Impressionism, locations

Where the ‘impressionists’ did paint:

The Mediterranean coast

a topographical overview

Introduction:
The ‘impressionists’ and other landscapists often painted along the Mediterranean coast (iR9; iR3). We will start in Cerbère lying against the Spanish border, then go north-east to Montpellier, then south-east to Toulon, then north-east to Menton and ending in Bordighera in Italy, just across the French border. Sometimes we will go a bit more land inward.
Note 1: At some places the ‘impressionists’ and others made so many paintings, that you will be directed to a seperate page.
Note 2: Large part of this mediterranean coast is part of the region ’the Provence’ and was part of the former province ‘Provence’ (iR3).

Cerbère:
Cerbère lies against the Spanish border and the most west part of the Pyrénées.

Collioure:
Collioure lies 18km north(-west) of Cerbère. In 1887 Paul Signac did paint here (2CR151-155). Collioure is famous because Henri Matisse and André Derain painted here in the summer of 1905. Several of their paintings they showed at the Salon d’Automne later that year in 1905. Their paintings and others were baptized as ‘Fauves’, which gave birth to an art-movement.

Paul Signac: 1887/08, CR151, opus 164, Vue de Collioure, Le clocher, 33x46, MKM Otterlo (iR10;R56,p46;R106,no151;M72) =5XX-1888-9 = SdI-1888-629 — Paul Signac: 1887/08, CR151, opus 164, Vue de Collioure, Le clocher, 33×46, MKM Otterlo (iR10;R56,p46;R106,no151;M72) =5XX-1888-9 = SdI-1888-629

Paul Signac: 1887, CR155, opus 167, Collioure, les balancelles, 46x59, private (iR10;iR39;R106,no155) =5XX-1888-12 =4SdI-1888-632 =EIS-1891-103 — Paul Signac: 1887, CR155, opus 167, Collioure, les balancelles, 46×59, private (iR10;iR39;R106,no155) =5XX-1888-12 =4SdI-1888-632 =EIS-1891-103

Canet-en-Roussillon:
Canet-en-Roussillon lies 43km north of Cerbère.

Perpignan:
Perpignan lies landinward west of Canet-en-Roussillon. Perpignan is the capital of the department Pyrénées-Orientales (iR3).

Narbonne:
Narbonne lies 65km north of Perpignan. Narbonne is the largest town of the department Aude (iR3).

Montpellier:
Montpellier lies 93km north-east of Narbonne. It is the capital of the department Hérault (iR3). Montpellier has the Musée Fabre (M14).

Nîmes:
Nîmes lies land inward 50km north-west of Montpellier. Nîmes is the capital of the department Gard (iR3).

Arles:
Arles lies km east of Montpellier. South towards the Mediteranean Sea is the estuary of the river Rhône. Arles is known because Vincent van Gogh lived here in 1888. Paul Gauguin joined him from 23 October till 23 December and they painted side by side.
Note: In the future I will create a seperate page.
For further reading: Rossen, Susan F. (ed.): Van Gogh en Gauguin; het atelier van het zuiden. Chicago, 2001 / Amsterdam, 2002 (=R37).

Paul Gauguin: 1888, CR318, SDbr, Night Cafe in Arles (Mme Ginoux), 72x92, Pushkin (iR2;R3,p302;R181,no318;R128,no318;M96) — Paul Gauguin: 1888, CR318, SDbr, Night Cafe in Arles (Mme Ginoux), 72×92, Pushkin (iR2;R3,p302;R181,no318;R128,no318;M96)

Paul Gauguin: 1888, CR329, SDbl, Arlésinnes, Mistral (Public Gardens, Arles), 73x92, AI Chicago (iR2;R181,no329;R128,no300;M20) — Paul Gauguin: 1888, CR329, SDbl, Arlésinnes, Mistral (Public Gardens, Arles), 73×92, AI Chicago (iR2;R181,no329;R128,no300;M20)

Avignon:
Avignon lies land inward 36 km north of Arles. Avignon is the capital of the department Vaucluse (iR3). Paul Signac painted here in 1909 and depicted namely Palais (Château) des Papes (iR9; iR3; see). Avignon has the Musée Calvet (M172).

Paul Signac: 1909, CR480, Avignon, morning, 74x92, A2002/02/04 (iR10;iRx;iR11;iR15;R106,no480) =26SdI-1910-4755 =? EU-Ghent-1913-366 — Paul Signac: 1909, CR480, Avignon, morning, 74×92, A2002/02/04 (iR10;iRx;iR11;iR15;R106,no480) =26SdI-1910-4755 =? EU-Ghent-1913-366

Paul Signac: 1909, CR481, Le Château (palais) des Papes à Avignon, evening, 74x93, Orsay (iR2;R106,no481;R39,no131;R16,p322;R3,p366;M1) =28SdI-1912-2999 =!?EU-Ghent-1913-366 =PP1934-27 — Paul Signac: 1909, CR481, Le Château (palais) des Papes à Avignon, evening, 74×93, Orsay (iR2;R106,no481;R39,no131;R16,p322;R3,p366;M1) =28SdI-1912-2999 =!?EU-Ghent-1913-366 =PP1934-27

Saint-Rémy:
Saint-Rémy-de-Provenance lies landinward 25 km north-east of Arles. Early 1899 Vincent van Gogh was treated in a private clinic in Saint-Rémy after his mental breakdown. He would make here several paintings.

Martigues:
Martigues lies 53km south-east of Arles. Commissioned by the State Émile Loubon made a large panorama of the harbour and the city (in 1844). Raoul Dufy painted here in 1903+04 and Charles Pellegrin in 1905. (R419,p22-29) Martigues has the Musée Ziem (M280).

L’Estaque:
L’Estaque lies 30km west(-south) of Martigues. Paul Cézanne fled here for the French-Prussian war (1870/71); later he also painted here.

Paul Cézanne: 1878-79ca (1883-85), V428=FWN119, S-, The Gulf of Marseille Seen from L'Estaque, 60x73, Orsay (iR6;iR194,no119;R189,no428;R48,no421;M1) =Caillebotte bequest — Paul Cézanne: 1878-79ca (1883-85), V428=FWN119, S-, The Gulf of Marseille Seen from L’Estaque, 60×73, Orsay (iR6;iR194,no119;R189,no428;R48,no421;M1) =Caillebotte bequest

Paul Cézanne: 3IE-1877-23, Paysage, Etude d'après nature =!? 1876ca, V168=FWN96, The Sea at L'Estaque, 42x59, private Zurich (iR2;iR59;iR194,no96;R189,no168;R90II,p71+87;R2,p214;R48,no172;R163,p67) — Paul Cézanne: 3IE-1877-23, Paysage, Etude d’après nature =!? 1876ca, V168=FWN96, The Sea at L’Estaque, 42×59, private Zurich (iR2;iR59;iR194,no96;R189,no168;R90II,p71+87;R2,p214;R48,no172;R163,p67)

Marseille:
Marseille lies 87km south-east of Arles. Marseille is the capital of the department Bouches-du-Rhône (iR3). Cézanne↑ and Rouart painted here. Paul Signac painted here very often. Several other painters were active here (R419,p45-63). Marseille has a Musée des Beaux-Arts (M177).

Henri Rouart: 1891ca (or 1877-), S-, Fort Saint-Jean of Marseille (not Collioure!), 58x72, private (iR64;aR21;R92,no36+p134;R397,p55;M269). — Henri Rouart: 1891ca (or 1877-), S-, Fort Saint-Jean of Marseille (not Collioure!), 58×72, private (iR64;aR21;R92,no36+p134;R397,p55;M269).

Paul Signac: 1898, CR324, Le vieux port, La Tour Saint-Jean (Marseille), 65x81, private (iR10;iR135;R106,no324) =15SdI-1899-171 =20LE-1913-227 =SdI-R-1926-2368 =BJ1930-17 — Paul Signac: 1898, CR324, Le vieux port, La Tour Saint-Jean (Marseille), 65×81, private (iR10;iR135;R106,no324) =15SdI-1899-171 =20LE-1913-227 =SdI-R-1926-2368 =BJ1930-17

Aix:
Aix-en-Provence lies land inward 30km north of Marseille. In 1839 Paul Cézanne was born here at 23, Rue-de-l’Opéra. The art-critic Émile Zola was a youth friend of his. In 1859 his father bought the estate ‘Jas de Bouffan‘, where Paul had his own little studio. In 1899 Cézanne bought (or rented) a house at 23, Rue Boulegon, Aix-en-Provence, where he would live until his death in 1906. November 1901 Cézanne builded a house with a high studio in Les Lauves a few kilometers north of Aix. Cézanne very often painted Mount Sainte-Victoire 16km west of Aix. Aix has the Musée Granet (M259) and the Atelier Cézanne, his former studio (see).

Paul Cézanne: 1885-87, V460, S-, Jas de Bouffan (with side buildings), 61x74, NG Prague (iR3;R34,p51;R48,no358;R189,no460;M140) Note: the skewed perspective lines. — Paul Cézanne: 1885-87, V460, S-, Jas de Bouffan (with side buildings), 61×74, NG Prague (iR3;R34,p51;R48,no358;R189,no460;M140) Note: the skewed perspective lines.

Paul Cézanne: 1902-04, V798=FWN351, S-, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 70x92, Philadelphia MA (iR6;R48,no760;R189,no798;iR194,no351;M28) — Paul Cézanne: 1902-04, V798=FWN351, S-, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 70×92, Philadelphia MA (iR6;R48,no760;R189,no798;iR194,no351;M28)

Cassis:
Cassis lies 23km south-east of Marseilles. Signac depicted here the Cap (Pointe) Lambard and the Cap Canaille (more to the south-east).

Paul Signac: 1889, CR182, opus 196, Cap Lambard, Cassis, 66x81, Km The Hague (iR2;R39,no34;R106,no182;M71) =7XX-1890-9 =6SdI-1890-739 — Paul Signac: 1889, CR182, opus 196, Cap Lambard, Cassis, 66×81, Km The Hague (iR2;R39,no34;R106,no182;M71) =7XX-1890-9 =6SdI-1890-739

Paul Signac: 1889, CR186, opus 200, Cassis, Cap Canaille, 66x82, A2007/11/06 (iR10;iR39;iR11;R39,no36;R106,no186) =7XX-1890-12 =6SdI-1890-737 =Anvers-ApA-1892 — Paul Signac: 1889, CR186, opus 200, Cassis, Cap Canaille, 66×82, A2007/11/06 (iR10;iR39;iR11;R39,no36;R106,no186) =7XX-1890-12 =6SdI-1890-737 =Anvers-ApA-1892

La Ciotat:
La Ciotat lies 11km south-east of Cassis. Georges Bracque painted here in 1907 (R419,p67).

Saint-Cyr:
Saint-Cyr-sur-mer lies 10km east of La Ciotat.

Sanary:
Sanary-sur-mer lies 13km south-east of Saint-Cyr. Jean Puy painted here in 1925 (R419,p70).

Six-Fours-les-Plages:
Six-Fours-les-Plages lies of Sanary. Guillaumin painted here (in 1911) at Le Brusc.

Armand Guillaumin, 1911 (02), CR-, Le Brusc, paysage du midi (morning mistral), 73x92, A2017/11/15 (iR11;iR15;iR14;iR2) — Armand Guillaumin, 1911 (02), CR-, Le Brusc, paysage du midi (morning mistral), 73×92, A2017/11/15 (iR11;iR15;iR14;iR2)

Toulon:
Toulon lies 10km north-east of Six-Fours-les-Plages. Toulon is the capital of the department Var (iR3). Lucien Pissarro painted here in 1929; he probably painted in the surroundings of Mont Faron, north of Toulon.

Lucien Pissarro: 1929, CR463, SDbl, Un rocher du Faron (soleil), Toulon, 59x73, A2022/03/23 (iR15;R125,no463) =LG1929-17 =LG1943-59 =LG1946-51 — Lucien Pissarro: 1929, CR463, SDbl, Un rocher du Faron (soleil), Toulon, 59×73, A2022/03/23 (iR15;R125,no463) =LG1929-17 =LG1943-59 =LG1946-51

Lucien Pissarro: 1929, CR466, SDbr, Le Bau de 4 Heures, Toulon, 56x47, A2017/09/13 (iR14;R125,no466) =LG1929-15 — Lucien Pissarro: 1929, CR466, SDbr, Le Bau de 4 Heures, Toulon, 56×47, A2017/09/13 (iR14;R125,no466) =LG1929-15

Cabasson:
Cabasson lies 38km east of Toulon. Henri-Edmond Cross moved permanently to Cabasson in 1891.

Le Lavandou:
Le Lavandou lies 40km east of Toulon. Henri-Edmond Cross painted here around 1906/07 (R419,p87). Lucien Pissarro painted here in 1923.

Lucien Pissarro: 1923, CR366?, SDbr, Vue du Lavandou avec mer bleu, 60x73, private (iR2;iR14;R125,no366?) =? LG1924-97 — Lucien Pissarro: 1923, CR366?, SDbr, Vue du Lavandou avec mer bleu, 60×73, private (iR2;iR14;R125,no366?) =? LG1924-97

Saint-Clair:
Saint-Clair is now part of Le Lavandou. Henri-Edmond Cross lived here (around 1900?).

Saint Tropez:
Saint-Tropez lies 33km north-east of Le Lavandou. Paul Signac had arrived 1892/05/06 at Saint-Tropez in his boat the ‘Olympia’ (see above), in the company of Théo Van Rysselberghe. Signac first rented ‘La Ramade’, a furnished cottage situated above ‘la plage des Graniers‘ (R39,p304/5). In 1895 Signac rented a larger villa ‘La Hune’, also above ‘la plage des Graniers’ and bought it 1897/12/27 (R39,p305+307). Henri Manguin also lived in Saint-Tropez for some time (R419,p119). Several other artists painted in Saint-Tropez, like Charles Camoin (1905), Henri Lebasque (1906), Maximilien Luce (1892/3), Albert Marquet (1905), Auguste Pégurier (1907), Jean Peské (1895) and Francis Picabia (1909) (R419,p92-111). Saint-Tropez has the Musée de l’Annonciade (M219).
In the future I will create a separate page.

Maximilien Luce (1858-1941): 1893, SDbr, The Port of Saint-Tropez, 74x91, private (iRx;R306,no15) =9SdI-1893-824 =11LE-1904-75 — Maximilien Luce (1858-1941): 1893, SDbr, The Port of Saint-Tropez, 74×91, private (iRx;R306,no15) =9SdI-1893-824 =11LE-1904-75

Paul Signac: 1901-02, CR363, Leaving the harbour of Saint-Tropez, 89x116, private (iR10;iR6;iR39;R106,no363) =? 19SdI-1903-2242 =11LE1904-155 =BJ1907-19 =PP1934-18 — Paul Signac: 1901-02, CR363, Leaving the harbour of Saint-Tropez, 89×116, private (iR10;iR6;iR39;R106,no363) =? 19SdI-1903-2242 =11LE1904-155 =BJ1907-19 =PP1934-18

Fréjus:
Fréjus lies 25km north-east of Saint-Tropez.

Saint-Raphaël:
Saint-Raphaël lies 27km north-east of Saint-Tropez, just east (and south) of Fréjus.

Agay:
Agay is part of Saint-Raphaël. In 1889 Armand Guillaumin travelled for the first time to Agay. Since 1892 he here dwelled early in the year. He often painted here the Red Rocks at Île Besse.

Armand Guillaumin, 1896 (06 18h), CR366, The rocks at Île Bess, Agay, 65x82 (or 74x92), A2016/11/15 (iR14;iR2;iR1;R124,no366) =?? SdA-1904-571, Île Besse (Agay) — Armand Guillaumin, 1896 (06 18h), CR366, The rocks at Île Bess, Agay, 65×82 (or 74×92), A2016/11/15 (iR14;iR2;iR1;R124,no366) =?? SdA-1904-571, Île Besse (Agay)

Armand Guillaumin, 1900ca, CR454, The Red Rocks at Agay, (detail), 73x92, A2017/05/17 (iR14;R124,no454) — Armand Guillaumin, 1900ca, CR454, The Red Rocks at Agay, (detail), 73×92, A2017/05/17 (iR14;R124,no454)

Le Trayas:
Le Trayas is also part of Saint-Raphaël.

Cannes:
Cannes lies 48km north-east of Saint-Tropez.

Le Cannet:
Le Cannet lies just north of Cannes. Pierre Bonnard bought a villa in Le Cannet (R419,p120). In 1924 Henri Lebasque moved permanently to Le Cannet (R419,p120).

Grasse:
Grasse lies 16km north(-west) of Cannes. Since 1910 Pierre Bonnard often rented a villa here (R419,p119). Grass has the Musée Fragonard, dedicated to Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) who was born here (R419,p124).

Antibes:
Antibes lies 11km east(-north) of Cannes. Claude Monnet painted here in 1888. Paul Signac also depicted Antibes, so did Boudin (R419,p136).

Claude Monet: 1888, CR1163, Antibes, the Castle, 81x116, private (iRx;R22,no1163) =20LE-1913-148 — Claude Monet: 1888, CR1163, Antibes, the Castle, 81×116, private (iRx;R22,no1163) =20LE-1913-148

Paul Signac: 1911, CR490, Antibes, les tours, 66x82, A2004/11/03 (iR11;R106,no490) =27SdI-1911-5639 =BJ1913-8 — Paul Signac: 1911, CR490, Antibes, les tours, 66×82, A2004/11/03 (iR11;R106,no490) =27SdI-1911-5639 =BJ1913-8

Cagnes:
Cagnes-sur-Mer lies 21km north-east of Cannes. In 1907 Auguste Renoir bought the estate ‘Les Colettes’ in Cagnes, which is now Musée Renoir and lived here till his death (iR9; R419,p130). He was visited by several artists like Pierre Bonnard, Camoin (R419,p119+131). Henri Rouart and J.F. Raffaëlli also painted in Cagnes.

Auguste Renoir: 1903, Villa de la Poste at Cagnes, xx, private (iR51)

Henri Rouart, 18xx, Escalier du château de Grimaldi à Cagnes (Staircase of the Grimaldi castle in Cagnes), wc, 25x27, Md'Orléans (iR64;aR20;R90II,p187+197;R2,p356). Probably: 6IE-1881-132, Escalier du château des Grimaldi à Cagnes. — Henri Rouart, 18xx, Escalier du château de Grimaldi à Cagnes (Staircase of the Grimaldi castle in Cagnes), wc, 25×27, Md’Orléans (iR64;aR20;R90II,p187+197;R2,p356). Probably: 6IE-1881-132, Escalier du château des Grimaldi à Cagnes.

Vence:
Vence lies north of Cagnes. Raoul Dufy painted here (R419,p124). Vence knows the Chapelle Matisse (iR9).

Nice:
Nice lies 13km east of Cagnes. Nice is the capital of the department Alpes Maritime (iR3). Nice has a Musée des Beaux-Arts (Mx). Early 1882 Berthe Morisot spend her holidays in Nice, several of these works were shown at the 7th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1882. Henri Matisse first came in Nice in 1917 and settled here in 1921 (R419,p149). Nice has several interesting musea: Musée National Marc Chagall (see); Musée Matisse (see); Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (=MAMAC) (see); Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret (M206).

Berthe Morisot, 7IE-1882-96, Port de Nice =1882, CR113, The Port of Nice, 41x55, private — Berthe Morisot, 7IE-1882-96, Port de Nice =1882, CR113, The Port of Nice, 41×55, private (iR2;iR59;R2,p395;R90II,p207)

Berthe Morisot, 7IE-1882-97, Port de Nice =1882, CR116, The Beach at Nice, 46x56, A2013/11/06 — Berthe Morisot, 7IE-1882-97, Port de Nice =1882, CR116, The Beach at Nice, 46×56, A2013/11/06 (iR2;iR11;iR14;iR59;R90II,p207) Also exhibited in New York DR1886-144.

Menton:
Menton lies against the Italian border.

Bordighera:
Bordighera lies in Italy, just across the French border. Claude Monet painted here in 1884.

Claude Monet: 1884, CR853, SDbl, View of Bordighera, 65x81, Hammer M. Los Angeles (iR6;iR10;R22,no853) Provenance: 1884/05? Durand-Ruel; 1884/06 Georges Petit; 1889 Montaignac. Expos: =? 3XX-1886-2; =? GP1889-67. — Claude Monet: 1884, CR853, SDbl, View of Bordighera, 65×81, Hammer M. Los Angeles (iR6;iR10;R22,no853) Provenance: 1884/05? Durand-Ruel; 1884/06 Georges Petit; 1889 Montaignac. Expos: =? 3XX-1886-2; =? GP1889-67.

Claude Monet: 1884, CR874, SDbl, Un coin de ferme à Bordighera, 73x92, JAM Omaha (M230;iR6;iR10;R22,no874) Provenance: 1884/06 Durand-Ruel; Expos: 3XX-1886-10; New York-NAD-1886-296. — Claude Monet: 1884, CR874, SDbl, Un coin de ferme à Bordighera, 73×92, JAM Omaha (M230;iR6;iR10;R22,no874) Provenance: 1884/06 Durand-Ruel; Expos: 3XX-1886-10; New York-NAD-1886-296.

Sources:
My main sources are ‘The painters of Provence’ (2000=R419); Wildenstein (R22). For the locations I used Google maps (iR9). For background information on the places I mostly used WikiPedia (iR3).
For the locations I used Google Maps (iR9) and also information from WikiPedia (iR3).
See links for other general references (=R), internet sites (=iR) and musea (=M). For other additional references (=aR) see below. See links for practical hints and abbreviations and for the subscription of the paintings.