The Rouen School (L'École de Rouen) is a term used for artists or artisans born or working in Rouen, or for all artistic products from Rouen, such as Rouen faience of the 16th to 18th centuries. The term was first used in 1902 by

Arsène Alexandre Arsène Alexandre (16 August 1859, Paris – 1 October 1937, Brain sur Allonnes) was a French art critic. He was a contributor to ''L'Événement'', ''Le Paris'' and ''L'Éclair'' and in 1894 was one of the founders of the satirical journal ''L ...

in his catalogue to an exhibition by

Joseph Delattre Joseph Delattre (20 August 1858, Déville-lès-Rouen – 6 August 1912) was a French painter of the Rouen School. He exhibited at the Fifth Impressionist Exhibition of 1880. Life and career Delattre was a faithful friend Charles Angrand and ...

in the galerie

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. Alexandre used it to refer to

, Léon-Jules Lemaître,

Charles Angrand Charles Angrand (19 April 1854 – 1 April 1926) was a French artist who gained renown for his Neo-Impressionist paintings and drawings. He was an important member of the Parisian avant-garde art scene in the late 1880s and early 1890s. Early l ...

and

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, four Post-Impressionist artists interested in

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(and particularly

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's pointillism) towards the end of the 1880s.After James H. Rubin, ''L'Impressionnisme'', 2008

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. Alexandre also used the term for a second generation of l'École de Rouen, including

Robert Antoine Pinchon Robert Antoine Pinchon (, 1 July 1886 in Rouen – 9 January 1943 in Bois-Guillaume) was a French Post-Impressionist landscape painter of the Rouen School (''l'École de Rouen'') who was born and spent most of his life in France. He was consist ...

and Pierre Dumont among others, in relation to Fauvism and Cubism.

Works

Image:Robert Antoine Pinchon, Le Pont aux Anglais, soleil couchant, 1905, oil on canvas, 54 x 73 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen.jpg,

, '' Le Pont aux Anglais, soleil couchant'' (1905)

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Image:Rouen pont Corneille Lemaitre 1890.jpg, Léon-Jules Lemaître, ''Le Pont Corneille'', Rouen, 1890 Image:Lebourg-Albert-Charles-Tow-boats-in-Rouen-Sun.jpg,

Albert Lebourg Albert Lebourg (1 February 1849, in Montfort-sur-Risle – 6 January 1928, in Rouen), birth name ''Albert-Marie Lebourg'', also called ''Albert-Charles Lebourg'' and ''Charles Albert Lebourg'', was a French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist la ...

, ''Tow boats in Rouen Sun'', 1900 Image:Joseph Delattre - Port de Rouen.jpg,

, ''Le Port de Rouen'' Image:Marcel Couchaux - Pêcheurs à Honfleur.JPG, Marcel Couchaux, ''Pêcheurs à Honfleur'', 1920 Image:Charles Théophile Angrand 001.jpg,

, ''Couple dans la rue'', 1887 File:Robert Antoine Pinchon, Le Vallon du temps perdu, oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm.jpg,

, ''Le Vallon du temps perdu'' File:Albert-lebourg-chalou-moulineux-1910.jpg,

, ''Chalou Moulineux'', 1910 File:Robert Antoine Pinchon, c.1920, Le jardin aux iris, oil on canvas, 80.9 x 116.2 cm.jpg,

, ''Le jardin aux iris'', c.1920

Representatives

* Édouard de Bergevin * Léonard Bordes * Georges Bradberry * Marcel Couchaux * Georges Cyr *

* Gaston Duhamel * Pierre Dumont * Alfred Dunet *

* Michel Frechon * Isabelle de Ganay * Narcisse Guilbert * Narcisse Hénocque * Madelaine Hippolyte * Pierre Hodé * Magdeleine Hue *

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* Léon-Jules Lemaître * Suzanne Léon *

Maurice Louvrier Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor * Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and L ...

* Pierre Le Trividic * Gaston Loir *

* Hyppolite Madelaine * Albert Malet * Paul Mascart *

* Raymond Quibel * René Sautin * Adrien Segers * Jean Thieulin * Eugène Tirvert * Maurice Vaumousse * Henri Vignet * Jean Charles Contel

Bibliography

*L'École de Rouen, Rouen, BDS, coll. « La Vie de Rouen », 1972, 236 p. *L'École de Rouen, in abc antiquités beaux-arts curiosités, no 188, June 1980 *François Lespinasse (preface by François Bergot), L'École de Rouen, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Rouen-Offset, 1980, 221 p. *Caroline Larroche, 7 peintres de l'école de Rouen, Paris, Galerie Alain Letailleur, 1990, broché, 184 p. *François Lespinasse, L'École de Rouen, Lecerf, Rouen, 1995 () *François Lespinasse, La Normandie vue par les peintres, Edita, Lausanne, 1988 *L'École de Rouen de l'impressionnisme à Marcel Duchamp 1878-1914, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, 1996 () *François Lespinasse, Rouen, paradis des peintres, 2003 () *François Lespinasse, Journal de l'École de Rouen 1877-1945, 2006 ({{ISBN, 2-906130-01-X) *L'École de Rouen, de l'impressionnisme au cubisme, soixante ans de modernité en Normandie, Pont-Audemer, Musée Canel, 2008

External links

Exhibition on the School
*
Une ville pour l’impressionnisme : Monet, Pissarro et Gauguin à Rouen. Dossier pédagogique
', Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 2010.

Site of the Amis de l'École de Rouen

Agence photographique de la réunion des Musées nationaux

School A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes comp ...

French art movements Post-Impressionism French artist groups and collectives

Works

Representatives

Bibliography

See also

Notes

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