Normandie Impressionniste

With over 200 events taking place across Normandy, Normandie Impressionniste looks set to take the region by storm. Read on for a selection of the top events taking place throughout the summer as part of Normandie Impressionniste:

  
Exhibitions

A City for Impressionism: Monet, Pissarro and Gauguin in Rouen, 4th June-26th September, Fine Arts Museum, Rouen

Impressionism along the Seine River, 1st April-18th July, Impressionism Museum, Giverny

 

Degas from Senn Donation, 12th June-19th September, André Malraux Museum, Le Havre

Signac: Ports of France, 1st October-30th January, André Malraux Museum, Le Havre

Claude, Camille, Jacques-Emile, Eva and the others... the Impressionists in Dieppe, 27th June-26th September, Castle Museum, Dieppe

Honfleur: Between Tradition and Modernity, 1820-1900, 2nd June-6th September, Eugène Boudin Museum, Honfleur

Impressionist Engravings, 4th June-5th September, Fine Arts Museum, Caen

Millet at the Dawn of Impressionism, 14th June-12th September, Thomas-Henry Art Museum,

Cherbourg-Octeville

Maxence Rifflet - Cherbourg by the sea (provisional title), 26th July-25th September, Le Point du Jour Art Centre, Cherbourg-Octeville

In the footsteps of Corot in Normandy, 1st June-31st October, Fine Arts Museum, Saint-Lô

Léon Riesener, 1808-1878, from Romanticism to Impressionism, 4th June-8th November, Art and History Museum, Lisieux

Painters along the Seine River from Boudin to Vallotton, 9th April-25th July, Poulain Museum, Vernon

"Peindre en Normandie" Collection, Mid-July to end-August, Honfleur and Grand Quevilly

Fernand Bignon in the wake of  Impressionism, 12th June-30th October, Villa Montebello Museum,

Trouville-sur-Mer

Blanche Hoschedé-Monet, 5th June-3rd October, Louviers Museum, Louviers

Performing arts, video and music

Rouen Impressionnée, 3rd July-29th August, outdoor contemporary art installations, Rouen

Impressionism and video art - light echoes, 1st June-30th September, Gardens of the Seine-Maritime county offices, Rouen

Impressionistes!, 1st April-31st December, touring theatre performances across Normandy

Les Musicales de Normandie, 24th July-9th September, 20 classical concerts throughout Normandy

Impressionist programme - music and dance, Rouen Opera, Rouen

Celebrations

Le grand déjeuner sur l'herbe picnic, 20th June, throughout Normandy

Balls and Impressionist guinguettes, 13th and 14th July (and various dates in summer), throughout Normandy

Outdoor cinema, 3rd July-31st August, Jumièges Abbey

Eugène Boudin Day, 8th August, Deauville

Impressionism themed events, summer, Trouville-sur-Mer

Impressionism themed events, summer, Cabourg

With kids

Impressionist Variations, 30th June-30th October, Zoological and Botanical Park, Clères

Impressionist Nights nocturnal illuminations of the façade of the Museum of Fine Arts, 1st June-30th September, Rouen

The Giants' Alley giant outdoor Impressionist exhibition, Festyland theme park, Caen

 

 

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