The Pays des Impressionnistes is a certification mark created by the Syndicat intercommunal à vocations multiples des Coteaux de Seine in 2001 to promote the cultural heritage of this touristic area. Nine municipalities in the Yvelines department of France bordering the loop of the Seine River, where, during the nineteenth century,

impressionist painters Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

exercised their art, are associated with this creation: Bougival,

Carrières-sur-Seine Carrières-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. The inhabitants of the town of Carrières-sur-Seine are called ''Carrillons'' (masculine plural) or ''Carrillonnes'' (feminine p ...

, Chatou, Croissy-sur-Seine, Le Pecq,

Le Port-Marly Le Port-Marly () is a commune in the outer western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region, north of Versailles. In 2019, Le Port-Marly had a population of 5,481. Population See also * Ch ...

, Louveciennes, Marly-le-Roi and

Noisy-le-Roi Noisy-le-Roi () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Population Twin towns * Albion, Michigan, USA * Godella, Spain, since August 2006 See also *Communes of the Yvelines department ...

. There is the Path of the Impressionists, four hiking trails dotted with reproductions of paintings, reflecting the still remarkable character of this landscape of Impressionist sites which has been proposed for inclusion in the World Heritage Site since 2009. Rueil-Malmaison, in the

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a Departments of France, département in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner Banlieue, suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the e ...

department, joined them in 2010, when eight of these municipalities have entrusted development task of the Pays des Impressionnistes to the visitor center of Marly-le-Roi, which organises ''Impressionist cruises'' along the banks of the

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, as well as visits of ateliers of contemporary painters.

History

The Path of the Impressionists

There are four Impressionists’ Trail paths with more than 30 reproductions of Claude Monet,

Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that " ...

Camille Pissarro Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro ( , ; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but t ...

and Alfred Sisley paintings on the spot of their creation. *The Sisley Path is a trail of 3.15 km, from Le Pecq-sur-Seine to Port-Marly. There are 6 reproductions : ''Vue du château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye'' (1832) by William Turner, ''La Seine et le Pecq'' (1906) by Maurice de Vlaminck; 2 versions of '' L'Inondation à Port-Marly'' (1876), ''Une rue à Marly ou place de marché'' (1876) by Alfred Sisley et ''Port-Marly, le lavoir'' (1872) by

. * The Pissarro Path is a trail of 6.6 km, from Louveciennes, going through Marly-le-Roi and arriving at Bougival. There are about 15 reproductions : in Louveciennes, ''La route de Versailles'' (1895) by

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "R ...

; ''Place du Chenil à Marly, effet de neige'' and ''L'abreuvoir de Marly, gelée blanche'', (1876) by Alfred Sisley, ''Vue de Marly-le-Roi'' (1870) by Camille Pissarro; '' Chemin de la Machine, Louveciennes'' (1873) by Alfred Sisley and ''Le Village de Voisins'' (1872) by Camille Pissarro. Then, there is ''Hauteurs de Marly, ferme de mi-côte'' (1870) by Alfred Sisley, and ''Une rue de village, Louveciennes'' (1871) by Pissarro. Then, ''L'aqueduc de Marly'' (1874) by Sisley and ''Entrée du village de Voisins'' (1872) by Pissarro. Then comes ''Le Château du Pont'' (1948) by Jeanne Baudot, a student of Renoir from Louveciennes. Then, ''Printemps à Louveciennes'' (1870) by Pissarro. Finally, in Bougival, there are ''Restaurant à Bougival'' (vers 1905) by Maurice de Vlaminck, ''Route de Saint-Germain à Marly-le-Roi'' (1872) and ''Barrage de la Machine de Marly'' (1876) by Alfred Sisley. * The Monet is a trail of 4.25 km, from Chatou, going through Croissy-sur-Seine et and arriving at Bougival. There are 5 reproductions : ''Le pont du chemin de fer à Chatou'' (1881) and ''

La Grenouillère ''La Grenouillère'' is an 1869 oil on canvas painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, now in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. It shows the "camembert", a small island planted with a single tree, linked by gangplanks to the Île de la Grenouillère (left ...

'' (1869) by

, ''

Bain à la Grenouillère ''Bain à la Grenouillère'' is an 1869 painting by the French impressionist painter, Claude Monet. (Oil on canvas, 74.6 cm x 99.7 cm). It depicts "Flowerpot Island", also known as the Camembert, and the gangplank to La Grenouillère, ...

'' (1869) and ''Le pont de Bougival'' (1869-1870) by Claude Monet, and ''Bords de Seine'' (1883) par

Berthe Morisot Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (; January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was a French painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. In 1864, Morisot exhibited for the first time in the highly es ...

. * The Renoir is a trail of 3.6 km, from Chatou arriving at Carrières-sur-Seine. There are 5 reproductions : ''

Le Déjeuner des Canotiers ''Luncheon of the Boating Party'' french: Le Déjeuner des canotiers is an 1881 painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Included in the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882, it was identified as the best painting in the s ...

'' (1880–1881) and ''Les canotiers à Chatou'' (vers 1879) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ''Le pont de Chatou'' (1906–1907) by Maurice de Vlaminck, ''Carrières-Saint-Denis'' (1878) by Claude Monet and ''Le Village'' (1905) by Maurice de Vlaminck.

Visitor center

From 2011, the visitor center of Marly-le-Roy became that of Pays des Impressionnistes, gathering Carrières-sur-Seine, Chatou, Croissy-sur-Seine, Le Pecq, Le Port-Marly, Louveciennes, Marly-le-Roi and Rueil-Malmaison. It organizes Impressionist's cruises from April to October along the shores and islands of the loop of the Seine. It also organizes visits of contemporary painters ateliers, such as those of Catherine Vaes in Croissy in 2012, and

Claude-Max Lochu Claude-Max Lochu (born 1951) is a French artist, painter and designer. Lochu was born in Delle in Territoire de Belfort, Franche-Comté and completed his degree at the École des Beaux-Arts of Besançon. Lochu was exhibited in the Museum of Fi ...

in Carrières-sur-Seine in January 2014.Un artiste, une rencontre… avec le peintre Claude Max Lochu
, site de la Ville de Chatou

References

External links

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Visitor center of the Pays des Impressionnistes
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Site Facebook de Office de Tourisme du Pays des Impressionnistes
{{Authority control Arts organizations established in 2001 Impressionism Visitor centers Tourist attractions in Hauts-de-Seine Tourist attractions in Yvelines Hiking trails in France J. M. W. Turner Pierre-Auguste Renoir Claude Monet Alfred Sisley Camille Pissarro