. Jan Huntley, for more than twenty-five years, has been Head of the Munn Artist-in-Residency and Horticulture Internships Programmes of the Versailles Foundation Inc. Claude Monet, where she focuses on paying homage to the past while opening paths of inspiration for the future. Paul Hayes Tucker is an art historian, curator, and author widely recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on the French Impressionist painter Claude Monet. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston where he taught for thirty-six years. Tucker has written and edited eleven books, including Claude Monet, Late Work (Gagosian Gallery, 2010), The Impressionists at Argenteuil (National Gallery, 2000), Monet in the 20th Century (Yale University Press, 1998), Claude Monet: Life and Art (Yale University Press, 1995), and Monet at Argenteuil (Yale University Press, 1982), and has curated more than half a dozen international exhibitions, lectured at museum around the world, and contributed numerous essays to museum catalogues and art historical publications.