Normandy, birthplace of Impressionism

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The Impressionist movement is named after Claude Monet's Impression, sunrise painted in 1872 in Le Havre. Giverny, where Monet lived for many years, a village on the banks of the Seine has become a very popular place to visit for art lovers.

Normandy...

Birthplace of Impressionism

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Inspired by the unique light, the beauty and the mystery of Normandy, Impressionist painters set up their easels along the Channel coast and the banks of the Seine, in Rouen's Old Town and Monet's private gardens in Giverny.

 

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Normandy Impressionist Festival

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Not to be missed

Impressionism in Normandy

Places to visit

Impressionist museums and collections

   
Flers Château Museum

FLERS

Flers Château Museum

Museums

Set in wooded grounds, the Chateau de Flers (16th - 18th century) houses the ...

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Giverny Museum of Impressionism

GIVERNY

Giverny Museum of Impressionism

Museums

A must-see in Normandy, this museum will tell you all about Impressionism, a ...

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André Malraux Museum of Modern Art - MuMa Le Havre

LE HAVRE

André Malraux Museum of Modern Art - MuMa Le Havre

Museums

A gallery of light. The unique position facing the sea and the openness of its ...

Eugène Boudin Museum

HONFLEUR

Eugène Boudin Museum

Museums

Collection on Normandy’s ethnography, several paintings of Honfleur and the ...

Tatihou Maritime Museum

SAINT-VAAST-LA-HOUGUE

Tatihou Maritime Museum

Museums

The museum preserves and interprets for the public a collection of ...

from 9 . 5 0 €
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Château-Museum

DIEPPE

Château-Museum

Museums

This medieval castle is home to a splendid exhibit of ship models, maps, ...

André Hardy Museum

CLECY

André Hardy Museum

Museums

André Hardy, an artist who tried his hand at many things and always with ...

Auberge des Soeurs Moisy Museum

SAINT-CENERI-LE-GEREI

Auberge des Soeurs Moisy Museum

Museums

This old inn was the resort and gathering of renowned painters throughout the ...

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Villa Montebello Museum

TROUVILLE-SUR-MER

Villa Montebello Museum

Museums

Built in 1865, the Villa Montebello has housed the Trouville Museum collections ...

Thomas Henry Museum

CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN

Thomas Henry Museum

Museums

The Thomas Henry Museum is Normandy's third Museum of fine arts and gathers a ...

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Museum of the Beaux-Arts

ROUEN

Museum of the Beaux-Arts

Museums

The Rouen Museum of Fine Arts houses one of France’s most prestigious art ...

Jacques-Émile Blanche Museum

OFFRANVILLE

Jacques-Émile Blanche Museum

Museums

The museum brings together paintings, complete literary works, souvenirs, ...

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