Claude Monet, 4IE-1879-163, Étude de Mer. Maybe: CR112, 1868, The Sea at Sainte-Adresse, 60×82, CMA Pittsburgh (iR2;R90II,p136;R2,p269;R22+R127,CR112;M35,no.53.22)
Introduction: The ‘impressionists’ and other landscapists often painted along the Normandy coast and partly also the coast of the Hauts-de-France region. We will start in this last region, more close to the Belgian border, then we are heading in the south-west direction towards Le Havre, at the estuary of the Seine; then continuing the coastline of the Calvados and La Manche departments, including the Normandy penninsula of Cotentin. We end in Le Mont-Saint-Michel. To the west you can take a tour along the Brittany coast. Sometimes we will go a bit more land inward. Note: At some places the ‘impressionists’ and others made so many paintings, that you will be directed to a seperate page.
Boulogne-sur-mer:
Boulogne-sur-mer lies 220km north-east of Le Havre in the Hauts-de-France region, about 88km south of the Belgian border (iR9). Boulogne-sur-Mer has the Musée Château (M203).
Edouard Manet (1832-83): 1869, RW143, Moonlight over the Port of Boulogne, 82×101, Orsay (iR10;iR114;R231=iR40;aR1;R71,no128;R262,no112;R212,p33;R213,no98;R120,no143;M1) 1872: bought by Durand-Ruel; ENBA-1884-49, Moonlight; =EU-C-1889-496, Le Port de Boulogne; effet de nuit (app. à M. Faure)
Albert Lebourg: 1885/07, Sbr, Lever de lune à Boulogne-sur-Mer (detail), 38×71, A2021-10-22 (iR15)
Berck: Berck(-sur-Mer) lies 150km north/east of Le Havre in the Hauts-de-France region (iR9). Lépic painted here very often. Manet sometimes painted here. Berck has the Musée de France d’Opal sud (M202).
Edouard Manet (1832-83): 1873, RW188, On the Beach (Suzanne and Eugène Manet; Berck-sur-Mer, 60×73, Orsay (iR2;R71,no167;R262,no161;R120,no188) 1873: bought by Henri Rouart; =ENBA-1884-71; =LE-1904-76; MJ1912-237
Ludovic Lepic, S1878-1416, Le retour; marée basse =1878ca, Le retour (Départ pour la pêche à Berck; Bateaux à marée basse à Berck), 126×217, MBA Valenciennes (iR2;iR23;iR1;R87,p239;R2,p121;R90II,p8;M201). Compare: S1878-1415, Le départ; marée haute
Dieppe: Dieppe lies 83km north/east of Le Havre in the Normandy region (iR9).
See page with many pictures Monet made here (iR422)
Delacroix (1798-1863): 1852, The sea from the heights of Dieppe, on wood, 35×51, Louvre (iR2;iR6)
Pourville: Pourville lies 81km north/east of Le Havre (iR9). Monet painted here.
See page with many pictures Monet made here (iR422).
Claude Monet: 1882, CR762, SDbr, Chemin de la Cavée, Pourville, 60×81, MFA Boston (iR6;iR8;iR10;M22) Provenance: Durand-Ruel 1882/10 -1888 + 1900-1903; Loring. Expos: =? DR1883-24; London-D&D-SdI-1883-34; New York-DR-1902-13; Boston-CH-1905-35.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR758, SDbr, Walk on the cliff at Pourville, 65×81, Chicago AI (M20;iR6;iR8;iR10;R22,no758) Provenance: 1882/10 Durand-Ruel. Expos: London-SdI-1883-32; DR1883-20; 11LE-1904-109; London-GG-1905-157; DR1914/03-30.
Varengeville: Varengeville lies 79km north/east of Le Havre (iR9). Monet, and Renoir painted here.
See page with many pictures Monet made here (iR422; iR482)
Claude Monet, 1882, CR805, Fishermans Cottage at Varengeville,
61×88, MFA Boston (iR51;R22;M22)
Saint-Valery-en-Caux: Saint-Valery-en-Caux is famous for it’s Falaise d’Aval and the Falaise d’Amont (iR9). Jongkind and Cals painted here.
Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-91): 1852, Saint-Valéry-en-Caux, sunset, 107×169, KMM Otterlo (iR5;iR1;R177,p23+24;M72) =S1852-706, Saint-Valery-en-Caux; soleil couchant; 3rd class medal (Marine)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, 1864, La rue de la Vielle Halle à Saint-Valery-en-Caux, 22×28, A1999/03/20 (iR13)
Les Petites Dalles: Les Petites Dalles lie 49km north/east of Le Havre (iR9).
See page with many pictures Monet made here (iR422).
Claude Monet, 7IE-1882-73, Falaises des petites dalles. Option 1 of 2: CR621, 1880, The Cliffs of Les Petites-Dalles, 59×75, MFA Boston (iR51;iR2;R22,no621;R90II,p205+221;R2,p395+384)
Fécamp: Fécamp lies 39 north/east of Le Havre (iR9). See page with many pictures Monet made here (iR422). Morisot also painted here during a holiday.
Berthe Morisot: 1IE-1874-110, Sur la falaise (aquarelle) = 1873, CR622, On the cliff, wc, 18×23, DAG Louvre (Orsay) (iR10;iR94;iR166;iR59;R2,p122;R90II,p26+10;M1;M5a) (Edma Pontillon-Morisot with Jeanne (b.1870) in Fécamps.
Paul Signac: 1886/10, CR132, op146, Fécamp, temps gris, 46×56, A2009/02/05 (iR11;R106,no132) =3SdI-1887-455, La Jetée nord
Grainval: Grainval lies 38km north/east of Le Havre (iR9). See page with many pictures Monet made here (iR422).
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-77, À Grainval, près de Fécamps. Now: CR653, 1881, SDbr, At Grainval near Fécamps, 61×80, private (iR51;iR2;R22,no653;R90II,p206+222;R2,p395+404) Provenance: 1881/04 Durand-Ruel. Expos: =4EIP-1885-74; =3XX-1886-8; =NY-NAD-1886-297.
Claude Monet, 7IE-1882-61, sur falaise à Grainval. Perhaps: CR655, 1881, View Taken from Grainval, 61×81, private (iR2;iR51;R22,no655;R90II,p204+219;R2,p395)
Yport:
Yport lies 36 km north/east of Le Havre (iR9). See page with some pastels Monet made here (iR422). Schuffenecker also painted here.
Émile Schuffenecker: 1889, Les Ramasseuses de varech (seaweed gatherers), 82×66, Axx (iR6;iR41;iR10;iR35) =V1889-61, Ramasseuses de varech, Yport (aR1=iR19) =!? SdI-1935-?20, Ramasseuses de Varech, 1888 (R54,p228)
Émile Schuffenecker: 1889, Les Ramasseuses de varech (seaweed gatherers), dr, xx, AI Chicago (iR6;aR1=iR19;R54,no70;M20) Compare: V1889-61, Ramasseuses de varech, Yport (aR1=iR19) =!? SdI-1935-?20, Ramasseuses de Varech, 1888 (R54,p228)
Étretat: Étretat lies 24km north of Le Havre (iR9). Courbet made several paintings here. See page with many pictures Monet made here (iR422). See page with general info (iR422). Courbet and Schuffenecker also painted here.
For more info and pictures see seperate page.
Gustave Courbet (1819-77): 1869, The Cliff at Etretat, after the storm, 133×162, Orsay (iR2;iR6;R110,p745;M1) Expos: S1870-67; ENSBA-1882-107.
Émile Schuffenecker: 1888, SDbr, View of the cliffs at Etretat, 55×74 (54×65), Indianapolis MA (A2020/05/05) (iR11;iR14;iR2;iR6;R56,no65;M165)
Sainte-Adresse:
Sainte-Adresse lies west of Le Havre (iR9). An aunt of Monet lived in Sainte-Adresse. Monet often visited here, namely in the 1860s.
See page with many pictures Monet made here (iR422).
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-151, La plage à Sainte-Adresse = CR92, 1867, The beach at Sainte-Adresse, 75×101, AI Chicago (iR2;R2,p180;R90II,p57;R22+R127,CR92;M20,no.33.439)
Claude Monet: 4IE-1879-157, Jardin à Sainte-Adresse (1867), appartient à M. Frat = CR95, 1867, Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 98×130, Metropolitan (iR2;R22+R127,CR95;R2,p286;R90II,p135;R14,p159;M23,no.67.241)
Le Havre: Le Havre lies at the estuary of the Seine, about 200km west of Paris. When Monet was five his family moved from Paris to Le Havre.
See page with many pictures Monet made here (iR422). Mulot-Durivage also painted here. In Le Havre there have been several regional exhibitions. Le Havre has the Musée d’Art Moderne André Malraux (=MUMA) with beautiful impressionist paintings and many works of Eugène Boudin (M15).
Émilien Mulot-Durivage, 1870-80ca, Sbr, Le Havre, le grand quai, 37×53, A2016/03/27 (iR41;iR16;iR371)
Claude Monet, 3IE-1877-111, Le grand quai au Hâvre (esquisse) = 1872, CR295, The Grand Quai at Le Havre, 61×81, Hermitage (iR51;R22+R127,CR295;R2,p205;r90II,p96;M95,no.3KP523)
Honfleur: Honfleur lies just south of Le Havre and of the estuary of the Seine. Famous is the Saint-Siméon farm, where Jongkind, Boudin, Cals, Monet and many others often stayed. Honfleur has the Musée Eugène Boudin in Honfleur (M19).
Claude Monet, S1865-1524, L’embouchure de la Seine à Honfleur. Now: CR51, 1865, Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur, 90×150, NSM Pasadena (iR51;iR1;R22,no51)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1875ca, le jardin de la ferme Saint-Simeon, Honfleur, 24×34, A2011/10/26 (iR11;iR41;R2,p161;R90II,p34) Expo: =? 2IE-1876-30, A la ferme de Saint-Siméon.
Villerville: Villerville lies 9km south-west of Honfleur.
Daubigny (1817-78): 1873, The Beach at Villerville at Sunset, 77×141, CMA Norfolk (iR2;iR8;iR1;M169) =!? S1873-414, Plage de Villerville-sur-Mer (Calvados); soleil couchant
Daubigny (1817-78): 1864-1872, Cliffs at Villerville-sur-Mer, 100×200, Mesdag The Hague (iR2;iR1;R231;R290,p148;M76) =S1864-503 =EU-1867-191, Villerville-sur-Mer -> 1ste class medal
Trouville: Trouville-sur-Mer lies 15km south-west of Honfleur. Monet came here 1870, before he fled to England, due to the Franco-Prussian war. Boudin, Cals and others also painted here. Caillebotte spend several holidays here in the 1880s; he would also paint in Deauville and Villers.
Claude Monet: 1870, CR157, The Beach at Trouville, 48×74, A2008/06/25 (iR7;iR14;iR4;R22,CR157) =New York-AAG+NAD-1886-278; Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1871/06); Hoschedé (1877/01); sale HD1878/06/05-47; Cassatt family; Durand-Ruel (1883/11/30ca)
Gustave Caillebotte: 1884ca, Sbr, 1CR272=2CR309, Villas à Trouville, 66×81, A2008/11/03 (iR11;iR3;R102,no309; R101,no272) Expo: DR1994-36; Provenance: 1894ca Paul Hugot.
Deauville: Deauville lies at the opposite bank of the Touques.
Eugène Boudin: S1865-252, Un concert au casino de Deauville =1865, CR349, SDbr, Concert at the Casino of Deauville, 42×74, NGA Washington (iR6;iR1;R161,p42;R318,p201;R122,no349;M21,no1985.64.3) Provenance: Gustave Cahen; sale GP1919/05/24-45. Expo: =? EU-1900-C-54, Plage aux environs de Trouville (1864) (à M. Gustave Cahen).
Villers-sur-Mer: Villers-sur-Mer lies 7km south-west of Deauville. Troyon, Tillot and Caillebotte painted here.
Charles Tillot, 18xx, The beach of Villers-sur-Mer (Calvados), on panel, 24×33, A2022/03/07 (iR11;iR18;R2) =? 2IE-1876-250 / 5IE-1880-195 / 6IE-1881-146, (Rochers et) plage à Villers
Gustave Caillebotte: 1880, CR142+134, Cliff at Villers-sur-Mer, 65×81, private (iR2;R102,no142;R101,no134;R2).
Courseulles-sur-Mer: Courseulles-sur-Mer can be seen as the start of the Normandy penninsula; it lies 50km west of Deauville.
Caen: Caen lies more land inward 20km south of Courseulles-sur-Mer and is the capital of the Calvados department (iR3). There is a Musée des Beaux-Arts in Caen (M258). Stanislas Lépine often painted here.
Stanislas Lépine: S1859-1953, Port de Caen; effet de clair de lune =!? 1859, Caen, Amorce du Bassin Saint-Pierre et l’Abbaye aux Dames, 67×100, private (iR2;iR1;iR10;aR11)
Stanislas Lépine: 1872-76ca, Caen, le long de l’Orne, effet de lune (peint depuis le cours Caffarelli), 46×56, private (iR2;iR6;iR35;iR1) =?? SdR-1873-342, Canal de Caen; effet de lune
Paul Signac: 1884, CR65, opus 72, Port-en-Bessin, Le Catel (soleil), 45×64, private (iR10;R106,no65) =1SdI-1884/12-248
Georges Seurat: 1888, DR187, Le Pont et les quais à Port-en-Bessin, 65×82, Minneapolis IA (iR6;iR11;R183,no187;R207,p128/9;M155) =6XX-1889-5 =5SdI-1889-243 =8SdI-1892-1099
Bayeux: Bayeux lies more land inward 10km south-east of Port-en-Bessin. The Musée du Baron Gérard has a Caillebotte in it’s collection (see).
Gustave Caillebotte: 3IE-1877-3, Portraits à la campagne = 1876, SDbl, 1CR31+2CR40, Portraits in the countryside, 95×111, MBG Bayeux (iR2;iR3;R2,p203;R101,no31;R102,no40+p282;R90II,p69+85;R41,p99). Sitters: Marie (left), Mme Martial (right).
Barfleur: Barfleur lies at the north-east part of the Normandy penninsula, 66km north of Grandcamp-Maisy.
Cherbourg: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is the largest town in La Manche region (iR3) and lies at the north part of the Normandy penninsula, 28km west of Barfleur. Berthe Morisot painted here in 1871. Cherbourg knows the Musée Thomas Henry (M242). The museum has many art-works of Jean-Baptiste Millet.
Berthe Morisot: 1IE-1874-107, Marine =? 1871, CR16, The harbour at Cherbourg, 42×56, YUAG New Haven (iR6;iR2;R90II,p25+10;M33)
Jean-Baptiste Millet: 18xx, Sbr, Au coin du feu, charcoal, 42×52, MTH Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (iR23;M242)
Jean-Baptiste Millet: 18xx, Sbl, Vaches en bord de mer (HW: near Gruchy), wc, 15×21, A2017/12/13 (iR86;TdMaigret Paris)
Jean-Baptiste Millet: 1870ca, Sbr, Village Scene (HW: Gruchy), charcoal, 27×36, Artsmania (iR10)
Carteret: Carteret (Barneville) and La Corniche lay at the east coast of the penninsula of Cotentin, 36km south-west of Cherbourg. Louis Debras once painted here.
Guernsey:
North-west of Carteret in the English Channel lies the island Guernsey. It is part of the United Kingdom (iR3). Renoir spend a holiday in 1883 in Guernsey (see Fezzi 1972 no.574-589).
Jersey:
South-west of Carteret in the English Channel lies the island Jersey. It is part of the United Kingdom (iR3). J.F. Raffaëlli and Berthe Morisot painted here.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, SdAF-1886-3259, L’armée du Salut ; dessin rehaussé. Probably: 18xx, L’Armée du Salut à Jersey (coll Henri Duhem) (iR155;iR10;iR1;aR7,p180;R85XI,no15) =XX1885-1
Berthe Morisot, 1886, CR197, Cottage Interior (Interior at Jersey), 50×60, MI Brussels (iR2;iR6;R42,p65)
Pirou: Pirou lies at the east coast, just south of the penninsula of Cotentin and 32km south of Carteret.
Granville: Granville lies 45km south of Pirou. Béliard, L’Hermitte and Huet painted here.
Edouard Béliard: 2IE-1876-5, Port de Granville. Compare a pastel of another artist depicting the harbour (and the jetty) of Granville (iR7;iR10;iR13;R90I,p64;R2,p160).
Paul Huet (1803-69): 1853, Breakers at Granville Point, 68×103, Louvre (iR2;M5)
Mont Saint-Michel: Mont Saint-Michel lies about 40km south of Granville. It is famous for it’s castle, depicted by Signac in 1897.
Paul Signac: 1897, CR307, Mont Saint-Michel, fog and sunlight, 47×56, private (iRx;iR11;R106,no307) =DR1899-119 =11LE-1904-152 (appartient à M. Théo van Rysselberghe) =BJ1907-30
Sources:
My main sources are 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.
