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impressionist adventures THE & ILE-DE- GUIDE 2018

IMPRESSIONIST ADVENTURES, INSPIRING MOMENTS!

elcome to Normandy, Paris and Île-de-France! It is in these regions and nowhere else that you will be able to admire marvellous W Impressionist while also enjoying the instantaneous emotions that inspired their artists. It was here that the that revolutionised the came into being and blossomed. Enamoured of nature and the advances of modern life, the Impressionists set up their easels in forests and gardens along the rivers and Oise, on the Norman coasts, and in the heart of Paris’s districts where was at its height. These settings and landscapes, which for the most part are still unspoiled, still bear the stamp of the greatest Impressionist artists and their heirs: Daubigny, Boudin, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, Caillebotte, Sisley, , Luce and many others. Today, these regions invite you to enjoy moments of pleasure with a series of Impressionist journeys. Admire the changing sky and light as you gaze out to sea, recharge your batteries in the cool of a garden.

- , musée des impressionnismes, acquis grâce à la générosité de la Caisse des Dépôts, de la Caisse d’Epargne Normandie, Normandie, de la Caisse des Dépôts, d’Epargne acquis grâce à la générosité musée des impressionnismes, - Giverny, Relive the artistic ebullience of Paris and and the authenticity of a bohemian culture. Enjoy 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 in an open-air café on the Seine. Be moved by the beauty of the paintings that fill the museums, enter the private lives of the artists, their gardens and house-studios. The Impressionist adventures offer endless inspiring moments.

Parterre de marguerites, vers 1893 de marguerites, Parterre Just choose the ones you wish to enjoy! , musée des impressionnismes Giverny de SNCF Réseau, la Société des amis du musée impressionnismes et d’une souscription publique, 2016, MDIG 2016.2.1 à 4 © Giverny, ITINERARIES & THE BENDS Your Impressionist journey OF THE SEINE 6 à la carte 46 Explore Rouen, the Impressionists’ BON VOYAGE open-air studio In Normandy, Paris and Île-de-France, If you wish to explore more PARIS & enjoy unique experiences in nine Impressionist journeys, don’t hesitate to THE SEINE different regions deeply marked by consult the websites of the Normandy MONTMARTRE the great Impressionist movement. and Paris region Tourist Boards: ESTUARY Discover the masterpieces Whether in urban settings or the open normandie-tourisme.fr 50 From to Deauville, 8 of and relive passing through Honfleur, the vivacity of the period countryside, on the banks of the Seine visitparisregion.com relive the dawn of Impressionism or the seashore, in preserved forests or the intimacy of a private garden, For more information available on , ITS these regions present all the beauty the app “Destinations THE CÔTE SURROUNDINGS of the landscapes that inspired Impressionnisme”: the Impressionist painters. voyagesimpressionnistes.com D’ALBÂTRE 16 & YERRES 56 Enjoy a helping of art Discover Impressionism This guide (available for download on the Côte d’Albâtre and its precursors south of Paris on the site voyagesimpressionnistes. com) offers a selection of museums, artists’ houses, visits and sites. FROM CAEN THE BANKS TO THE OF THE SEINE COTENTIN 22 Enjoy the beauty of the banks 60 of the Seine just outside Paris Drift with the currents of Impressionism

AUVERS & THE OISE EXCURSIONS From Paris to Normandy, VALLEY in the footsteps of the Impressionist 30 painters From Pissarro to Van Gogh, follow 66 in the footsteps of great artists

GIVERNY & ITS SURROUNDINGS AGENDA 40 See Giverny and experience A selection of exhibitions in 2018 Impressionism in the “si beau pays” 70 of Varengeville- sur-Mer Dieppe Great Britain

Offranville Belgium Germany Veules- Luxembourg Fécamp les-Roses Beaumont- Yport Gréville-Hague Hague Barfleur Étretat THE CÔTE D’ALBÂTRE Vauville Cherbourg- FRANCE Switzerland Saint-Vaast-la Hougue en-Cotentin Sainte-Adresse Rouen Le Havre Grandcamp-Maisy Port-en-Bessin- Huppain Trouville-sur-Mer ROUEN & THE BENDS Deauville Honfleur OF THE SEINE Houlgate La Bouille -Sahurs Bayeux THE SEINE Spain ESTUARY

& TO Caen GIVERNY FROM CAEN ITS SURROUNDINGS THE COTENTIN & Vernon AUVERS Fervaques Giverny THE OISE VALLEY L’Isle-Adam Auvers-sur-Oise Mantes-la-Jolie Asnières Saint-Germain- en-Laye Croissy-sur-Seine Île de la Jatte NORMANDY & Marly-le-Roi PARIS & MONTMARTRE - DE - THE BENDS PARIS -ÎLE FRANCE OF THE SEINE Yerres FROM YERRES TO BARBIZON

Barbizon Vulaines-sur-Seine Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei Moret-sur-Loing CHATOU 17

BARBIZON 60 73

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 LE HAVRE 210 188 252 236 206 132 90 9 DIEPPE 198 190 253 237 166 133 67 118 REGIONS DISTANCES TOU

IN PARIS Site discussed Impressionist site

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KM LE HAVRE More info available on the app in the brochure BARBIZON

”Destination Impressionnisme”, from the Guide du Routard AUVERS-SUR-OISE DISCOVER THE MASTERPIECES OF IMPRESSIONISM AND RELIVE THE VIVACITY OF THE PERIOD

aris is an unmissable Manet, Monet, Degas, Renoir, destination in the Pissarro, Caillebotte and others were P Impressionist adventures. thrilled by and its hectic life, In 1859, Claude Monet moved from which offered them new motifs. Le Havre to the capital, which Today, Paris is home to the world’s he referred to as “stunning Paris”. largest collection of Impressionist III had recently undertaken paintings, to which Claude Monet huge public works, directed by Baron made a major contribution. Great Haussmann, to beautify and sanitise museums with masterpieces by PARIS the capital city. The appearance the very greatest painters await you, & MONTMARTRE of Paris altered dramatically and don’t forget that Paris is packed and the transformations generated with places from the Impressionist a great change in the way of life of era. A visit to the Butte of Montmartre its inhabitants: café-concerts, is also essential, where the streets brasseries, balls, circuses, operas and squares filled with history and theatres, parks and public and lined with cafés and Parisian gardens, horseracing and many nightlife still reflect the joie de vivre other forms of recreation came into and ebullience of the Impressionist being. These were places that era. All they are for is your the Impressionists frequented presence to really celebrate the festive and that they depicted as chroniclers spirit. - Musée dOrsay RMN Grand Palais © Hervé Lewandowski of the modern way of life. , La classe de danse

9 MUSÉE MUSEUM D’ORSAY © Van Biesen / Ooshot CRT Paris Ile-de-France © Van

MUSÉE DE L’ © Musée d’Orsay / Sophie Boegly ! ORANGERIE GOOD IDEA In 1986 the old station built to receive visitors to the Universal Exposition For André Masson (painter and decorator) this museum of 1900 was turned into a museum dedicated to the arts of the years 1848–1914. is the “Sixtine Chapel of Impressionism”. It holds TWIN TICKET MUSÉE D’ORSAY This unusual building is home to some of the greatest Impressionist paintings, the greatest and largest series of Lilies, masterpieces & MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE such as and Le déjeuner sur l’herbe by Édouard Manet, that Claude Monet offered the French state in 1918. Access to both the permanent Women Ironing by Edgar Degas, the at the Moulin These eight mural paintings made up of 22 panels ring and temporary collections: de la Galette and by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, two oval rooms bathed with natural light through its glass a visit to each of the two museums for €16. and , Houses of Parliament and Rouen Cathedral roof. The museum also holds the entire Walter-Guillaume Validity: three months from date of purchase. collection of 146 works, including 25 by Renoir, by Claude Monet. Other masterpieces TWIN TICKET in the museum are Starry Night INSPIRING 15 by Cézanne, and 1 each by Gauguin, Monet and Sisley. MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE and -sur-Oise & FONDATION CLAUDE MONET by van Gogh. MOMENTS MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE GIVERNY Place de la Concorde, 75001 Paris €18.50 (on sale until 10 October) MUSÉE D’ORSAY After leaving the Musée d’Orsay Tel: 01 44 77 80 07 or the Orangerie, prolong the Impressionist www.musee-orangerie.fr 1 rue de la Légion d’Honneur, experience with a walk in the Tuileries Gardens. 75007 PARIS An archetypal facet of life in Paris, this magnificent MUSEUM Tel: 01 40 49 48 14 garden in French style, lying between the www.musee-orsay.fr and the Place de la Concorde, fascinated Claude Monet and Pissarro in particular. From Orsay, take the Léopold Sédar Senghor footbridge that spans the Seine and stroll to the Tuileries Gardens and Musée de l’Orangerie.

10 11 AN IMPRESSIONIST SITE ITINERARY GETAWAY WITH OPÉRA 4 ROUES SOUS GARNIER 1 PARAPLUIE Famous around the world, since 1875 the Opéra Garnier has dominated one of the most elegant avenues in Paris laid out by Baron Haussmann. A great lover of music and dance, Edgar Degas was a regular visitor to © SLB / Christian Baraja the Opéra. He was very fond of the wings, and the rehearsals that took place on the stage and in the foyer, which inspired some of MUSÉE MUSEUM his most beautiful paintings and MARMOTTAN , like the . ! OPÉRA GARNIER GOOD IDEA Place de l’Opéra,

75009 Paris © D.Keller / PhotoProEvent MONET www.operadeparis.fr It is in this museum that you can admire the that QUEUE-BEATER TWIN TICKET An excursion with a driver and commentary to discover the Paris gave Impressionism its name, the emblematic Impression, MUSÉE MARMOTTAN MONET of the Impressionists in a 2CV. This unusual outing will introduce Sunrise by Claude Monet. The Musée Marmottan Monet & FONDATION CLAUDE MONET you to the places, monuments and city sights that so inspired exhibits the world’s largest collection of works by Monet. GIVERNY the Impressionist painters, and allow you to compare the places Bequeathed by the artist’s family, these works come On sale in the two sites concerned. today with the original paintings presented on an iPad. from the painter’s house in Giverny. Displayed in a space Valid from 23 March www.4roues-sous-1parapluie.com measuring 200 m2 specially designed to hold the master’s to 1 November 2018 inclusive. Adultes: €20.50 Tel: 01 58 59 27 82 paintings, landscapes of Normandy, Italy and Holland are Reduced: €12 followed by an unequalled series of Lilies. A focal point (children over 7, students under 25) of Impressionism, the museum also holds the first The disabled: €4 collection of works by . More masterpieces Free: children under 7 INSPIRING bear the names of Corot, Manet, Caillebotte, Pissaro, Sisley, Renoir and Gauguin. MOMENTS

MUSÉE MARMOTTAN MONET Sip the elixir of the artists with the taste of the forbidden. For a 100% Impressionist 2 rue Louis Boilly, 75016 Paris experience, the bars of Montmartre invite you Tel: 01 44 96 50 33 to taste the legendary in keeping with www.marmottan.fr fée verte

© JP. Delagarde / CRT Paris IDF Delagarde © JP. the ritual. The “ ” (green fairy), whose th fiendish reputation was upheldcentury, by is the making painters and poets of the 19 a comeback after having been banned approximately 100 years ago. List and booking available on www.montmartre-guide.com

12 13 MUSEUM MUSÉE DE ITINERARY MONTMARTRE TRIPS & THE RENOIR GARDENS BOAT IN PARIS ( FOR GROUPS ) © J Sierpinski - CRT Paris IDF

AN IMPRESSIONIST STROLL © J. Sierpinski / CRT Paris IDF IN MONTMARTRE Reinhart / F. © musée de Montmartre

What could be more romantic than This interactive visit can be downloaded onto Standing amidst a set of buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries, to discover the Paris of the a telephone or tablet. The route introduces visitors the museum is surrounded by three gardens and overlooks a vineyard from the Seine? to the places that were dear to Renoir, Pissarro onto a broad swath of the Seine Valley. Here, on the very spot where The theme-based river trip and Van Gogh. Please note: five information panels Renoir had his studio (it was here he painted in particular “The Paris of the Impressionists” in Rue des Saules illustrate the Van Gogh itinerary the Dance at the and The Swing), will plunge you into the “stunning in Montmartre. the museum illustrates the high times of the Butte. capital” of the avant-garde painters Paintings, posters, musical scores and much more whose greatest masterpieces were MONTMARTRE UN VILLAGE, evoke the artistic effervescence associated with TOURIST OFFICE often inspired by the entire Paris region Montmartre. A new space in the museum allows th INSPIRING and the Seine in particular. 7 rue Drevet, 75018 Paris visitors to soak up the atmosphere of the late 19 Tel: 01 42 62 21 21 century. The studio-apartment of Suzanne MOMENTS

For groups (minimum 15 people) www.montmartre-guide.com Valadon (painter and painter’s ) ITINERARY and her son can also be visited. Take a seat in the Café Renoir in the Musée BOAT TRIPS IN PARIS de Montmartre. Take the time to soak up www.vedettesdeparis.fr MUSÉE DE MONTMARTRE - JARDINS RENOIR the magic of the places and enjoy the light that bathes the museum’s pretty garden just 12 rue Cortot, 75018 Paris two steps from the Place du Tertre. Enjoy Tel: 01 49 25 89 37 - www.museedemontmartre.fr the magnificent view over the vines of the Clos Montmartre and beyond onto the vast plain to the north of Paris for a moment of pure pleasure.

14 15 DISCOVER IMPRESSIONISM AND ITS PRECURSORS SOUTH OF PARIS

BARBIZON, ot far from Paris and its Some of the paintings by Gustave : Adrien Didierjean ITS SURROUNDINGS vibrant atmosphere you Caillebotte were influenced by N can enjoy the pleasures the time he spent in his family of the great outdoors at the gates property at Yerres to the east of Paris. & of the capital. Between Yerres And Sisley spent the last 20 years and Barbizon a broad band of his life in Moret-sur-Loing. of countryside still bears the stamp An outing taking in Barbizon, of the Impressionists and the painters on the edge of Fontainebleau Forest, who preceded them. Its forest, provides an excellent pretext for YERRES charming villages and rivers and following the traces of the landscape streams drew painters to this region. painters (such as Millet and Rousseau) Today its many places invite you in the “”, the art to enter and discover their secrets: movement that preceded artists’ houses, museums, dynamic the Impressionists.. galleries and more. Le Nageur (détail) © RMN-Grand Palais (musée d’Orsay) / Photo Caillebotte Gustave (1848-1894),

17 MUSEUM MUSÉE MUSÉE DÉPARTEMENTAL THE DES ARTISTS JEAN-FRANÇOIS PEINTRES DE ITINERARY AT MILLET BARBIZON FONTAINEBLEAU Millet lived and worked here from 1849 until his death The Auberge Ganne, in 1875. It was in this studio that he painted such scenes where the painters used to stay, of rural life as The Angelus and , two has been transformed into paintings that have travelled around the world and can a museum containing some be seen today in the musée d’Orsay. The studio still holds 100 works. With its period decor, personal objects belonging to the artist, in particular his it gives an idea of the daily life correspondence, and engravings. Also displayed: of the artists in the warm a series of original works by masters of the Barbizon School. atmosphere of an inn. © Barbizon Tourisme

BARBIZON ITINERARY PAINTERS © A.Laurin / CRT Paris IDF © MDPB DISCOVERYCIRCUIT

MUSÉE DÉPARTEMENTAL Following in the footsteps of the 19th-century landscape For 40 years, the area of Fontainebleau DES PEINTRES DE BARBIZON painters, this walk will introduce you to the village. In was the centre of an artistic revolution: 92 grande rue, 77630 Barbizon Barbizon you will visit the places frequented by the artists that of the precursors of Impressionism. Tel: 01 60 66 22 27 on a daily basis before plunging into Fontainebleau Between Barbizon and Chailly-en-Bière, www.musee-peintres-barbizon.fr Forest (UNESCO biosphere) and the sites by which the discover the artists’ itinerary in the artists were inspired. footsteps of the Impressionists.

MUSEUM The itinerary can be downloaded from www.fontainebleau-tourisme.com Other walking routes in Fontainebleau Forest

© Office de Tourisme de Barbizon © Office de Audio-guides are also available for download on the site www.zevisit.com can be downloaded from www.fontainebleau-tourisme.com Don’t miss the open-air museum that exhibits 20 modern creations made in Venetian glass by mosaicist artists. This approximately 6 km cultural FONTAINEBLEAU TOURISME MUSÉE JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET walk will take you into the heart of the village of Barbizon, from the plain 27 grande Rue, 77630 Barbizon INSPIRING of the Angelus to the edge of the wood. 4 place de la République, Tel: 01 60 66 21 55 77300 Fontainebleau Audio-guides available. www.-millet.fr MOMENTS Tél : 01 60 74 99 99 www.fontainebleau-tourisme.com

Share a moment with friends OFFICE DU TOURISME DE BARBIZON or family on the terrace Place Marc Jacquet, 77630 Barbizon of a restaurant in Barbizon. Tel: 01 60 66 41 87 Allow yourself to be charmed by the unique atmosphere of ITINERARY this village of artists and linger in its gallery-lined streets.

18 19 MUSEUM MUSÉE DÉPARTEMENTAL MALLARMÉ The summer home of Stéphane Mallarmé from 1874 till his death in 1898, d’Image-MSL © Une Terre the “Impressionist poet” in the words of Victor Hugo, and the “best friend” and defender of Édouard Manet, has today been recreated with its furniture and OUTINGS family belongings, as well as works by IN his artist friends. Berthe Morisot and her daughter painted in SISLEY‘S

the property’s beautiful flower and © Christophe Brachet vegetable garden. FOOTSTEPS

Born to English parents, took up painting in Paris with a group of young artists that included Bazille, THE Renoir and Monet. He settled in the region of Moret-sur- CAILLEBOTTE SITE Loing about 1880, where he would remain for 20 years till his death, immortalising the small mediaeval town that has retained its charm intact. Many artists still visit RESIDENCE today to set up their easels. Sisley and his wife were buried together, at his request, in Moret graveyard beneath Gustave Caillebotte spent 19 years with his family NEW! a rock from the forest of Fontainebleau. Several itineraries in their summer home in Yerres. During this Following refurbishment to restore the house as it was will take you to the landscapes painted by Alfred Sisley period he painted 89 works and, from 1875 during the lifetime of the painter, a visit to the property © Y. Bourhis - DAPMD/CG77 © Y. in Moret and its surrounding villages: Saint-Mammès, to 1879, created some of his most famous now draws you fully into the spirit of a summer home works, such as Bathers, Bank of the Yerres. at the end of the 19th century. Referred to as , Veneux-les-Sablons. the “Maison des illustres”, it faithfully reproduces MUSEE DEPARTEMENTAL The Tourist Office offers guided visits. For a complete visit to this beautiful white the personal world of the artist. The room, STÉPHANE MALLARMÉ building and its 11 hectares of land, dining room and billiards room have been entirely redecorated and Caillebotte’s bedroom has been 4, promenade Mallarmé, 77870 Vulaines-sur-Seine OFFICE DE TOURISME DE MORET SEINE ET LOING you can visit the property in augmented reality restored with its original furniture. Caillebotte’s studio, Tél : 01 64 23 73 27 - www.musee-mallarme.fr 4 bis place de Samois, 77250 Moret-sur-Loing on smartphones or by hiring a tablet. also fully restored, exhibits original works by the artist. Tel: 01 60 70 41 66 / www.msl-tourisme.fr PROPRIÉTÉ CAILLEBOTTE LE POINT SISLEY 8 rue de Concy, 91330 Yerres 24, rue Grande, 77250 Moret-sur-Loing Tel: 01 80 37 20 61 INSPIRING Tel: 01 60 70 39 99 / www.alfred-sisley.com The grounds are open every day free of charge. INSPIRING For more information on opening days and times, MOMENTS MOMENTS visit: www.proprietecaillebotte.com

On sunny days take a walk through Hire a bicycle and ramble through ITINERARY SITE the grounds of the Caillebotte residence, the mediaeval alleyways of Moret-sur- its vegetable garden and outlying buildings.

Loing. Then swap your bike for a canoe It’s a true pleasure! Enjoy the site just as and let the Loing do the work. After the it was appreciated by the painter charm of the town’s ancient stone, enjoy in its idyllic and unspoilt setting. the lapping of the water as you taste Then take a boat trip on the River a stick of barley sugar from Moret, Yerres and just go with a speciality of the village the flow. since 1638.

20 21 ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE BANKS OF THE SEINE THE AT THE GATES OF PARIS

hereas the new This period was admirably Paris provided plenty depicted by Monet’s La Grenouillère, W of inspiration for Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating BANKS the Impressionists, the expansion Party and Seurat’s Sunday Afternoon » , 1884 - Paris, musée d’Orsay Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée d’Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski of the railways, the improvement on La Grande Jatte, which feature in painting materials and the growth guinguettes (open-air dance halls), OF THE in popularity of recreational activities afternoon siestas, boating trips and offered them new motifs close to picnics. Such inspiring moments, the capital. It was in the “Country captured by the Impressionists, are of the Impressionists” through still very much to be had. which the Seine winds, such as SEINE at Chatou, Bougival and on the Île de la Jatte, that a joie de vivre was cultivated around the pleasures of frivolity, dancing and boating. un dimanche après-midi à l’île de la Grande Jatte un dimanche après-midi

Étude pour « Seurat Georges (1859-1891), Seurat Georges

23 ON THE TRACES OF THE IMPRESSIONIST ITINERARY ÎLE DE PAINTERS LAJATTE AT ASNIÈRES-SUR-SEINE NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE LEVALLOIS-PERRET

The Impressionists itinerary, which features reproductions of paintings inspired by the Île de la Jatte, is the chance to discover this very special place made famous around / CRT Paris IDF © Jarry-Tripelon the world by and his painting Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte. Itinerary available on www.tourisme92.com MUSÉE-RESTAURANT SITE MUSEUM FOURNAISE Auguste Renoir continually sang the praises of the , La pêche au printemps , La pêche au printemps © which he called “the prettiest place around Paris”. This guinguette attracted crowds who came to dance and flirt, but also the Impressionist painters looking Between Asnières Bridge and Clichy Bridge, discover for new motifs. The restaurant there today recreates the setting of the era, the landscapes that influenced such famous painters in particular the famous terrace looking onto the River Seine, which provided as Van Gogh, Émile Bernard, and Georges the background in Renoir’s famous painting The Luncheon of the Boating Party. Seurat, for whom Asnières was both home and a place The restaurant serves traditional French cuisine and a meal there can be continued of inspiration. with a visit to the museum where, in winter, paintings of the countryside around the Seine by lesser-known masters evoke the period Itinerary open to all or guided visits on reservation at the Direction de la Culture et du Tourisme, of boating parties. During the summer, it is a place Asnières Town Hall for temporary exhibitions. Tel: 01 41 11 14 21 www.mairieasnieres.fr A route around the museum with questions to answer and anecdotes to enjoy has been created so that the very young too INSPIRING © JL Dolmaire can participate in the enjoyment. MOMENTS

ITINERARY MUSÉE-RESTAURANT FOURNAISE At Chatou on the Island of 3 rue du Bac, 78400 Chatou the Impressionists, enjoy a picnic Tel: 01 34 80 63 22 / www.musee-fournaise.com beside the Seine and the views that Tél : 01 30 71 41 91 / www.restaurant-fournaise.fr inspired Renoir to paint The Luncheon of the Boating Party. After a short siesta, take a peaceful stroll beside the river.

24 25 ON ITINERARY THETRACES OF ITINERARY THE IMPRESSIONIST THE IMPRESSIONIST PAINTERS PROMENADE AT BOUGIVAL

From Chatou to Croissy-sur-Seine, and from to Marly-le- Roi, discover the landscapes painted by Renoir, Sisley, Monet and Pissarro by means of 30 reproductions of their paintings placed in the exact spot where the artists set up their easels. A detailed map traces out itineraries in places of interest and other © ADG remarkable sites.

OFFICE DE TOURISME INTERCOMMUNAL SAINT GERMAIN LE BOUCLES DE SEINE MUSÉE DE Jardin des arts, 3 rue Henri IV, LA 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye GRENOUILLÈRE Tel: 01 30 87 20 63 www.seine-saintgermain.fr Between 1855 and 1928 this guinguette attracted

Parisians avid to enjoy their leisure time and Bougival © Tourisme inspired Renoir and Monet in particular to paint several works. With its collection of paintings, objects and engravings displayed in the setting Bougival, its river banks and islands attracted Would you like to travel on the Seine of a guinguette from the Belle Époque, the Impressionists. Follow the itinerary in the footsteps in a novel way on the traces of Monet, of Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot, Claude Monet, Renoir and Sisley? Nautic Park in Bougival the museum is representative of the activities, offers a 2-hour trip in an inflatable dinghy culture and pleasure so beloved Auguste Renoir and . It is still possible that will take you to emblematic places of the Impressionists. to find the views in this charming little town on like the Île de la Grenouillère, Bougival, the banks of the Seine, just as the painters saw them. the Machine at Marly, and the Musée- Restaurant Fournaise. MUSÉE DE LA GRENOUILLÈRE Boating, walks, barges berthed by the bank, riverside Espace Chanorier parties and dances on riverboats bring the scenes to life. NAUTIC PARK 12 Grande Rue, 78290 Croissy-sur-Seine Île de la Chaussée, 78380 Bougival Tel: 06 37 22 34 77

© Jarry-Tripelon / CRT Paris IDF © Jarry-Tripelon Tel: 01 30 53 61 02 - www.grenouillere-museum.com OFFICE DE TOURISME DE BOUGIVAL www.nauticpark.com 1 rue du Général Leclerc (entrée quai Clémenceau), Reservations required. bâtiment A, 78380 Bougival Tel : 01 39 69 21 23 www.tourisme-bougival.com MUSEUM ! GOOD IDEA

26 27 MUSEUM MUSÉE MUSEUM DÉPARTEMENTAL MAURICE © Balloy MUSÉE D’ART ET DENIS D’ HISTOIRE DE PARC DES IMPRESSIONNISTES On the banks of the Seine, just in front of the Île des Impressionnistes, come and discover a bit of Giverny in Rueil-Malmaison as you walk through the Parc des Impressionnistes. The gardeners took the inspiration from the palettes of the painters to create a living picture in vivid colours.

PARC DES IMPRESSIONNISTES Allée Jacques Prévert (or by the banks of the Seine), 92500 Rueil-Malmaison © DR www.rueil-tourisme.com © MAHM

Meudon’s art and history museum has Once the residence of the artist, the museum is dedicated to the work of Maurice a collection of paintings and watercolours Denis, the painter and theoretician of the Nabi group. In addition to the paintings ITINERARY representative of the history of French of this artist, the museum exhibits a collection of works by artists from the Symbolist, , from the late 18th Nabi, and Post-Impressionist movements, as well as by painters from the Pont-Aven century to the 1950s. The Barbizon group, such as Sérusier, Gauguin and Vuillard. School is represented by Theodore INSPIRING Rousseau and the Impressionists MUSÉE DÉPARTEMENTAL MOMENTS by and his luminous MAURICE DENIS painting of the Port of La Rochelle. 2 bis, rue Maurice Denis At Carrières-sur-Seine, Chatou and 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye Croissy-sur-Seine, take a boat trip and MUSEE D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE Tel: 01 39 07 87 87 let the river relax you at its own speed. DE MEUDON www.museemauricedenis.yvelines.fr Listen to the history of the Impressionists over the lapping of the water, watch the flora 11 rue des pierres, 92190 Meudon and wildlife, view the river banks and musee.meudon.fr the monuments up on the hills from the boat, circle the islands, enjoy the sunshine from beneath your boater, and wave to the passers-by.

28 29 FROM PISSARRO TO VAN GOGH, FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GREAT ARTISTS IN AUVERS AND THE OISE VALLEY

incent van Gogh moved Although the town owes its to Auvers-sur-Oise in international fame to Vincent V spring 1890, having left van Gogh, it is also known for Charles BARBIZON the south of France where he had François Daubigny, a precursor AUVERS been placed in a psychiatric hospital. of the Impressionists and a source & “Auvers is seriously beautiful” of inspiration to Van Gogh. he wrote to his brother Theo. A veritable centre of art, Auvers & It was here that he spent the last attracted Corot, then Pissarro THE 70 days of his life, an extraordinarily and Cézanne contributed to its Gachet © RMN-Grand Palais (musée d’Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski OISE productive period in his art. fame. And Pontoise was made just YERRES He painted more than 80 canvases, as famous by Camille Pissarro. including the famous Church From Auvers to Pontoise, by way VALLEY at Auvers-sur-Oise. He also died of Isle-Adam, the Impressionist there in tragic and mysterious adventures invite you to enjoy circumstances and is buried special moments by discovering in the town’s churchyard, where the valley of the River Oise, his brother joined him soon after. a region of creation and inspiration Today, Auvers-sur-Oise is for generations of artists. a true open-air museum that has succeeded in maintaining its rural and picturesque nature. L’église d’Auvers-sur-Oise, 1890 (détail), Collection Dr d’Auvers-sur-Oise, L’église Vincent van Gogh,

31 SITE AUBERGE ! INFO VAN CALLEDRAVOUX VAN GOGH‘S GOGH ‘S COME & HOUSE GRAVE

DISCOVER Vincent van Gogh died on 29 July AUVERS-SUR-OISE 1890 at the and his body was buried in the village graveyard. Six months later, his brother A direct train links the Gare du Nord Theo also died and his widow had in Paris with Auvers-sur-Oise every his remains transferred to Auvers-sur- Saturday, Sunday and public holiday Oise so that the two brothers could between 7 April and 28 October 2018. be reunited. The ivy that covers the two graves comes from OUTBOUND the garden of the house belonging Leave Gare du Nord – 9.38am to Dr Gachet. © M. Prunevieille / CRT Paris IDF Arrive Auvers-sur-Oise – 10.26am

RETURN Leave Auvers-sur-Oise – 6.32pm IMPRESSIONIST Arrive Gare du Nord – 7.05pm

Times subject to change, © J.Cornish / Institut Van Gogh © J.Cornish / Institut Van consult www.transilien.com WALK Vincent van Gogh painted more than 80 paintings The spirit of the painter still inhabits the attics of in Auvers-sur-Oise. This walk will take you through the Auberge Ravoux, where he lived during his stay the streets of the village in his footsteps, but also © J. Tripelon / CRT Paris IDF © J. Tripelon in Auvers-sur-Oise. In room number 5, which he occupied, in those of Cézanne, Pissarro, Dr Gachet the glory of Van Gogh is replaced by an atmosphere and Daubigny. of intimacy. The dining room is a place of animation CIMETIÈRE Guided visit every third Sunday of the month at 3pm, from April to October. where you can enjoy simple but genuine cuisine D’AUVERS-SUR-OISE Maps and audio-guides available at the Tourist Office. DON’T MISS! in the warm atmosphere of an artists’ café. 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise Entrée libre. OFFICE DE TOURISME AUVERS-SUR-OISE SAUSSERON IMPRESSIONNISTES In 2018 the town of Auvers-sur-Oise AUBERGE RAVOUX Gachet, 38 rue du Général de Gaulle, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise is celebrating the great figures who have Place de la Mairie, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise marked its history: Daubigny, Dr Tel: 01 30 36 71 81 Tel: 01 30 36 60 60 Daumier, Van Gogh and Boggio, among www.tourisme-auverssuroise.fr www.maisondevangogh.fr others. From 25 March to 4 November, SITE the town is dedicating its cultural and tourist season to them: “In the traces of the great, at the source of Impressionism”. ITINERARY

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© Musée de l’Absinthe DAUBIGNY The first artist to settle in Auvers-sur-Oise, Charles François Daubigny was later joined by a plethora DE of other artists, such as Vincent van Gogh. Housed MUSÉE in a manor, the Musée Daubigny pays tribute L’ to the work of this landscape artist and precursor ABSINTHE of Impressionism. To explain the importance of absinthe in the social and cultural life of the 19th century, the museum displays a unique and authentic collection of the objects necessary to its ritual consumption, as well as drawings, etchings and paintings. The aromatic plants required for its manufacture grow in its garden.

© Olivier Gaulon Tastings available.

MUSÉE DE L’ABSINTHE NEW! 44, rue Callé, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise The château has a new presentation called Tel: 01 30 36 83 26

“Vision Impressionniste, Naissance et Descendance”. www.musee-absinthe.com © Musée Daubigny The history of Impressionism is told by the French actor Jacques Gamblin as you visit eight spaces MUSÉE DAUBIGNY that make good use of digital devices. Don’t miss the departmental collection, which in particular INSPIRING Manoir des Colombières MUSEUM Rue de la Sansonne, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise includes Claude Monet’s painting The Station MOMENTS Tel: 01 30 36 80 20 at . Also to be enjoyed are the elegant www.museedaubigny.comv gardens and restaurant rooms. Sit at the foot of the bridge in Auvers and watch the on the Oise, an infinite source of inspiration to CHÂTEAU D’AUVERS the Impressionists. Perhaps this enchanting Rue de Léry, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise setting will induce you to improvise Tel: 01 34 48 48 48 a picnic beside the river. If not, opt for the pleasure of a meal of genuine www.chateau-auvers.fr cooking at the Auberge Ravoux.

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© D. et M. Raskin BOGGIO MAISON- ATELIER DAUBIGNY

Classified as a Historic Monument and with the label “Maison des illustres“, this building preserves a genuine 19th century atmosphere. The outstanding © Xavier Boggio © Eric Hesmerg painted decoration in this large house-studio was the work of Daubigny and his son, but also of Corot, Daumier and Oudinot, illustrative of the artistic This is a new site for the public. blossoming that occurred during this period. Another of the sites labelled “Maison MAISON DU des illustres“, this lovely property has SITE MAISON-ATELIER DAUBIGNY belonged to the Boggio family for more DR 61 rue Daubigny, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise than a hundred years and was the house Tel: 01 30 36 71 81 and studio of painter Émile Boggio from GACHET www.atelier-daubigny.com 1910 to 1920. Xavier Boggio, also a painter and sculptor, lives and works A doctor, member of scholarly societies, amateur painter here surrounded by original works by and engraver, Dr Gachet bought his house in Auvers in 1872. his great-uncle. Wishing to maintain He drew and engraved in the company of Cézanne and Pissarro.

SITE the property in good condition and to At Pissarro’s request, in 1890 he received Vincent van Gogh open it to the public and other artists, on his arrival in the town and took a personal interest he welcomes you to visit and share in the painter’s well-being. Van Gogh immortalised INSPIRING his art and life. Dr Gachet by painting three portraits of him. Today the house has been turned into a setting MOMENTS INSPIRING half MAISON-ATELIER BOGGIO for art exhibitions. The house has been labelled den – a “Maison des illustres“. Picnic in the garden – 47 rue Emile Boggio, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise MOMENTS landscaped, half vegetable gar Tel: 06 10 33 24 71 - [email protected] of the Maison-Atelier Boggio. MAISON DU DOCTEUR GACHET This dreamlike setting has Wander through the streets of the village maintained its rustic, 78 rue du Docteur Gachet, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise and admire the places that stimulated bygone character. Tel: 01 30 36 81 27 - www.valdoise-tourisme.com Van Gogh’s extraordinary creativity. Next, Entrée gratuite. continue your trip by following the itinerary named after him. Enjoy your promenade knowing that you are surrounded by the places that inspired legendary paintings like and The Church at Auvers.

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THE IMPRESSIONIST WALK AT SAINT-OUEN- L’ AUMÔNE © Destination Tourisme L’Isle Adam L’Isle © Destination Tourisme

D’ MUSÉE ART ET D’HISTOIRE LOUIS © Ville de Saint-Ouen l’Aumône SENLECQ © Ville de Pontoise A walk in 11 stages along This museum has a fine collection of paintings the quai de l’Écluse et du Halage, by the School of the Banks of the Oise, including MUSEUM where a series of panels gives by its best known representative Jules Dupré. MUSÉE faithful representations of famous This friend of Théodore Rousseau left Barbizon paintings painted between 1872 to set up a studio at l’Isle-Adam, where he painted and 1908. The panels are situated the landscapes of the Oise valley. PISSARRO in the same spots that the painters set up their easels to capture MUSÉE D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE Opened on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Pissarro, this recently renovated the landscapes of the banks LOUIS SENLECQ and enlarged museum pays tribute to the Impressionist master who lived in Pontoise of the Oise. 31 grande rue, 95290 L’Isle Adam between 1866 and 1868, then again between 1872 and 1884. It presents works Tél : 01 74 56 11 23 by Camille Pissarro and his five children, and by artists who worked in the area SAINT-OUEN-L’AUMÔNE musee.ville-isle-adam.fr between Pontoise and Isle-Adam in the second half of the 19th century: Daubigny, 95310 Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône Guillaumin, Signac, Hayet, Piette, Daumier and Thornley. www.ville-saintouenlaumone.fr MUSÉE PISSARRO

MUSEUM 17 rue du Château, 95000 Pontoise Tél. : 01 30 38 02 40 www.ville-pontoise.fr

38 39 SEE GIVERNY AND EXPERIENCE IMPRESSIONISM IN THE “SI BEAU PAYS” OF CLAUDE MONET

o see Giverny and live cascades of flowers and Impressionism at first hand, reflections of the light. Plunge T enjoy a sensorial experience into this picturesque setting at the doors of Normandy, in by visiting the house and gardens GIVERNY the “si beau pays” where Claude of the artist, the musée & ITS SURROUNDINGS Monet settled in 1883. Monet would des impressionnismes, and spend 43 years in this small village the many galleries that line of 300 souls. He experienced joys the streets of the village. Both in the village and the death of loved Giverny and the surrounding area ones, but above all his time there are marked by the stately presence was marked by the international of the Seine. From Vernon recognition he received for his to Les Andelys, passing through series of Lilies, and Mantes-la-Jolie, this headstrong . Exploring the village and and impetuous river, like its surrounding area, like Vernon, the Impressionists themselves, you will live the same experiences would inspire Claude Monet, Paul that inspired the painter: landscapes Signac and . that change appearance with the light and wind, an explosion of colours, Les Nymphéas , 1908 © musée de Vernon Claude Monet (1840-1926),

41 MUSEUM ANCIEN MUSÉE DES HÔTEL IMPRESSIONNISMES BAUDY DE In 1887, the first painters GIVERNY who would make up the future colony of American artists came looking for somewhere to stay in the village. Madame Baudy decided, therefore, to turn her grocery-refreshment room into a hotel-restaurant. Bustling and convivial, it became the setting for animated

evenings in the company © Maison Claude Monet Fondation Monet, Giverny of such artists as Monet, Renoir, Robinson and Cézanne. More than 18 nationalities settled in the hotel, which today has DE become a restaurant. MAISON ET JARDIN This history-filled house is still redolent of the Impressionist period. © MDIG CLAUDE MONET Each year the museum puts on two high quality temporary The house and garden of Claude Monet offer an insight into the painter’s exhibitions related to the Impressionist movement, family life. With its objects and memories, the house with green shutters its precursors and its French and foreign heirs. And this year is infused with the master’s spirit. It invites you to enter into the daily life SITE the permanent exhibition has a space dedicated to Hiramatsu of the artist thanks in particular to its collection of Japanese prints Reji. During its exhibitions, the museum organises many and the re-creation of the bedrooms. The house is the result of Monet’s activities: painting workshops for children and adults, a games immediate for Giverny. He had his first sight of the village book for children, lectures and guided visits. The museum as he was passing it on a train and immediately fell under has also developed several apps and mini-sites (La galaxie its charm. In this pink rough-cast house, which he bought des impressionnismes, Iris et les graines lumineuses) in 1890, he found the principal subjects of his paintings.

© CRTN C. Hebert to deepen your understanding of Impressionism in He was so attached to Giverny that to leave it a playful manner. The garden too is a veritable eulogy for any period became a terrible wrench. INSPIRING to colour, delicate hues and the pleasures of aromatic plants. MOMENTS ANCIEN HÔTEL BAUDY MAISON ET JARDINS 81 rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny MUSÉE DES IMPRESSIONNISMES DE CLAUDE MONET

Tel: 02 32 21 10 03 Enter the bedroom of the master of 99 rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny 84 rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny Free entry to the rose garden Impressionism, place your arms on the window Tel: 02 32 51 94 65 / www.mdig.fr Tel: 02 32 51 28 21 and the shop of miniatures. rail and gaze out on the lush garden with Free entry on the first Sunday of each month. www.fondation-monet.com its thousands of colours and scents. Outside From 16 to 26 July 2018 the main exhibition rooms are closed in the garden, you can do the same thing for preparation of the new temporary exhibition. on the Japanese bridge. Experience the same physical link as Monet with his famous paintings of the lilies in his pond: a passage from perceptive SITE sensation to the canvas.

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© Musée de Vernon , 1 la collégiale de Vernon Earl Butler, Théodore

MUSÉE DE Maximilien LUCE , Rolleboise, en fleurs , vers 1920 l’arbre © Musée de l’Hôtel-Dieu, Mantes-la-Jolie

This attractive museum, not far from the banks VERNON of the Seine, is home to more than 350 works by the Neo-Impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. This discreet and charming museum is housed Living in Rolleboise in 1917, this artist with strong in a 15th-century private residence and lies anarchist tendencies found the banks the Seine only 5 km from Giverny on the other bank an ideal motif to express his unique art, dominated © T. Berteil © T. of the Seine. Its collection includes many by light and his admiration for the world Impressionist works by the American Theodore of working men and women. Butler, Blanche Hoschédé-Monet (the master’s Include in your stroll this itinerary featuring stepdaughter), the pointillist , 20 panels in French and English that describe MUSÉE DE L’HÔTEL-DIEU and the Nabis Félix Valloton and Maurice Denis. the history of Giverny and those people who ! 1 rue Thiers, 78200 Mantes-la-jolie INFO Claude Monet is represented by a tondo from have marked its history. Claude Monet, Theodore Tel: 01 34 78 86 60 / www.manteslajolie.fr his series of Lilies, of which there are only four Butler, and Vaclav Radimsky are Closed for works until autumn 2018. in the world. This museum is not to be missed. some of those illustrious individuals who have Painting takes on a new dimension on wandered through the village and its surroundings a digital device. The mini-site “La galaxie MUSÉE DE VERNON in search of motifs and inspiration. On your walk des impressionnismes” was developed you will discover the very beautiful Romanesque in 2017 by the musée des impressionnismes 12 rue du pont, 27200 Vernon to refine your understanding of the varied Tel: 02 32 21 28 09 INSPIRING Church of St Radegonde next to Claude world of the painters of this movement www.vernon27.fr Monet’s last dwelling place before his death in a colourful and recreational manner. MOMENTS on 5 December 1926. www.galaxie.mdig.fr Enjoy an Impressionist experience off Itinerary available at the Office de Tourisme Seine Normandie Agglomération the beaten track. Spend a night in Vétheuil in what was one of the last homes www.normandie-giverny.fr MUSEUM of Claude Monet. Let your mind wander and imagine the artist in this history-charged house that has been turned into a B&B. For those in a hurry, you can discover the house with a guided visit. maison-claude-monet-a-vetheuil- conference.business.site

44 45 EXPLORE ROUEN, THE IMPRESSIONISTS’ OPEN-AIR STUDIO

he open-air studio of He found a small room to rent right the most famous painters, in front of the building. He was sure T Rouen and the Seine Valley it would give him the perfect view. will offer you an unforgettable Sitting at its window, Monet painted Impressionist journey. Like Monet, a series of some 30 pictures of you will be dazzled by its cathedral the city’s Notre-Dame cathedral that ROUEN and the variations in its colours with today are spread across the world. & THE BENDS OF THE SEINE the changing light. Like Pissarro During the Post-Impressionist and Sisley, you will be captivated period, a prestigious painting school by the narrow streets charged with developed in the city – the School of history, the magic of the river and Rouen. It counted among its pupils the picturesque villages that line such renowned artists as Lebourg, its banks. In 1892 and 1893, Claude Angrand and Delattre, who all took Monet stayed in Rouen on several the Seine, with its changing and occasions. He discovered the city’s misty atmosphere, as their favourite 1894 © Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York M. Davis, 1915 - The Metropolitan M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore 1894 © Theodore artistic potential, in particular subject. its cathedral, whose beauty immediately leapt to his eyes. Le Portail, plein soleil, Claude Monet (1840-1926),

47 MUSEUM ITINERARY LA MUSÉE DES BOUILLE BEAUX-ARTS DE ROUEN In its beautiful 19th century building, Rouen’s fine arts museum holds a fine collection of works,

in particular a large group of Impressionist Rouen Normandie © JF Lange / Métropole © JF Lange paintings. Free of charge, the museum includes major works by Claude Monet, like Rouen Cathedral, Camille Pissarro, Gustave Caillebotte A resort village for the citizens and Alfred Sisley. The museum also exhibits of Rouen during the 19th century, several Impressionist works by members of ROUEN the village of La Bouille has become the School of Rouen – Alfred Lebourg, Charles famous for its geographic location Angrand, Robert-Antoine Pichon and Joseph in the Seine valley. Its evenings Delattre. at dusk, ships and riverbanks have CATHEDRAL been extolled by William Turner, Refreshments in the delightful Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley and A few steps from the Rue du Gros-Horloge and ancient Rouen garden, beneath an elegant glass roof, will add Albert Lebourg. Today La Bouille stands the majestic Gothic cathedral of Notre-Dame. It was a pleasant moment to your visit to this cultural gem. still has its ferryboat and charming completed in 1506 but had to endure the tribulations of history,

© Normandie Tourisme & Congrès / JF Lange / JF Lange & Congrès © Normandie Tourisme towpath. While staying in Rouen in particular World War II. Classed as a historic monument MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE ROUEN and La Bouille, you can also enjoy in 1862, it contains the tomb of the Dukes of Normandy. Esplanade , 76000 Rouen the relaxed pleasure of a river cruise. Tel: 02 35 71 28 40 A favourite subject of many artists, Monet painted a large www.mbarouen.fr series of it, and the Fauve painter Pierre Dumont also took ROUEN NORMANDIE Free entry to the permanent collections. it as a model. The cathedral choir is the setting TOURISME ET CONGRES for a temporary exhibition. Now it is your turn INSPIRING to be impressed by its beauty 25 place de la cathédrale, 76008 Rouen Tèl : 02 32 08 32 40 MOMENTS and splendour. www.rouentourisme.com CATHÉDRALE Standing in front of the Impressionist NOTRE-DAME INSPIRING table on the top of St Catherine’s Hill, with the sun rising behind you and Place de la cathédrale MOMENTS warming your back, you will enjoy 76000 Rouen the misty light over the city of Rouen. Free entry The panorama takes in the bends of When night falls, after an outdoor meal the Seine, the bridges and clock-towers in Rouen’s historic centre, for of Rouen, and the surroundings the cathedral square and soak up the of the urban landscape. light and sound show. The production Cathédrales de lumière projected onto SITE the building façade is an absolute “must” during your Norman summer. Free of charge, from 15 June to 22 September

48 49 FROM LE HAVRE TO DEAUVILLE, PASSING THROUGH HONFLEUR, RELIVE THE DAWN THE OF IMPRESSIONISM

ith its major sites of The spreading of the railways Le Havre and Honfleur, provided the Impressionists W this region will fill you with the chance to make the nooks with a host of fleeting impressions and crannies of Normandy their experienced and exalted by motifs. Some set up their easels SEINE the Impressionists. Watch the changes on the coastline. Was it not Eugène in the sky and light dear to Boudin Boudin who advised the young ESTUARY in Honfleur, stroll by the docks and Claude Monet to paint seascapes admire the breathtaking view from as, to his eyes, “the sea and its skies the Côte de Grâce immortalised by are so beautiful”? Thus Monet too the Impressionist painters. Share, glorified Sainte-Adresse. Eugène 145 years later, the experience with Boudin employed his talent Monet of a sunrise over the sea from and mastery of detail to portray the wharfs of Le Havre. Honfleur and Trouville. And Camille Pissarro depicted the bustling port in Le Havre in over 20 paintings. un dimanche à Saint-Siméon @ musée Eugène Boudin, Honfleur Adolphe-Félix Cals,

51 Impression, Sunrise. Then, stroll over to Sainte- that inspired Claude Monet’s famous painting

the marine atmosphere of this estuary port

designed by architect Auguste Perret after de Southampton in Le Havre and enjoy

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Watch the sunrise from the Quai the destruction of Le Havre in WW2. the comings-and-goings of the cargo

ships, yachts and container ships. Lastly, look out to sea and enjoy MOMENTS INSPIRING 52

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Free entryonthefirstSundayofmonth. www.muma-lehavre.fr Tel: 02351962 2 bdClemenceau,76600LeHavre MUSÉE D’ART MODERNE of culture andseaair. it promises itsvisitorsaserving architectural design.Facingouttosea, enjoysatransparent building the andluminous museuminLeHavre.the 1960s, Constructed inthe admire youwill andmanyothers, these, All asyouwanderround Renoir, Pissarro, asbyCourbetandCorot. SisleyandDegas,as well ofImpressionistcollection Monet, worksbyBoudin, with paintings, MuMa,hasasplendid Monet andJongkind.Thetownmuseum,the Boudin, time,including the at finestflowers ofpainting enjoyed the ImpressionistSunrise andgavethe movementitsname.Thetown It wasinLeHavre ClaudeMonetpaintedImpression, in1872that ANDRÉMALRAUX (M MODERNE © Ludovic Maisant MUSÉE MALRAUX

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the Pont de Normandie and visit Trouville. Enjoy the late 19th-century atmosphere as

in Monet’s painting The Beach at Trouville.

From Le Havre, cross the estuary over

Enjoy the charm of the promenade and you stroll along the seafront, as seen superb seaside villas on which Parisian

MOMENTS INSPIRING

society descended during

the Belle Époque. MUSEUM MUSÉE MUSEUM EUGÈNE BOUDIN SITE FERME SAINT-SIMÉON

Fascinated by the estuary light, Boudin, Courbet, Daubigny and many other artists stayed at the Saint-Siméon Inn, run by Mère Toutain. At the end of the 1850s, this mythical place saw cultural gatherings of Impressionist painters, musicians, poets, etc. Today this famous establishment is a top quality hotel-restaurant.

FERME SAINT-SIMÉON HÔTEL-RESTAURANT ® aterrom Fotolia.com ® aterrom 20 Rue Adolphe Marais, 14600 Honfleur Tel: 02 31 81 78 00

HONFLEUR & ITINERARY ITS Rivage près de Honfleur @ H Brauner - Musee E. Boudin , Rivage près PAINTERS An outing to Honfleur will inevitably take you to the Vieux-Bassin and into the streets On 25 May, 15 June and 21 September Honfleur Tourist Office will of the district of Sainte-Catherine, made famous by Monet, Jongkind and Boudin. present a dramatised tour titled “Eugène raconte à la poupée: To complete the Impressionist experience, make sure to take the detour to the museum Le temps des Impressionnistes”. This Impressionist journey will dedicated to Eugène Boudin. It holds no fewer than 100 paintings by this artist, take you on the traces of Eugène Boudin. You can also discover nicknamed the “King of the skies” by Camille Corot, surrounded by works by Monet, Honfleur as a family with the app “Rando-jeu” (which won INSPIRING Courbet and Jongkind. And you will be able to compare the different interpretations a tourist prize in 2015). A free brochure “Sur les pas MOMENTS of the same place – The Church Clocktower – by Jongkind and Boudin. des peintres” completes the visit.

Savour the splendours of Deauville, MUSÉE EUGÈNE BOUDIN OFFICE DE TOURISME D’HONFLEUR the “town of pleasures”. Visit Rue de l’Homme de Bois, 14600 Honfleur Quai Lepaulmier, 14600 Honfleur the casino sketched by Eugène Boudin. Tel: 02 31 89 54 00 Tel: 02 31 89 23 30 Let yourself be swept away, 150 years www.musees-honfleur.fr www.ot-honfleur.fr after the Impressionists, by the vibrant life of this seaside resort, its villas and yacht marina.

54 55 ENJOY A HELPING OF ART ON THE CÔTE D’ALBÂTRE

THE ith its majestic Fécamp followed suit in 1832 cliffs, shingle beach, by building a swimming pool W extraordinary valleuses and a casino. Its cliffs and seascape (natural depressions in the cliffs) attracted another Impressionist and fishing villages, the Côte in the person of Claude Monet, d’Albâtre will reward you with an who would paint more than authentic Impressionist journey. 100 pictures between Dieppe From Dieppe to Étretat, you will fall and Varengeville. Stimulated CÔTE in love with its delightful landscapes by the coast’s beauty, the master D’ bathed by the changing light, made of Impressionism later became ALBÂTRE famous by the Impressionists and enamoured of another dramatic almost unaltered since their day. Norman setting: Étretat. This At the initiative of the Duchess of unique port, with its extraordinary Berry, in 1824 Dieppe transformed rock formations, also captured itself into a resort. Its charm the attention of Eugène Boudin soon fascinated painters like Turner, and Gustave Courbet, who painted Isabey, Courbet, Delacroix, Morisot, more than fifty views of its coastline Pissarro and Renoir, no less! and sea. Étretat : la plage et porte d’Amont , 1883 © Patrice Schmidt - Musée d’Orsay / RMN Étretat Claude Monet (1840-1926),

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the legendary places of Normandy. This breathtaking panorama can be admired from Étretat Gardens, where the glorious

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and Renoir both fell. Tel: 0235851958 Parc ducolombier, 76550Offranville JACQUES-ÉMILE BLANCHE LE MUSÉE Farcy.William Parc floral charmingflowergardenin the prolificthis andissituated artist workof ofthe collection The museumboastsamoving andart. and womenofletters men placeforthe into ameeting heturnedhishome portraitist, Atalented music andpainting. tried hishandatliterature, by Manet,Jacques-ÉmileBlanche Encouraged inhisearlydays JACQUES-ÉMILE LE BLANCHE MUSÉE

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DRIFT WITH THE IMPRESSIONIST CURRENTS FROM FROM CAEN TO THE COTENTIN

t first sight, the Calvados Signac continued his exploration and the Manche seem of the region when he spent five to be more linked to years living in Barfleur, nicknamed CAEN theA Middle Ages and World War II the “Pearl of the Saire Valley” by Jules TO THE than Impressionism. And yet it is Renard. Just as Rouen was a hotbed in the Manche that Jean-François of local artists, Caen too can boast Millet, the realist painter who Stanislas Lépine, whose work was COTENTIN led the way for a number of included in the first Impressionist Impressionists, took his first steps exhibition in Paris, held in 1874, and as a painter. And it was in who returned to spend his holidays the Calvados that the family of in the city every summer. the Post-Impressionist painter Paul Signac spent several summer holidays. Le phare de Gatteville @ Musée Thomas Henry - JM Enault 2015 Paul Signac, Le phare

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PAINTING IN @ MBA Caen Bassin du Havre Albert Marquet, NORMANDY MUSÉE DES MUSEUM For twenty years the Regional Council has boasted a collection of 150 impressive works, some of which are exhibited in the elegant Gustave Caillebotte, Portraits à la campagne , 1876 Bayeux, MAHB © Mathieu Ferrier Abbaye aux Dames and are regularly shown BEAUX-ARTS DE around Europe. Jacques-Émile Blanche, This museum offers a veritable journey to The Beach at Dieppe, Eugène Boudin, CAEN the heart of European art history. The collections Low Tide, Sunset, Stanislas Lépine, Cliffs in this splendid episcopal palace give pride Close to Trouville, and Auguste Renoir, Housed in the castle, Caen’s museum has a small but high quality of place to the Impressionists. Under no Sunset are part of the collection titled collection of Impressionist works. Claude Monet, Étretat, Pierre Bonnard, circumstance miss the paintings by Boudin “Peindre en Normandie”. Portrait of Madame Henri, and Gustave Courbet, Woman with Jewels and Caillebotte, among which Portraits are a few of the paintings linked to the Impressionist movement that in the Countryside. ABBAYE AUX DAMES have found their home in this historical gem. Note also a work by Place de la reine Mathilde the 20th-century American artist Joan Mitchell, inspired by a certain MUSÉE D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE 14000 Caen Claude Monet. BARON GÉRARD Tel: 02 31 06 98 98 37 rue du Bienvenu MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS 14400 Bayeux Le Château, 14000 Caen Tel: 02 31 92 14 21 Tel: 02 31 30 47 70 EXHIBITION OR LUNCH? www.bayeuxmuseum.com www.mba.caen.fr SITE The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen doesn’t oblige ! you to make the choice. Every Wednesday at 11.30, GOOD IDEA it offers a guided visit that focuses on particular works, and then follows this up with an exchange over lunch in the Café Mancel. A menu of culture and conviviality!

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© CDT Manche MUSÉE HAGUE THOMAS MILLET ‘S BIRTHPLACE HENRY This superb museum has just Jean-François Millet spent reopened after four years 21 years in the small house that of renovation. It holds the largest has now been transformed into provincial collection of works a museum. The collection by Jean-François Millet thanks to contains objects from the daily the bequest by the Ono family, life of the rural world painted members of which were painted by the artist and from his youth. on several occasions by the artist. Ten original drawings by These portraits made by the the artist are also exhibited. painter of The Angelus can be admired in the museum, for example, the delicate Portrait of Cap de la Hague © ted007 Fotolia.com MAISON NATALE DE MILLET Pauline Ono. Other 19th-century Hameau de Gruchy artists from the Cotentin Gréville Hague, 50440 La Hague This guided visit organised by the Tourist Office will introduce Tel: 02 33 01 81 91 to discover include Armand- you to the natural grandeur of the landscapes painted by Auguste Fréret, one of the first Jean-François Millet at the birth of Impressionism. It will take landscape artists to set up his you in his footsteps along the coastal path and to the church easel on the sites of La Hague, musée Thomas Henry Jean-Frrançois Millet, Portrait de Pauline Ono en déshabillé © D.Sohier, of Gréville-Hague, immortalised by the artist, who left Barbizon Fouace and Buhot. Their works SITE to return to his homeland. You will then be taken to Millet’s are some of the 300 paintings birthplace and treated to a typical Norman and sculptures from between afternoon tea. the 15th and 19th centuries that make up the collection. Tuesdays: 8 May, 17 July, INSPIRING 24 July, 31 July, 14 August. INSPIRING MOMENTS MUSÉE THOMAS HENRY Thursday: 23 August. MOMENTS Le Quasar, esplanade de la laïcité 50100 Cherbourg-en Cotentin Enjoy a stroll in the marine air in Barfleur, OFFICE DE TOURISME Tél : 02 33 23 39 30 a busy port in the Manche since the Middle Waken all five senses in the botanical garden DE LA HAGUE www.ville-cherbourg.fr in Vauville, which combines the scents of Ages. Watch the bustle in the port that was dear nature with delights of the palate. After 1 place de la Madeleine, to Paul Signac, the Post-Impressionist painter who 50440 Beaumont Hague admiring the 1000+ species of exotic plants, lived in this village from 1932 to 1935. You will head for the tea-room and enjoy Tel: 02 33 52 74 94 see his house in Rue Saint Nicolas if you take the homemade chocolates and cakes www.lahague-tourisme.com the guided visit organised by the Tourist Office straight from the oven.

on Wednesdays in July and August. Office de Tourisme Jardin botanique de Vauville www.jardin-vauville.fr

2, rond-point50760 Guillaume Barfleur le Conquérant, Tel: 02 33 54 02 48 / www.barfleur.fr

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utdoor painters by In 2018, tailored and unusual nature, the Impressionists excursions will take you in the O didn’t spend their time footsteps of these artists who wrapped up at home: they preferred revolutionised the history of EXCURSIONS to travel in search of motifs, to go art so that you can relive their out and about. Whether for just experiences. Whether by train or a day or a longer stay, in Normandy, minibus, à la carte or from a set list, or along the banks of the Seine or a wide choice exists to bring you the Oise, the Impressionists took moments of pleasure. For days of advantage of the development of enjoyment, new encounters the railways to leave their studios and discoveries. and search for new landscapes and sites to paint direct from the motif. La Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877 © Musée d’Orsey / RMN Saint-Lazare, La Gare Claude Monet (1840-1926),

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GIVERNY & AUVERS-SUR-OISE BY MINI-BUS © Normandy Melody PARISCITYVISION NORMANDY MELODY ( INDIVIDUALS OR SMALL-GROUPS)

Normandy Melody invites you to enjoy unique and personalised excursions to the focal points of the pictorial @ Région Normandie / Eric Bénard movements in Normandy (Honfleur, © ParisCityVision / MIR Giverny, Rouen, Étretat) and Île-de- France (Auvers, Yerres, Paris). Visits, outdoor painting workshops Leave for Giverny where you will discover the house THE and cooking courses based on recipes and studio of Claude Monet, as well as his garden by Claude Monet to pick and choose and the famous Japanese bridge. Then visit from during your Impressionist trip. the Musée des Impressionnismes in Giverny before IMPRESSIONIST lunch. In the afternoon, head for Auvers-sur-Oise Several possibilities exist for trips for a guided visit to the village where Van Gogh spent ranging from half a day to a period the last 70 days of his life painting some of of five days. his best-loved canvases. Also visit his bedroom TRAIN For small groups or individuals. in the Auberge Ravoux. From Paris to Normandy: in the footsteps of the Impressionist painters. Travel in a train decorated with the colours of Impressionism – that is the excursion NORMANDIE MELODY ALSO, A VISIT TO THE MUSÉE D’ORSAY proposed by the Normandy region in partnership with SNCF, leaving from AND GIVERNY WITH AN AUDIO-GUIDE www.normandy-melody.com the Paris station of Saint-Lazare. After a visit with audio-guide to the Musée d’Orsay, leave for Giverny in a coach to discover Monet’s house From 14 April to 30 September 2018, two additional return trips will be run and magnificent garden. on the Paris-Rouen-Le Havre line each weekend in trains decorated with famous

www.pariscityvision.com Impressionist paintings by Monet and Pissarro. Impressionist packs with a return train ticket to Normandy leaving from Saint-Lazare station and entry tickets to the Impressionist sites included are also available.

For more information, visit www.ter.sncf.com/normandie Available until 30 September.

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DATES EXHIBITIONS LOCATION DATES EXHIBITIONS LOCATION

MAXIMILIEN LUCE, Musée municipal, Until 27/05/2018 Until 04/11/2018 Moret-sur-Loing UN PEINTRE ENGAGÉ place Thorel, MUSÉE SISLEY

DANIEL FAUGAS, NYMPHÉAS. Musée de l’Orangerie, Until 03/06/2018 PHOTOGRAPHIES DE L’ Musée de Vernon Until 20/08/2018 L’ABSTRACTION AMÉRICAINE Paris AU TEMPS DE L’IMPRESSIONNISME ET LE DERNIER MONET

COROT. Musée Marmottan Monet, Until 08/07/2018 GUSTAVE LOISEAU. Musée Pissarro, PEINDRE LA NATURE HUMAINE Paris Until 08/07/2018 PAYSAGES D’ÎLE-DE-FRANCE Pontoise ET DE NORMANDIE Musée Until 15/07/2018 JAPONISMES / IMPRESSIONNISMES des Impressionnismes, LES IMPRESSIONNISTES À LONDRES. , From 21/06 to 14/10/2018 Giverny ARTISTES EN EXIL 1870-1904 Paris

MARY CASSATT : Musée Jacquemart-André, COLLECTIONS PRIVÉES. Until 23/07/2018 UNE IMPRESSIONNISTE CHEFS-D’OEUVRE Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris From 13/09 to 10/02/2019 AMÉRICAINE À PARIS DE COLLECTIONS PARTICULIÈRES Paris DE L’IMPRESSIONNISME AU FAUVISME Musée Daubigny, Until 26/08/2018 IMPRESSIONS MARINES Auvers-sur-Oise RENOIR PÈRE ET FILS. Musée d’Orsay, From 06/11 to 27/01/2019 PEINTURE ET CINÉMA Paris Musée Eugène Boudin, From 07/07 to 15/10/2018 PAUL-ÉLIE GERNEZ (1888-1948) Honfleur Maison natale Until 30/03/2019 PORTRAITS DE FEMMES Jean-François Millet, Musée Gréville-Hague HENRI-EDMOND CROSS, From 27/07 to 04/11/2018 des Impressionnismes, PEINDRE LE BONHEUR Giverny Maison natale PORTRAITS CROISÉS : Until 15/11/2019 Jean-François Millet, MILLET ET LA PHOTOGRAPHIE Gréville-Hague

70 71 NOTES Design and cover art: Bastille Layout design: Monsieur T

Content: Raphaëlle Guillou, Comité régional de Tourisme Paris Ile-de-France ; Nathalie Lecerf, Contrat Normandie Paris Ile-de-France : destination Impressionnisme ; Cédric Lemagnent, Eure Tourisme

Thanks are due to the museums of Normandy and Ile-de-France for access to their collections and to our tourist partners for their valuable assistance.

With the particular contribution of Eure Tourisme.

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