Monet orders Japanese lily bulbs but tells Clemenceau, "You will see all of this in the spring. I will no longer be here". Monet dies on 5 December probably from a tumour on his lung and pulmonary sclerosis. At Monet’s funeral on 8 December, Clemenceau sees the dark drape across the painter’s casket and exclaims, "No! No black for Monet". Casting around Monet's house he spies an old cretonne in the colours of periwinkles, forget-me-nots, and hydrangeas and replaces the coffin pall with the bright fabric. Blanche stays on at Giverny, with the consent of her step-brother Michel, Monet’s only surviving heir. Blanche maintains the gardens.
Claude Monet's funeral
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