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impressionist adventures THE NORMANDY & PARIS ILE-DE-FRANCE GUIDE 2018 Gustave Caillebotte, Parterre de marguerites, vers 1893 - Giverny, musée des impressionnismes, acquis grâce à la générosité de la Caisse des Dépôts, de la Caisse d’Epargne Normandie, de SNCF Réseau, de la Société des amis du musée des impressionnismes Giverny et d’une souscription publique, 2016, MDIG 2016.2.1 à 4 © Giverny, musée des impressionnismes 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 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 of 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 are still unspoiled, still bear the stamp of the greatest Impressionist artists and their heirs: Daubigny, Boudin, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, Caillebotte, Sisley, Van Gogh, 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. Relive the artistic ebullience of Paris and Montmartre 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. Just choose the ones you wish to enjoy! ITINERARIES Your Impressionist journey 6 à la carte BON VOYAGE In Normandy, Paris and Île-de-France, PARIS & enjoy unique experiences in nine different regions deeply marked by MONTMARTRE the great Impressionist movement. Discover the masterpieces Whether in urban settings or the open 8 of Impressionism and relive the vivacity of the period countryside, on the banks of the Seine or the seashore, in preserved forests or the intimacy of a private garden, BARBIZON, ITS these regions present all the beauty of the landscapes that inspired SURROUNDINGS the Impressionist painters. 16 & YERRES Discover Impressionism This guide (available for download and its precursors south of Paris on the site voyagesimpressionnistes. com) offers a selection of museums, artists’ houses, visits and sites. THE BANKS OF THE SEINE 22 Enjoy the beauty of the banks of the Seine just outside Paris AUVERS & THE OISE 30 VALLEY From Pissarro to Van Gogh, follow in the footsteps of great artists GIVERNY & ITS SURROUNDINGS 40 See Giverny and experience Impressionism in the “si beau pays” of Claude Monet ROUEN & THE BENDS OF THE SEINE 46 Explore Rouen, the Impressionists’ BON VOYAGE open-air studio If you wish to explore more Impressionist journeys, don’t hesitate to THE SEINE consult the websites of the Normandy and Paris region Tourist Boards: ESTUARY normandie-tourisme.fr 50 From Le Havre to Deauville, passing through Honfleur, visitparisregion.com relive the dawn of Impressionism For more information available on the app “Destinations Impressionnisme”: THE CÔTE voyagesimpressionnistes.com D’ALBÂTRE 56 Enjoy a helping of art on the Côte d’Albâtre FROM CAEN TO THE 60 COTENTIN Drift with the currents of Impressionism EXCURSIONS From Paris to Normandy, in the footsteps of the Impressionist 66 painters AGENDA 70 A selection of exhibitions in 2018 Fécamp Beaumont- Yport Gréville-Hague Hague Barfleur Étretat Vauville Cherbourg- Saint-Vaast-la Hougue en-Cotentin Sainte-Adresse Le Havre Grandcamp-Maisy Port-en-Bessin- Huppain Trouville-sur-Mer Deauville Honfleur Houlgate Bayeux THE SEINE ESTUARY FROM CAEN TO Caen THE COTENTIN Fervaques NORMANDY & - DE - PARIS -ÎLE FRANCE Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei 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 LE HAVRE 210 188 252 236 206 132 90 DIEPPE 198 190 253 237 166 133 67 118 DISTANCES TOU IN PARIS ROUEN YERRES CHA GIVERNY KM LE HAVRE BARBIZON AUVERS-SUR-OISE Varengeville- sur-Mer Netherlands Dieppe Great Britain Offranville Belgium Germany Veules- Luxembourg les-Roses THE CÔTE D’ALBÂTRE FRANCE Switzerland Rouen Italy ROUEN & THE BENDS OF THE SEINE La Bouille -Sahurs Les Andelys Spain GIVERNY & ITS SURROUNDINGS & Vernon AUVERS Giverny THE OISE VALLEY L’Isle-Adam Pontoise Auvers-sur-Oise Mantes-la-Jolie Asnières Saint-Germain- Chatou en-Laye Croissy-sur-Seine Île de la Jatte Marly-le-Roi Bougival PARIS & MONTMARTRE THE BENDS OF THE SEINE Yerres FROM YERRES TO BARBIZON Barbizon Vulaines-sur-Seine Fontainebleau Moret-sur-Loing 9IMPRESSIONIST REGIONS Site discussed Impressionist site in the brochure More info available on the app ”Destination Impressionnisme”, from the Guide du Routard PARIS & MONTMARTRE - Musée dOrsay RMN Grand Palais © Hervé Lewandowski La classe de danse Edgar Degas, 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 the city 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 Napoleon 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 the capital city. The appearance the very greatest painters await you, 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 waiting for is your the Impressionists frequented presence to really celebrate the festive and that they depicted as chroniclers spirit. of the modern way of life. 9 MUSÉE MUSEUM D’ORSAY © Musée d’Orsay / Sophie Boegly In 1986 the old station built to receive visitors to the Universal Exposition of 1900 was turned into a museum dedicated to the arts of the years 1848–1914. This unusual building is home to some of the greatest Impressionist paintings, such as Olympia and Le déjeuner sur l’herbe by Édouard Manet, Women Ironing by Edgar Degas, the Dance at the Moulin de la Galette and The Swing by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and London, Houses of Parliament and Rouen Cathedral by Claude Monet. Other masterpieces in the museum are Starry Night INSPIRING and The Church at Auvers-sur-Oise by Vincent van Gogh. MOMENTS MUSÉE D’ORSAY After leaving the Musée d’Orsay or the Orangerie, prolong the Impressionist 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 Tel: 01 40 49 48 14 garden in French style, lying between the Louvre 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 © Van Biesen / Ooshot CRT Paris Ile-de-France © Van MUSÉE DE L’ ! ORANGERIE GOOD IDEA For André Masson (painter and decorator) this museum is the “Sixtine Chapel of Impressionism”. It holds TWIN TICKET MUSÉE D’ORSAY the greatest and largest series of Lilies, masterpieces & MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE that Claude Monet offered the French state in 1918. Access to both the permanent These eight mural paintings made up of 22 panels ring and temporary collections: two oval rooms bathed with natural light through its glass a visit to each of the two museums for €16. roof. The museum also holds the entire Walter-Guillaume Validity: three months from date of purchase. collection of 146 works, including 25 by Renoir, TWIN TICKET 15 by Cézanne, and 1 each by Gauguin, Monet and Sisley. MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE & FONDATION CLAUDE MONET MUSÉE DE L’ORANGERIE GIVERNY Place de la Concorde, 75001 Paris €18.50 (on sale until 10 October) Tel: 01 44 77 80 07 www.musee-orangerie.fr MUSEUM 11 © SLB / Christian Baraja MUSÉE MUSEUM MARMOTTAN ! MONET GOOD IDEA It is in this museum that you can admire the painting that QUEUE-BEATER TWIN TICKET gave Impressionism its name, the emblematic Impression, MUSÉE MARMOTTAN MONET Sunrise by Claude Monet. The Musée Marmottan Monet & FONDATION CLAUDE MONET exhibits the world’s largest collection of works by Monet. GIVERNY Bequeathed by the artist’s family, these works come On sale in the two sites concerned. from the painter’s house in Giverny. Displayed in a space Valid from 23 March measuring 200 m2 specially designed to hold the master’s to 1 November 2018 inclusive. Adultes: €20.50 paintings, landscapes of Normandy, Italy and Holland are Reduced: €12 followed by an unequalled series of Lilies.