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impressionist adventures THE NORMANDY & PARIS REGION GUIDE 2020
IMPRESSIONIST ADVENTURES,
INSPIRING MOMENTS!
W
e lcome to Normandy and Paris Region! It is in these regions and
nowhere else that you can admire marvellous Impressionist paintings
while also enjoying the instantaneous emotions that inspired their
artists. It was here that the art movement that revolutionised the history
of art came into being and blossomed. Enamoured of nature and the advances
in modern life, the Impressionists set up their easels in forests and gardens along
the rivers Seine and Oise, on the Norman coasts, and in the heart of Paris’s districts
where modernity was at its height. These settings and landscapes, which for
the most part remain unspoilt, still bear the stamp of the greatest Impressionist
artists, their precursors and their heirs: Daubigny, Boudin, Monet, Renoir, Degas,
Morisot, Pissarro, Caillebotte, Sisley, Van Gogh, Luce and many others.
Today these regions invite you on a series of Impressionist journeys on which
to experience many joyous moments.
Ad m i r e the changing sky and light as you gaze out to sea
and recharge your batteries in the cool of a garden.
R e l i ve the artistic excitement of Paris and Montmartre
and the authenticity of the period’s bohemian culture.
En j o y a certain Impressionist joie de vivre in company:
a “déjeuner sur l’herbe” with family, or a glass of wine with friends
on the banks of the Oise or at an open-air café on the Seine.
B e moved by the beauty of the paintings that fill the museums
and enter the private lives of the artists,
exploring their gardens and homes-cum-studios.
Our Impressionist adventures offer endless inspiring moments.
Just choose the ones you wish to enjoy!
BON VOYAGE
ROUEN
6 ITINERARIES
Your Impressionist journey
à la carte 46 & THE SEINE’S
MEANDERS
Explore Rouen, an open-air
studio for the impressionists
In Normandy and Paris Region, enjoy For the year 2020, look out for many
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unique experiences in nine different exciting new things. These include
areas deeply marked by the great renovated museums, such as the Musée
MONTMARTRE Impressionist movement. Whether de l’Orangerie in Paris and the Musée ESTUARY
Discover the masterpieces From Le Havre to Deauville
in urban settings or the open Maurice Denis at St-Germain-en-Laye,
of Impressionism and relive via Honfleur, relive the dawn
the brillance of the period countryside, on the banks of the Seine new museum presentations, for of Impressionism
or the seashore, in unspoilt forests example at the Musée Fournaise
or the intimacy of a private garden, in Chatou, and a brand-new cultural
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BARBIZON, ITS these areas still preserve today all space in Deauville, Les Franciscaines,
the beauty of the landscapes that that will exhibit a beautiful permanent THE CÔTE
SURROUNDINGS inspired the Impressionist painters. collection of Impressionist works... D’ALBÂTRE
& YERRES Enjoy a helping of art
Discover Impressionism This guide presents a fine selection Also keep a keen eye out on on the Côte d’Albâtre
and its precursors south of Paris of museums, artists’ houses, visits the Normandie Impressionniste
and sites for you to visit. Festival, taking place this summer,
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featuring almost 500 events across
THE BANKS 200 sites, celebrating artistic creativity
from the Impressionists to the present. TO THE
OF THE SEINE
Enjoy the beauty of the banks COTENTIN
of the Seine just outside Paris At the time this brochure
Drift with the currents
was going to press, of Impressionism
the global health situation
remained highly uncertain,
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putting into question some
& THE OISE
of the practical information
contained here. Please,
EXCURSIONS
before planning any trip, may From Paris to Normandy,
VALLEY we strongly advise that you
check the relevant websites
in the footsteps of the Impressionist
From Pissarro to Van Gogh, follow painters
of the places mentioned
in the footsteps of great artists here and the websites
of the Normandy and Paris
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region Tourist Boards:
GIVERNY & ITS
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DIARY
en.normandie-tourisme.fr
visitparisregion.com/en
SURROUNDINGS A selection of exhibitions from
across our Impressionist regions
See Giverny and experience
and featuring in the Normandie
Impressionism in Claude Monet’s
Impressionnisme festival
“ ever so beautiful corner of the world ”
Varengeville-
sur-Mer Netherlands
Dieppe Great Britain
Offranville Belgium Germany
Veules-
Fécamp les-Roses
Luxembourg
Beaumont- Yport
Hague Gréville-Hague
Barfleur Étretat THE CÔTE
D’ALBÂTRE
Vauville Cherbourg- FRANCE Switzerland
en-Cotentin Saint-Vaast-la Hougue
Sainte-Adresse
Rives- Rouen Italy
Le Havre en-Seine
Grandcamp-Maisy Port-en-Bessin-
Huppain Trouville-sur-Mer ROUEN & THE SEINE’S
Deauville Honfleur MEANDERS
Houlgate Pont-Audemer
Bayeux La Bouille -Sahurs Spain
THE SEINE Les Andelys
ESTUARY
FROM CAEN TO Caen GIVERNY &
ITS SURROUNDINGS AUVERS &
THE COTENTIN
La Roche-
Vernon THE OISE VALLEY
Fervaques Guyon
Giverny L’Isle-Adam
Pontoise Auvers-sur-Oise
Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône
Mantes-la-Jolie
Saint-Germain- Chatou Asnières
en-Laye
NORMANDY &
Croissy-sur-Seine Île de la Jatte
Marly-le-Roi
Bougival PARIS & MONTMARTRE
Meudon
PARIS REGION THE BANKS
OF THE SEINE
Yerres
FROM YERRES
TO BARBIZON
Barbizon
Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei Vulaines-sur-Seine
Fontainebleau
CHATOU 17
Moret-sur-Loing
BARBIZON 60 73
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YERRES 28 52 42
AUVERS-SUR-OISE 33 34 96 70
GIVERNY 75 68 136 110 62
ROUEN 136 125 191 175 105 67 IMPRESSIONIST
AREAS
LE HAVRE 210 188 252 236 206 132 90
DIEPPE 198 190 253 237 166 133 67 118
DISTANCES
PARIS
CHATOU
BARBIZON
YERRES
AUVERS-SUR-OISE
GIVERNY
ROUEN
LE HAVRE
Site discussed Further
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KM in the brochure Impressionist sites
Auguste Renoir, Bal du moulin de la Galette, 1876, Musée d’Orsay, Paris
PARIS
© photo RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) / Patrice Schmidt
& MONTMARTRE
DISCOVER THE MASTERPIECES OF IMPRESSIONISM
AND RELIVE THE BRILLIANCE OF THE PERIOD
P
aris is an unmissable destination in our Impressionist
adventures. In 1859, Claude Monet moved from Le Havre
to the capital, which he referred to as “head-spinning Paris”.
Napoleon III had recently undertaken huge public works, directed
by Baron Haussmann. Paris’s appearance altered dramatically
and the transformations generated a great change in the way of life
of its inhabitants. Café-concerts, brasseries, balls, circuses, operas
and theatres, parks and public gardens, horseracing and many other
forms of recreation began to flourish. So many places sprang up that
the Impressionists frequented and depicted as chroniclers of
© CRT Paris Region Tourist Board / Yasuhiro Ogawa
the modern way of life. Manet , Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro,
Caillebotte and others were thrilled by the city and its bustling life,
which offered them new themes. Today, Paris is home to the world’s
largest collection of Impressionist paintings, to which Claude Monet
made a major contribution. Paris is also packed with places from
the Impressionist era. A visit to the Butte de Montmartre is a must.
Its squares packed with history, its streets lined with cafés and
its famed nightspots still reflect the joie de vivre and liveliness
of the Impressionist era.
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MUSÉE MUSEUM
ORSAY
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© Van Biesen / Ooshot / CRT Paris Region Tourist Board
© Musée d’Orsay / Sophie Boegly
MUSÉE DE !
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ORANGERIE TOP TIP
In 1986 the old station built to receive visitors to the Universal Exposition For André Masson (a pattern-drawer who became a painter) COMBINED TICKET
of 1900 was turned into a museum dedicated to the arts of the years 1848–1914. this museum is the “Sistine Chapel of Impressionism”. MUSÉE D’ORSAY & MUSÉE
This exceptional building is home to some of the greatest Impressionist paintings, It holds the greatest and largest series of Water Lilies, DE L’ORANGERIE
such as Olympia and Le déjeuner sur l’herbe by Édouard Manet, masterpieces that Claude Monet offered the French Access to both the permanent
Women Ironing by Edgar Degas, the Dance at the Moulin state in 1918. These eight mural paintings made up and temporary collections:
a visit to each of the two museums for €18.
de la Galette and The Swing by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, of 22 panels line two oval rooms bathed in natural light
Validity: three months from date of purchase.
and London, Houses of Parliament and Rouen Cathedral thanks to their glass roofs. The museum also holds
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by Claude Monet. Other masterpieces the entire Walter Guillaume Collection of 146 works, COMBINED TICKET
in the museum include Starry Night
T S including 25 by Renoir, 15 by Cézanne, and 1 each MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE
and The Church at Auvers-sur-Oise MOMEN by Gauguin, Monet and Sisley, presented in a brand-new & FONDATION CLAUDE MONET
GIVERNY
by Vincent van Gogh. hanging that will be unveiled from mid-May,
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After leav , prolong the Im
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MUSÉE D’ORSAY e O ra n gerie th e Tu ileries Gar ficent €18.50 (on sale until 10 October)
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experienc al facet of life in
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1 rue de la Légion d’Honneur,
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MUSÉE MUSEUM
MARMOTTAN
MONET !
TOP TIP
OPÉRA
In this museum, you can admire the painting that gave QUEUE-BEATER TWIN TICKET
Impressionism its name, the emblematic Impression, MUSÉE MARMOTTAN MONET
Sunrise by Claude Monet. In fact, the Musée Marmottan & FONDATION CLAUDE MONET
GARNIER
SITE
Monet exhibits the world’s largest collection of works by GIVERNY
Monet. Bequeathed by the artist’s family, these canvases On sale in the two sites concerned.
came from the painter’s house in Giverny. Displayed in a Valid from 1 April to 1 November 2020.
Adultes: €21.50
space measuring 200 m2 specially designed to hold the Reduced: €14
master’s paintings, landscapes of Normandy, Italy and (children over 7, students under 25)
Famous around the world, since 1875 the Opéra Garnier has dominated Holland are followed by an unequalled series of Water The disabled: €4
one of the most elegant avenues in Paris laid out by Baron Haussmann. Lilies. A major centre of Impressionism, the museum also Free: children under 7
A great lover of music and dance, Edgar Degas was a regular visitor holds the most important collection of works by Berthe
to the Opéra. He was very fond of the wings, and the rehearsals that Morisot. Further masterpieces bear the names of Corot,
took place on the stage and in the foyer, which inspired some of his most Manet, Caillebotte, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir and Gauguin.
beautiful paintings and sculptures, like the Little Dancer.
MUSÉE MARMOTTAN MONET
OPÉRA GARNIER 2 rue Louis Boilly, 75016 Paris
Place de l’Opéra, Tel: 01 44 96 50 33
75009 Paris www.marmottan.fr
www.operadeparis.fr
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BOAT
MUSEUM
TRIPS
WITH MUSÉE DE
VEDETTES
PARIS DE MONTMARTRE
(FOR GROUPS) ET JARDINS RENOIR
© Droits réservés
GUIDED
© Jean-Pierre Delagarde
TOURS
© Alexandre Nestora
ITINERARY
OF MONTMARTRE
(FOR GROUPS)
What better than to discover Three guided tours to immerse you in 19th-century Set amidst buildings dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries, the museum
19th-century Paris from the Seine? Montmartre in poetic, surprising ways: is surrounded by three gardens and looks over a vineyard onto a broad swath
The theme-based river trip “The Paris “An Impressionist Walk”, “In Van Gogh’s Footsteps” of the Seine Valley. On the very spot where Renoir had his studio (it was here ,
of the Impressionists” will plunge you and “Toulouse Lautrec’s Montmartre”. notably, that he painted the Dance at the Moulin de la Galette and The Swing),
into the movement’s “head-spinning As an additional extra, you can taste the celebrated the museum reflects the heyday of the Butte de Montmartre. Paintings, posters,
capital”. View reproductions of great absinthe “La Libertine”. musical scores and much more evoke the artistic excitement
masterpieces during your trip, led by associated with the area. The museum allows visitors
Please note: five information panels in Rue des Saules
an accredited expert guide. to soak up the atmosphere of the late 19th century.
illustrate the Van Gogh itinerary in Montmartre.
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Year-round for groups of 15 people or more;
The studio-cum-apartment inhabited
by Suzanne Valadon (painter and painter’s model)
S
OMENT
by reservation.
MONTMARTRE UN VILLAGE,
VEDETTES DE PARIS
TOURIST OFFICE and her son Maurice Utrillo can also be visited.
M
Musée
7 rue Drevet, 75018 Paris oir in the
MUSÉE DE MONTMARTRE - JARDINS RENOIR Café Ren sorb
www.vedettesdeparis.fr Tel: 01 42 62 21 21
ke a se at at the ke the time to ab ng
Ta
martre. Ta re, enjoyi
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www.montmartreinfo.com 12 rue Cortot, 75018 Paris
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Tel: 01 49 25 89 37 - www.museedemontmartre.fr
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BARBIZON,
Gustave Caillebotte, Le parc de la propriété à Yerres, 1875,
ITS SURROUNDINGS
collection particulière, © Brame & Lorenceau, Paris
&
YERRES
DISCOVER IMPRESSIONISM
AND ITS PRECURSORS SOUTH OF PARIS
N
o t far from Paris and its vibrant atmosphere you can
enjoy the pleasures of the great outdoors at the gates
of the capital. Between Yerres and Barbizon a broad band
of countryside still bears the stamp of the Impressionists and
the painters who preceded them. Its forest, charming villages
and rivers and streams drew painters to this region. Today many
places here invite you to enter and discover their secrets: artists’
houses, museums, dynamic galleries and more. Some of
the paintings by Gustave Caillebotte were influenced by
the time he spent in his family property at Yerres to the east of
© CRT Paris Region Tourist Board / Yasuhiro Ogawa
Paris. And Sisley spent the last 20 years of his life in Moret-sur-
Loing. An outing taking in Barbizon, on the edge of Fontainebleau
Forest, provides an excellent pretext for following in the footsteps
of the landscape painters of the Barbizon School, such as Millet
and Rousseau, who created the art movement that preceded
the Impressionists.
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MUSEUM MUSÉE
JEAN-FRANÇOIS
MUSÉE DÉPARTEMENTAL THE
ARTISTS
DES
PEINTRES DE ITINERARY AT
MILLET BARBIZON FONTAINEBLEAU
Millet lived and worked here from 1849 until his death in The Auberge Ganne,
1875. It was in this studio that he painted such scenes of where many painters used to stay,
rural life as The Angelus and The Gleaners, two paintings has been transformed into
© Barbizon Tourisme
that have travelled around the world and can be seen today a museum containing some
in the Musée d’Orsay. The studio still holds personal objects 100 works. With its period decor,
belonging to the artist, in particular his correspondence, it gives an idea of the daily life
drawings and engravings. Also displayed: a series of the artists enjoyed at this warmly
original works by masters of the Barbizon School. atmospheric inn.
© A.Laurin / CRT Paris IDF
BARBIZON
MDPB © Yvan Bourhis
ITINERARY
PAINTERS
DISCOVERY CIRCUIT
MUSÉE DÉPARTEMENTAL Following in the footsteps of the 19th-century For 40 years, the area of Fontainebleau
DES PEINTRES DE BARBIZON landscape painters who fell for Barbizon, this walk will was the centre of an artistic revolution:
92 grande rue, 77630 Barbizon introduce you to the village. Visit the places frequented that of the precursors of Impressionism.
Tel: 01 60 66 22 27 by the artists on a daily basis before plunging into Between Barbizon and Chailly-en-Bière,
© Hiam Farhat
www.musee-peintres-barbizon.fr
Fontainebleau Forest (UNESCO biosphere) and the sites discover the artists’ itinerary in the
by which the artists were inspired. footsteps of the Impressionists.
MUSEUM
The itinerary can be downloaded from Other walking routes in Fontainebleau Forest
www.fontainebleau-tourisme.com can be downloaded from
Audio-guides are also available for download on the site www.fontainebleau-tourisme.com
www.zevisit.com
FONTAINEBLEAU TOURISME
MUSÉE JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET
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Don’t miss the open-air museum that exhibits 20 modern creations
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27 grande Rue, 77630 Barbizon 4 place de la République,
MOMEN
made in Venetian glass by mosaicist artists. This approximately 6 km
Tel: 01 60 66 21 55 cultural walk will take you into the heart of the village of Barbizon, 77300 Fontainebleau
www.musee-millet.fr from the plain of the Angelus to the edge of the wood. Tel: 01 60 74 99 99
nds www.fontainebleau-tourisme.com
with frie
moment terrace
Share a
Audio-guides available.
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or family nt in Barbizon.
aura d
of a rest elf to be charme OFFICE DU TOURISME DE BARBIZON
urs of
Allow yo ue atmosphere
niq
by the u ge of artists and Place Marc Jacquet, 77630 Barbizon ITINERARY
this villa -lined
its gallery
Tel: 01 60 66 41 87 - www.fontainebleau-tourisme.com
linger in e ts .
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© CRT Paris Region Tourist Board /
MUSÉE
DÉPARTEMENTAL
MALLARMÉ
Yasuhiro Ogawa
The summer home, from 1874 till
his death in 1898, of Stéphane Mallarmé,
the “Impressionist poet” in the words
of Victor Hugo, and “best friend”
and defender of Édouard Manet, has
today been recreated with its furniture
OUTINGS IN
SISLEY
© Sébastien Erras
and family belongings, as well as works ‘S
by his artist friends. Berthe Morisot
and her daughter Julie Manet painted
in the property’s beautiful flower
and vegetable garden. FOOTSTEPS
PROPRIÉTÉ
Born to English parents, Alfred Sisley took up painting
in Paris with a group of young artists that included
!
CAILLEBOTTE
Bazille, Renoir and Monet. He settled in the region
© Y. Bourhis - DAPMD/CG77
of Moret-sur-Loing about 1880, where he would remain TOP TIP
for 20 years untill his death, immortalising the small
mediaeval town whose charm had remained intact.
Many artists still visit today to set up their easels. Gustave Caillebotte spent 19 years with his family in their If you buy a ticket to the Propriété Caillebotte,
Sisley and his wife were buried together, at his request, summer home in Yerres. During this period he painted you’re entitled to a buy a ticket to the Musée
des Impressionnismes de Giverny at reduced
in Moret graveyard, beneath a rock from the forest 89 works and, from 1875 to 1879, created some of his
price, and vice versa.
of Fontainebleau. Several itineraries will take you most famous pieces, such as Bathers, Bank of the Yerres.
to the landscapes painted by Alfred Sisley in Moret- PROPRIÉTÉ CAILLEBOTTE
The house has been fully restored and refurnished,
sur-Loing and its surrounding villages: Saint-Mammès,
to look as it did in the painter’s lifetime. Immerse yourself 8 rue de Concy, 91330 Yerres
MUSEE DEPARTEMENTAL Thomery, Veneux-les-Sablons. Tel: 01 80 37 20 61
in the atmosphere of a sumptuous late-19th-century holiday
STÉPHANE MALLARMÉ The grounds are open every day free of charge.
The Tourist Office puts on guided tours: home on a visit. Listed as a French Maison For more information on opening days
4, promenade Mallarmé, 77870 Vulaines-sur-Seine “Sur les pas de Sisley” and “Les enfants de l’Impressionnisme”.
des Illustres, thanks to its illustrious former proprietor, and times, visit: proprietecaillebotte.com
Tel: 01 64 23 73 27 - www.musee-mallarme.fr
the place faithfully reproduces the artist’s personal world.
OFFICE DE TOURISME MORET SEINE ET LOING
The dining room, drawing room and billiards room have
4 bis place de Samois, Moret-sur-Loing, 77250 Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne been entirely redecorated, while one family room now
Tel: 01 60 70 41 66 - www.msl-tourisme.fr
displays its original Empire furniture. The atmosphere
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T S MOMEN
24, rue Grande, Moret-sur-Loing, 77250 Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne
canvases by the artist are regularly exhibited here.
Tel: 01 60 70 39 99 - www.alfred-sisley.com To appreciate to the full this fine white home set in its 11 hectares
rough
ugh a walk th
mble thro days take botte residence
,
of grounds, try the augmented reality tour, available via smartphone,
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20 21Georges Pierre Seurat, Un dimanche après-midi à la Grande Jatte, 1884-86,
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OF THE
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ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE BANKS
OF THE SEINE AT THE GATES OF PARIS
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hereas the modernised Paris provided plenty
of inspiration for the Impressionists, the expansion
of the railways, the improvement in painting materials
and the growth in popularity of recreational activities offered them
new themes close to the capital. It was along the meanders of
the Seine west of Paris, at places such as Chatou, Bougival
and the Île de la Jatte, that a joie de vivre was cultivated around
the pleasures of frivolity, dancing and boating. This period was
admirably depicted by Monet’s La Grenouillère, Renoir’s Luncheon
of the Boating Party and Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon on La Grande
Jatte, which feature guinguettes (open-air dance halls), afternoon
siestas, boating trips and picnics. Such inspiring moments, captured
© CRT Paris Ile-de-France / Yasuhiro Ogawa
by the Impressionists, are still very much to be enjoyed.
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THE FOOTSTEPS OF
THE IMPRESSIONIST
PAINTERS
AT ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE
ITINERARY
ÎLE DE
LA
JATTE
NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE
Vincent van Gogh, La pêche au printemps
LEVALLOIS-PERRET
The Impressionists itinerary, which
features reproductions of paintings
inspired by the Île de la Jatte, offers
© Art Institute of Chicago
you the chance to discover this very
special place made famous around
the world by Georges Seurat
and his painting Sunday Afternoon
© MAHM
on La Grande Jatte.
Itinerary available on
www.tourisme92.com
Between Asnières Bridge and Clichy Bridge, discover
the landscapes that influenced such famous painters
Meudon’s art and history museum has
a collection of paintings and watercolours MUSÉE D’ART ET
as Van Gogh, Émile Bernard, Paul Signac and Georges representative of the history of French D’ HISTOIRE DE
MEUDON
Seurat, for whom Asnières was both home and landscape painting from the late 18th
a place of inspiration. century to the 1950s. The Barbizon School
Itinerary open to all, with heritage panels along the route. is represented by Theodore Rousseau
and the Impressionists by Albert Lebourg
MAISON DU TOURISME and his luminous painting of the
Port of La Rochelle.
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© JL Dolmaire
tourisme@mairieasnieres.fr
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From the mid-19th century, boating became all
the rage. In 1857, Monsieur Fournaise, a boat RESTAURANT
© Jarry-Tripelon / CRT Paris IDF
carpenter, set up his workshop on what would
become known as the Impressionists’ Island FOURNAISE
at Chatou. Now, the dedicated members of
the Sequana Association keep local boating Auguste Renoir lavished praise
© Ville de Chatou
traditions alive. Enter their workshop to admire on the Maison Fournaise,
a collection of boats that is unique in France. describing it as “the prettiest
Then let yourself be tempted and take a mini- place on the outskirts of Paris”.
cruise on the Seine on an electric boat, Chloë. This open-air riverside inn,
or guinguette, drew in the
crowds, who came to dance
and socialise, plus artists in
THE
MUSÉE search of vibrant themes to
1880-81, Philips Collection, Washington,
IMPRESSIONIST
Auguste Renoir, Déjeuner des canotiers,
paint. The restaurant here
FOURNAISE
today has recreated the
PROMENADE period atmosphere, notably
the wonderful terrace over
the Seine that featured large
From Chatou to Croissy-sur-Seine, The Musée Fournaise explores the finest Impressionist in Renoir’s famed canvas,
© Bridgeman Images
and from Louveciennes to Marly-le- years that Renoir spent in Chatou and along the banks Luncheon of the Boating Party.
Roi, discover the landscapes painted of the Seine. Thanks to new technology and immersive Closed for renovation works in 2020.
by Renoir, Sisley, Monet and Pissarro presentations, you are taken on a digital journey back
by means of 30 reproductions of their into the 19th century, enabling you to meet Renoir
paintings placed in the exact spot RESTAURANT FOURNAISE
and the Fournaise family! This show of a trail, for which
where the artists set up their easels. Renoir himself provides the commentary, tells you how 3 rue du Bac, 78400 Chatou
Tel: 01 30 71 41 91
A detailed map traces out itineraries the artist began to paint, revealing some of his studio www.restaurant-fournaise.fr
in places of interest and other ASSOCIATION SEQUANA secrets and taking you to the heart of his art.
remarkable sites. 3 rue du Bac, 78400 Chatou
Tel: 07 62 44 54 12 MUSÉE FOURNAISE
OFFICE DE TOURISME www.sequana.org
3 rue du Bac, 78400 Chatou
INTERCOMMUNAL SAINT GERMAIN PARCOURS
Tel: 01 34 80 63 22
BOUCLES DE SEINE www.musee-fournaise.com
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Jardin des arts, 3 rue Henri IV,
INSPIRIN
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MOMEN
78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Tel: 01 30 87 20 63
www.seine-saintgermain.fr
Island of
u on the nic
SITE MUSEUM
At Chato ists, enjoy a pic at
Opposite the Île des Impressionnistes,
ssion
! cross the Seine via Chatou Bridge
to find a bit of Monet’s Giverny, but
the Impre eine and the vie cheon
eS
beside th oir to paint The short
Ren
ws th
Lun
TOP TIP at Rueil-Malmaison! Here, the Parc
inspired P ar ty . After a
atin g roll
des Impressionnistes reflects Monet’s of the Bo ke a peaceful st
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palette with all its vibrant colours. siesta, ta e the river.
besid
26 27IN ITINERARY
THE FOOTSTEPS OF MUSEUM
THE IMPRESSIONIST
MUSÉE
PAINTERS
BOUGIVALAT
DÉPARTEMENTAL
MAURICE
DENIS
© ADG
MUSÉE DE
LA
GRENOUILLÈRE
Between 1855 and 1928 this guinguette attracted
Parisians keen on enjoying their leisure time
© DR
and inspired Renoir and Monet in particular to paint
several works. With its collection of paintings,
objects and engravings displayed in the setting
© Tourisme Bougival
of a typical Belle Époque riverside inn, the museum Once the residence of the artist,
reflects the activities, culture and pleasures the museum is dedicated to the work
so beloved of the Impressionists. of Maurice Denis, the painter
and theoretician of the Nabi group.
MUSÉE DE LA GRENOUILLÈRE In addition to his paintings, the museum
Espace Chanorier exhibits a collection of works by artists
12 Grande Rue, 78290 Croissy-sur-Seine
from the Symbolist, Nabi, and Post-
Tel: 01 30 53 61 02
Bougival, its river banks and islands attracted Would you like to travel on the Seine www.grenouillere-museum.com
MUSEUM
Impressionist movements, as well as
the Impressionists. Follow the itinerary in the footsteps in a novel way in the footsteps of Monet, by painters from the Pont-Aven School,
Renoir and Sisley? Nautic Park in Bougival such as Sérusier, Gauguin and Vuillard.
of Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot, Claude Monet, offers a 2-hour trip in an inflatable dinghy
Auguste Renoir and Camille Pissarro. It is still possible In summer, make the most of
that will take you to emblematic places
to find views these painters saw themselves in like the Île de la Grenouillère, Bougival, the peaceful terraced garden.
this charming little town on the banks of the Seine. the Machine at Marly, and the Musée- Closed for renovation work at present;
Restaurant Fournaise. Scheduled to reopen in November 2020.
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Boating, walks, barges berthed by the bank, riverside
parties and dances on riverboats bring the scenes to life. NAUTIC PARK
TS MUSÉE DÉPARTEMENTAL
MOMEN
Île de la Chaussée, 78380 Bougival
Tel: 06 37 22 34 77
MAURICE DENIS
OFFICE DE TOURISME DE BOUGIVAL
Chatou
www.nauticpark.com 2 bis, rue Maurice Denis
r-Seine,
1 rue du Général Leclerc (entrée quai Clémenceau), Reservations required.
rières-su boat trip 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye
From Car ur-Seine, take a g.
bâtiment A, 78380 Bougival is sy -s u g e ntly alon Tel: 01 39 07 87 87
to Cro ri
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Tel: 01 39 69 21 23 t th e www.museemauricedenis.yvelines.fr
and le , liste ing of
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28 29AUVERS
Vincent van Gogh, Champ de blé aux corbeaux, Juillet 1890,
&
Musée Van Gogh, Amsterdam © Bridgeman Images
THE
OISE
VALLEY
FROM PISSARRO TO VAN GOGH, FOLLOW IN
THE FOOTSTEPS OF GREAT ARTISTS IN AUVERS
AND THE OISE VALLEY
V
incent van Gogh settled in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890.
He spent the last 70 days of his life here, proving
extraordinarily productive, painting over 80 canvases.
He would die here, in mysterious circumstances.
Auvers had already attracted earlier artists, such as Daubigny,
Corot and Cézanne. Camille Pissarro focused on Pontoise, while
landscape artist Jules Dupré favoured L’Isle-Adam.
Our Impressionist Adventures encourage you to discover
the Oise Valley, which provided inspiration for the creativity
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of several generations of artists.
31! AUBERGE SITE
TOP TIP
RAVOUX
COME &
CALLED
VAN GOGH ‘S
DISCOVER
AUVERS-SUR-OISE
HOUSE
A direct train links the Gare du Nord
VAN SITE
GOGH
in Paris with Auvers-sur-Oise every
Saturday, Sunday and public holiday ‘S
between from 28 March to 25 October.
GRAVE
OUTBOUND
Leave Gare du Nord – 9.38am
Arrive Auvers-sur-Oise – 10.22am ITINERARY
WALK
© J.Cornish / Institut Van Gogh
IN
© J. Tripelon / CRT Paris IDF
RETURN
THE
FOOTSTEPS
Leave Auvers-sur-Oise – 6.32pm
Arrive Gare du Nord – 7.05pm
IMPRESSIONISTS
Times subject to change,
consult www.transilien.com
OF AND
VAN GOGH
The spirit of the painter still inhabits the attics of Vincent van Gogh died on 29 July 1890 Vincent van Gogh painted more than 80 paintings
the Auberge Ravoux, where he lived during his stay at the Auberge Ravoux and his body was in Auvers-sur-Oise. Explore the streets of the village
G
INSPIRIN in Auvers-sur-Oise. In room number 5, which he occupied, buried in the village graveyard. Six months in his footsteps, but also in those of Cézanne, Pissarro,
TS
MOMEN
there’s now a tranquil atmosphere to the place where later, his brother Theo also died and Dr Gachet and Daubigny.
his mind was in such turmoil. In the lively dining room, his widow had his remains transferred to Tourist maps and audio-guides are available from the tourist office.
d
Auvers an enjoy simple but genuine cuisine in the warm Auvers-sur-Oise so that the two brothers
through ots
ike tour ver the sp r OFFICE DE TOURISME AUVERS-SUR-OISE
Take a b to d is co atmosphere of an artists’ café. could be reunited. The ivy that covers
nds ed, o
its surrou ogh immortalis going the two graves comes from the garden SAUSSERON IMPRESSIONNISTES
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that Van pressionist trail, vers.
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follow th m L’Isle-Adam to u off of the house that belonged to Dr Gachet. 38 rue du Général de Gaulle, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise
ca n o e fro ill ta ke yo Tel: 01 30 36 71 81
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b ventures s! Place de la Mairie, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise
These ad ell-trodden path CIMETIÈRE
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32 33CHÂTEAU
AUVERS
D’ MUSEUM
MUSÉE
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© D. et M. Raskin
IMPRESSIONIST
VISION DAUBIGNY
MUSÉE DE MAISON-
L’
ABSINTHE ATELIER
© Le square des photographes
To explain the importance of absinthe in
the social and cultural life of the 19th century,
DAUBIGNY
the museum displays a unique Classified as a Historic Monument
© Studio Sebert
and authentic collection of the objects and awarded the label “Maison
necessary for its ritual consumption, des illustres“, this building preserves
as well as drawings, etchings and a genuine 19th century atmosphere.
paintings. The aromatic plants required The outstanding painted decoration
for its manufacture grow in the garden. in this large house-cum-studio was
Tastings available. the work of Daubigny and his son,
The château boasts a new presentation called The first artist to settle in Auvers-sur-Oise, Charles but also of Corot, Daumier and Oudinot,
“Vision Impressionniste, Naissance MUSÉE DE L’ABSINTHE François Daubigny was later joined by a plethora well representing the artistic blossoming
et Descendance”. The history of Impressionism 44, rue Callé, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise of other artists, such as Vincent van Gogh. Housed that occurred during this period.
is told by the French actor Jacques Gamblin Tel: 01 30 36 83 26 in a manor, the Musée Daubigny pays tribute
as you visit eight spaces that make good use www.musee-absinthe.com to the work of this landscape artist and precursor MAISON-ATELIER DAUBIGNY
of digital techniques. Don’t miss the county’s of Impressionism. 61 rue Daubigny, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise
collection, which in particular includes Claude MUSEUM Tel: 01 30 36 71 81
www.atelier-daubigny.com
Monet’s painting The Station at Argenteuil. MUSÉE DAUBIGNY
Also to be enjoyed are the elegant gardens, Manoir des Colombières
the fountains and the castle park. A gourmet Rue de la Sansonne,
break awaits you at Café Le Nymphée 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise
Tel: 01 30 36 80 20
(terrace on sunny days).
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TS TS
MOMEN MOMEN
CHÂTEAU D’AUVERS
Rue de Léry, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise
Auvers llage
Tel: 01 34 48 48 48 bridge in s of the vi
ot of the ns on the Oise, the street stimulated
www.chateau-auvers.fr
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34 35MUSEUM MUSEUM
MAISON MUSÉE D’ART ET
- ATELIER
D’
HISTOIRE
BOGGIO LOUIS
SENLECQ
© Eric Hesmerg
© Musée d’art et d’histoire Louis Senlecq
© Oriane Chrétien
© Xavier Boggio
MAISON DU
DR
GACHET L’
ISLE-
This home has recently opened
to the public. Another site labelled
ADAM
“Maison des illustres“, this lovely
property has belonged to the Boggio SITE
family for more than a hundred years
A doctor, member of scholarly societies, amateur painter
and was the house and studio of painter
and engraver, Dr Gachet bought his house in Auvers This museum has a fine collection of paintings
Émile Boggio from 1910 to 1920.
in 1872. He drew and engraved in the company of by the School of the Banks of the Oise,
Xavier Boggio, also a painter A pretty, unspoilt town on the banks of the Oise,
Cézanne and Pissarro. At Pissarro’s request, in 1890 including by its best known representative
and sculptor, lives and works here L’Isle-Adam inspired many a landscape painter.
he received Vincent van Gogh on his arrival in the town Jules Dupré. This friend of Théodore Rousseau
surrounded by original works by Today, the tourist office puts on guided tours
and took a personal interest in the painter’s well-being. left Barbizon to set up a studio at L’Isle-Adam,
his great-uncle. Wishing to maintain and river cruises to enable visitors to learn more
Van Gogh immortalised Dr Gachet by painting three where he painted the landscapes of
the property in good condition about such artists as Rousseau, Daubigny
portraits of him. Today the house has been turned into the Oise valley.
and to open it to the public and other or Dupré who captured the area in paint.
a setting for art exhibitions. The house has been labelled
artists, he welcomes you to visit and
a “Maison des illustres“. MUSÉE D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE
share his art and life. OFFICE DE TOURISME LOUIS SENLECQ
MAISON DU DOCTEUR GACHET DE L’ISLE-ADAM
31 grande rue, 95290 L’Isle-Adam
MAISON-ATELIER BOGGIO 18 avenue des Écuries de Conti,
78 rue du Docteur Gachet, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise Tel: 01 74 56 11 23
47 rue Emile Boggio, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise 95290 L’Isle-Adam musee.ville-isle-adam.fr
Tel: 01 30 36 81 27 - www.valdoise-tourisme.com
Tel: 06 10 33 24 71 - lesateliersboggio@sfr.fr Tel: 01 34 69 41 99
Free entrance.
www.tourisme-isleadam.fr
SITE
36 37IMPRESSIONIST
TRAIL
AT SAINT-OUEN-
L’
AUMÔNE CARRÉ
Camille Pissarro, Le Jardin de la ville de Pontoise
PATRIMOINE
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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© Ville de Pontoise
© Ville de Saint-Ouen l’Aumône
IMPRESSIONIST
WALKS
© Ville de Pontoise
MUSÉE MUSEUM
PONTOISE
AROUND
PISSARRO
A walk in 11 stages but also on both banks Discover Pontoise at the time Opened on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Pissarro,
of the Oise, in Pontoise as well as Saint-Ouen- of the Impressionists via playful, this recently renovated and enlarged museum pays tribute
l’Aumône, where a series of panels gives The Tourist Office organises guided tours innovative presentations. to the Impressionist master who lived in Pontoise between
faithful representations of famous paintings of the Hermitage Quarter where Pissarro 1866 and 1868, then once again between 1872 and 1884.
created between 1872 and 1908. The panels are lived from 1866 to 1883 and of which over CARRÉ PATRIMOINE It presents works by Camille Pissarro and his five children,
situated in the spots where the painters set up 500 canvases were painted by the likes and by artists who worked in the area between Pontoise
4 rue Lemercier, 95300 Pontoise
their easels to capture the landscapes of Pissarro, Cézanne and Gauguin. (accès par l’Impasse Tavet) and L’Isle-Adam in the second half of the 19th century:
of the banks of the Oise. Tel: 01 34 43 35 77. Daubigny, Guillaumin, Signac, Hayet, Piette, Daumier
OFFICE DE TOURISME and Thornley.
DE CERGY-PONTOISE
SAINT-OUEN-L’AUMÔNE
95310 Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône
Porte du Vexin, Place de la piscine, MUSÉE PISSARRO
95300 Pontoise
www.ville-saintouenlaumone.fr SITE 17 rue du Château, 95000 Pontoise
Telv: 01 34 41 70 60
ot-cergypontoise.fr Tél. : 01 30 38 02 40
www.ville-pontoise.fr
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38 39Claude Monet, Le Bassin aux Nymphéas, harmonie verte, 1899, Musée d’Orsay, Paris
© photo RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) / Stéphane Maréchalle
GIVERNY
& ITS SURROUNDINGS
SEE GIVERNY AND EXPERIENCE IMPRESSIONISM
IN CLAUDE MONET’S “ EVER SO BEAUTIFUL CORNER
OF THE WORLD ”
V
i siting Giverny, embark on a voyage of the senses as you
enter the region of Normandy and the “si beau pays” where
Claude Monet settled in 1883. Monet would spend 43 years
in this small village of 300 souls, but above all his time here was
marked by the international recognition he received for his series
of Water Lilies, Haystacks and Poplars. Exploring the village,
experience the sensations that inspired the painter: landscapes
changing with the light and wind, explosions of colours, cascades
of flowers and glorious reflections. Plunge into this picturesque
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setting by visiting the artist’s house and gardens, the musée
des impressionnismes, and the many galleries that line the village
streets. Both Giverny and the surrounding area are marked by
the stately presence of the Seine. From Vernon to Les Andelys,
passing through Mantes-la-Jolie, this rebellious, impetuous river,
resembling the Impressionists themselves, would inspire such artists
as Claude Monet, Paul Signac and Maximilien Luce.
41FESTIVAL MUSEUM
HÔTEL MUSÉE DES
BAUDY IMPRESSIONNISMES
In 1887, the first painters
who would make up the future
colony of American artists here
came looking for somewhere
GIVERNY
to stay in the village. Madame
Baudy decided to turn her
grocery-refreshment room into
a hotel-restaurant. Bustling and
© Eric sander (8)
convivial, it became the setting
for animated evenings in
the company of such artists
as Monet, Renoir, Robinson
and Cézanne. More than
18 nationalities settled in FESTIVAL SITE
MAISON ET JARDINS DE
© ADT27, P. Beltram
the hotel, which today has
become a restaurant.
Texte trop long
This history-filled house is still
CLAUDE MONET
redolent of the Impressionist
period.
Each year the museum puts on two high quality temporary Claude Monet’s house and garden offer an intriguing insight into
exhibitions related to the Impressionist movement, its precursors the painter’s family life. With its objects and memories, the house with
and its French and foreign heirs. This year, the programme its green shutters is infused with the master’s spirit. It invites you to enter
focuses on painting in the open air and the representation into the artist’s daily life thanks in particular to its collection of Japanese
of nature, matters the Impressionist painters held dear. prints and the re-creation of the bedrooms. The house is the result
© L.Vinceslas
The first exhibition entitled “Plein Air, from Corot to Manet” of Monet’s immediate love for Giverny. He got his first glimpse
retraces the history of painting outdoors, directly from nature, of the village as he was passing by on a train and immediately
from the 18th century through to 1873, the year before the term fell under its charm. Around this pink-rendered house,
“Impressionism” was coined. Some 50 works by Eugène Boudin, which he bought in 1890, he found the principal
Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Johan Barthold subjects of his paintings. He was so attached
G
INSPIRIN
ANCIEN HÔTEL BAUDY Jongkind, Édouard Manet and Claude Monet will be displayed. to Giverny that to leave it for any period
S T
MOMEN
From 10 July on, attention switches across the Atlantic, with became a terrible wrench.
81 rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny
Tel: 02 32 21 10 03
the exhibition “The Studio of Nature: 1860-1910”. Almost 90 Several conferences will be staged here
Free entry to the rose garden paintings, engravings and photos spanning that period will give in the context of the Normandie Impressionnisme Festival. aster of
of the m e window
and the Hôtel Baudy’s Petite Galerie. visitors a broad view r th e b edroom m s o n th
MAISON ET JARDINS Ente ce your ar sh garden with
of how landscape art was treated by American artists. nism, pla lu
DE CLAUDE MONET Impressio aze out on the ents. Ou g
tside
rail and
g urs and sc in
o u sa n d s of colo n do the same th
MUSÉE DES IMPRESSIONNISMES 84 rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny its th ca
den, you ridge. Experien
ce
in th e g ar b h
Tel: 02 32 51 28 21 panese onet wit
99 rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny on the Ja hysical link as M ie s in
SITE www.fondation-monet.com m e p th e lil
the sa ngs of
Tel: 02 32 51 94 65 / www.mdig.fr us painti hts from
his famo ifting your thoug
Free entry on the first Sunday of each month.
p o nd , sh ur se ns es
his ases to yo
Main galleries closed 29 June to 9 July 2020, but the museum remains open and free the canv d back.
to enter, as regards the permanent collection, the garden, shop and restaurant. an
42 43PAINTERS’
Devant Maximilien Luce, Madame Bouin à sa toilette, 1901. © Ville de Mantes-la-Jolie
Théodore Earl Butler, la collégiale de Vernon,
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CULTURAL AT
1ère moitié du XXe s. © Musée de Vernon
LA
ROCHE-
TRAIL GUYON
Camille Pissarro, Berges à la Roche-Guyon, 1865
© Musée Camille Pissarro Pontoise
MUSÉE DE
VERNON
© Max Coquard, Bestjobers - Eure Tourisme
This discreet, charming museum is housed
in a 15th-century private residence and
lies only 5 km from Giverny on the other
bank of the Seine. Its collection includes
many Impressionist works by the American
MUSÉE DE
MUSEUM
Theodore Butler, Blanche Hoschédé- An artists’ trail (counting 14 stops)
Monet (the great Monet’s stepdaughter), will enable you to discover
HÔTEL-DIEU
the pointillist Pierre Bonnard, and how the local landscapes here
the Nabis Félix Valloton and Maurice Denis. L’ inspired artists such as Jouanny,
Claude Monet is represented by a tondo Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cézanne,
from his series of Water Lilies. Luce and Braque, and not
Until 20 September, the museum invites just Impressionism, but other
Also explore this itinerary featuring 20 panels in This fine arts museum close to the Seine has been entirely art movements too, notably
visitors to explore closely the private
French and English describing the history of renovated. It contains the largest collection of works in France Divisionism and Cubism.
creative worlds of the Impressionist artists
Giverny and famous people who have marked by the painter Maximilien Luce. An entire floor is dedicated
via an exhibition entitled “Dans l’Atelier”. Mairie, 8 Rue du Général Leclerc,
its history. Claude Monet, Theodore Butler, Lilla to the artist. An anarchist in spirit, 95780 La Roche-Guyon
Cabot Perry and Vaclav Radimsky are some of MUSÉE DE VERNON he settled at Rolleboise in 1917 Tel: 01 34 79 70 55
those illustrious individuals who have wandered
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mairie.larocheguyon@wanadoo.fr,
INSPIRIN
and found the peace and
12 rue du pont, 27200 Vernon Point d’information touristique La Gabelle
through the village and its surroundings in search tranquillity he needed
S
OMENT
Tel: 02 32 21 28 09 Tel: 09 77 59 47 22
of themes and inspiration. On your walk you will
discover the very beautiful Romanesque Church
www.vernon27.fr in this place.
M infotourisme@vexinvaldeseine.fr
nce off
of St Radegonde next to Claude Monet’s last MUSÉE t experie
an Im p ressionis night in Vétheuil
dwelling place before his death on 5 December DE L’HÔTEL-DIEU Enjoy Spend a f Claude
en track. the last homes o agine
1926. the beat o ne of r an d im
w as an d e
in what ind w se that
1 rue Thiers,
t your m ged hou
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78200 Mantes-la-jolie Monet. Le this history-char . For those
OFFICE DE TOURISME ar ti st in to a B& B
Tel: 01 34 78 86 60 the turned in r the hou
se
NOUVELLE NORMANDIE - GIVERNY www.manteslajolie.fr has been you can discove
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in a hurr ith a guided tou
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44 45Claude Monet, La Cathédrale de Rouen, le portail et la tour d’Albane, temps gris, 1894,
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen © RMMRN / Musée des Beaux-Arts
ROUEN
& THE SEINE’S MEANDERS
EXPLORE ROUEN,
AN OPEN-AIR STUDIO FOR THE IMPRESSIONISTS
R
o uen and the Seine Valley around it became one vast open-
air studio for Impressionism’s most famous painters. Now
enjoy an unforgettable tour of the area in their footsteps.
Like Monet, you will be dazzled by the city’s cathedral and
the variations in its colours with the changing light. Like Pissarro
and Sisley, you will be captivated by the history-packed narrow
streets, the magical river and the picturesque villages along its
banks. In 1892 and 1893, Claude Monet stayed in Rouen on several
occasions. He discovered the city’s artistic potential, in particular
that of its cathedral, whose beauty struck him immediately. He found
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a small room to rent right in front of the building. He was sure it
would give him the perfect view. Sitting at its window, Monet painted
a series of some 30 pictures of the city’s Notre-Dame Cathedral that
are now scattered across the world. During the Post-Impressionist
period, a prestigious painting school developed in the city –
the Rouen School. It counted among its pupils such renowned
artists as Lebourg, Angrand and Delattre, who all took the Seine,
with its changing, misty atmosphere, as their favourite subject.
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Auguste Renoir, En été (Lise ou La bohémienne) © National Galerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ROUEN !
In its beautiful 19th century building,
Rouen’s fine arts museum holds a great
CATHEDRAL
collection of works, in particular a large
NEWS group of Impressionist paintings. Free
of charge, the museum includes major
works by Claude Monet (such as Rouen
Cathedral), Camille Pissarro, Gustave
This summer, practically
Caillebotte and Alfred Sisley.
the whole town of
The museum also exhibits several
Rouen will be devoted
Impressionist works by members
to Impressionism.
of the Rouen School – Alfred Lebourg,
At the Musée de la
Charles Angrand, Robert-Antoine Pichon
Céramique, Panorama
and Joseph Delattre.
XXL, the Jardin des
Plantes, the Muséum In the context of the Normandie
d’Histoire Naturelle, Impressionnisme Festival, the museum
the Aître St-Maclou and is putting on an exhibition dedicated
© Métropole Rouen Normandie
even in the streets… art to one of the most important figures
and Impressionism will for the Impressionist movement,
leave their mark across the Rouen collector François Depeaux,
the city! To complete who acquired almost 600 works, some
the Impressionist signed by Monet, Renoir and Pissarro.
experience, the Tourist
A second exhibition will focus on Léon-
Office is putting on river
Jules Lemaître, a pillar of the Rouen
cruises, guided tours
School who painted many vibrant urban
and even a workshop
scenes of an exceptional modernity.
based around
MUSÉE
A short distance from Rue du Gros Horloge and Rouen’s historic Impressionist scents!
MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE ROUEN
centre stands the majestic cathedral, Gothic in style, completed For those who like
Esplanade Marcel Duchamp, 76000 Rouen
a challenging walk, there
in 1506. Listed as an historic monument in 1862, it houses
will also be fast walking
DES Tel: 02 35 71 28 40
BEAUX-ARTS
the tombs of the Dukes of Normandy. A fascinating building, www.mbarouen.fr
it inspired Monet to paint numerous virtuoso canvases of it. tours and sporting tours. Free entry to the permanent collections.
Now, every evening at nightfall, the cathedral’s façade
ROUEN
FURTHER
transforms into a giant ever-changing series of images, thanks
INFORMATION DE
to the magic of monumental projections. This highly colourful
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INSPIRIN
show plunges you into the Impressionists’ world rouentourisme.com
and imagination.
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viewing ri si n g b ehind yo ouen.
Free of charge. sun of R
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Check times on www.metropole-rouen-normandie.fr
e m is ty light ove s in the Seine’s
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The pan e bridges and clo ings
Cathédrale de lumière light show every evening, 13 June to 20 September.
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IMPRESSIONIST
SEINE WITH IMPRESSIONIST !
MUSÉOSEINE TRAILS TOP TIP
AN IMPRESSIONIST
DINNER
La Couronne, an historic
Georges Binet, La Seine à Caudebec
Rouen restaurant going
since 1345, has concocted
a menu entitled “Saveurs
Impressionnistes”
(Impressionist Flavours),
© Coll. MuséoSeine
its clever combination of
@ Denis Darrault
colours a thrill for the eyes
and the tastebuds.
LA COURONNE
© SMA76-H.Salah
31 place du vieux marché,
BOUILLE
76000 Rouen
LA
Standing graciously beside the Seine, this recently- Tel: 02 35 71 40 90
www.lacouronne-rouen.fr
opened museum tells the story of the great river
as the cradle of Impressionism, the likes of Monet,
Boudin and Sisley – but also Turner before them –
focusing on it. On a guided tour, via reproductions,
observe close up the fascination that these Along the Seine’s meanders and on Normandy’s A calm retreat for the citizens of Rouen during the 19th century,
prolific artists felt for the Seine and see how Alabaster Coast, discover several trails dedicated the village of La Bouille became famous for its location along
evidently, viewed through Impressionists’ works, to Impressionist themes, linking together the Seine. Its dusky evenings, ships and riverbanks were
the Seine changed from the mid-19th century on. emblematic sights where Impressionists set up celebrated by William Turner, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley
This summer, Muséoseine presents the works of their easels. Around Rouen, La Bouille, Le Havre, and Albert Lebourg. Today La Bouille still has its ferryboat
George Binet (1865-1946). His landscape paintings, Etretat, Fécamp and Dieppe, stop to read and charming towpath. Prolong your enjoyment here with a boat
influenced by Impressionism, give such a good the panels dotted along the way. Each panel cruise between Rouen and La Bouille, or even by tackling
notion of daily life along the Seine’s riverbanks includes the reproduction of a canvas, where a mystery taking you through the village streets,
in his period. it was originally painted, with explanatory texts. discovering clues and stories.
Use the QR codes to learn more about each
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Guided tours and Impressionist workshops can be put on
INSPIRIN
painter and work. ROUEN NORMANDIE
for groups of ten or more, by reservation.
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Further events linked to Impressionism can also be arranged, For further information:
such as children’s workshops, conferences or introductions download the brochure ‘’Impressions of Seine-Maritime’’ 25 place de la cathédrale, 76000 Rouen
to painting. Please consult the Muséoseine’s programme. on www.seine-maritime-tourisme.com Tel: 02 32 08 32 40
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