Monet visits the Italian Riviera alone to paint the lavish palm gardens of Bordighera. He describes the colours as "pure fairyland… one needs a palette of diamonds and jewels here because of the blues and pinks". His failure to return as promised prompts Alice to threaten to leave him.
Claude Monet
Garden in Bordighera, Impression of Morning 1884
Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia /
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