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Wisteria formosa 'Issai'
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Wisteria
Wisteria and Claude Monet
by Colour Your Life
Wisteria – famous recently for being the name of the lane that the Desperate Housewives live on, has had an even more glamorous incarnation. Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the archetypal impressionist. In fact, his ‘Impression, Sunrise’ (1872) gave the Impressionist movement its name. Wisteria was a subject for Claude Monet and the garden at Giverny is home to the Japanese bridge which is covered in Wisteria plants. Monet wanted the blooming effect to last so he planted a White Wisteria plant to follow when the Purple plant had lost its bloom. Its flowers look like long grapes, dropping voluptuously from the branches in feminine tones of mauve, lavender and white. The soft tones and heady scent set a beautiful, calming and mesmerising scene – a perfect focal point for the garden and the ideal subject for a painting by a Master! The Wisteria paintings were painted in Monet’s later life after he received a diagnosis of cataracts at the age of 72. His painting during this time became even more indistinct than his earlier work – many thought he was becoming more abstract but it is more likely that he just couldn’t see!
