Normandy is the birthplace of Impressionism.
Le Havre was indeed the setting, and the inspiration, for Claude Monet's famous 1872 painting: 'Impression, soleil levant' ('Impression, sunrise').
Normandy houses two major Impressionist collections, after the Musée d’Orsay, in the André Malraux Museum of Modern Art, MuMa, Le Havre and also in the Rouen Fine Arts Museum, together with museums dedicated to impressionism: the Musée des Impressionnismes, Giverny, the Eugène Boudin Museum at Honfleur, the Caen Fine Arts Museum,…
Browse through the region’s impressionist museums and also the artists’ favourite places.
CLECY
Musée HardyMuseums
André Hardy, an artist who tried his hand at many things and always with ...
OFFRANVILLE
Musée Jacques-Émile BlancheMuseums
This museum on the 2nd floor of the Maison du Parc du Colombier is devoted to ...
LE HAVRE
Musée d'art moderne André Malraux - MuMa Le HavreMuseums
A gallery of light. The unique position facing the sea and the openness of its ...
DIEPPE
Château-MuséeMuseums
This medieval castle is home to a splendid exhibit of ship models, maps, ...
ROUEN
Musée des Beaux-ArtsMuseums
The Rouen Museum of Fine Arts houses one of France’s most prestigious art ...
FLERS
Musée du château de FlersMuseums
Set in wooded grounds, the Chateau de Flers (16th - 18th century) houses the ...
LA HAGUE
Jean-François Millet BithplaceMuseums
You will discover the life and masterpieces of Jean-François Millet in an ...
SAINT-CENERI-LE-GEREI
Auberge des soeurs MoisyMuseums
This old inn was the resort and gathering of renowned painters throughout the ...