Monet’s Garden, Giverny

The Royal Drawing School is delighted to announce a residency underwritten by The Versailles-Giverny Foundation at the Home and Gardens of the painter Claude Monet. The gardens of the impressionist painter gave him his greatest artistic inspiration and made the small villages beside the Seine so well known today. The garden is well known for its water lily pond, exuberant, vivid gardens and iconic Japanese footbridge. The inspiration for many of Monet’s greatest masterpieces. Each year the Giverny residency hosts two Royal Drawing School artists, one Drawing Year alumni and one Faculty member on a three-month residency.

The residency provides each visiting artist with studio accommodation (self-catering), access to a large, shared atelier/workshop space, out of hours access to the Giverny gardens, return travel costs and a $10,000 fellowship bursary. The gardens are closed to artists during Giverny opening hours due to large foot fall of visitors to the gardens.

The Giverny residency offer is for two artists, one Drawing Year alumni and one Royal Drawing School Faculty member, with both artists in residence at the same time.

This is a unique and special opportunity for Royal Drawing School artists. The emphasis of this residency is to work from observation. It is encouraged that artists in residence work on paper, sketchbooks or canvas (not sculpture), the residency would best suit artists who are interested in working from nature.

Applications are currently closed for the Giverny Residency. Applications will open again in early Spring 2026 for Summer 2026 residency. Please note this residency is only open to Royal Drawing School alumni and faculty. If you have any questions regarding the residency, please contact  residencies@royaldrawingschool.org

This residency is generously supported by The Versailles-Giverny Foundation.