The Water Garden has become an endless source of inspiration for the artist. When it was created, Japanese motifs clearly emerged, which were noticed and noted by all of Monet’s guests. Many plants were brought from Japan. “Thank you for comparing my garden with flowers on Hokusai’s prints,” wrote Monet Maurice Juayan in 1896. “You didn’t say anything about poppies, which is very important, since I already have irises, chrysanthemums, peonies and bindweeds” .
A special charm to the “water garden” was given by the curved “Japanese-style bridge”, thrown over the pond. He became the theme of several series of paintings, the first of which was written back in 1899. Over the years, the light airy railing of the bridge was overgrown with Monet’s favorite flowers, wisteria, and this is how it appears on the canvases of the 1920s.