Chartresuse Monastery
Part of the Monastery, Chartreuse, France
60cm x 80cm x 5cm Sculptural Watercolour® in a boxed frame
The Monastery of the Chartreuse has had an extraordinarily chequered history, the monks having been driven out both at the time of Napoléon when it became a military barracks, and then again forcibly by the French Army in April 1903. But thankfully, peace has reigned for the Carthusians since their return in August 1940.
The Monastery is closed to the public, and its high walls and position in a deep valley make it difficult to see.
The painting captures the quiet, secluded and calm ethos of this special location by suggesting to us merely a glimpse of monastic buildings through obscuring forest trees with a backdrop of the famous chartreuse green.
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