Pays des Impressionnistes
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Marly-le-Roi
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The Pays des Impressionnistes ({{IPA|fr|pei dez‿ɛ̃pʁesjɔnist}}, {{lit|Land of the Impressionists}}) 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.[http://www.grenouillere-museum.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=27&lang=fr&3f5dcb9aa1064aa4be7703501e146a1d=cbcec22a667bd483b0eef6d06b082a1b Le Pays des Impressionnistes - Description] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017234959/http://www.grenouillere-museum.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=27&lang=fr&3f5dcb9aa1064aa4be7703501e146a1d=cbcec22a667bd483b0eef6d06b082a1b |date=2013-10-17 }}, site du musée de la Grenouillère. Nine municipalities in the Yvelines department of France bordering the loop of the Seine River, where, during the nineteenth century, impressionist painters exercised their art, are associated with this creation: Bougival, Carrières-sur-Seine, Chatou, Croissy-sur-Seine, Le Pecq, Le Port-Marly, Louveciennes, Marly-le-Roi and Noisy-le-Roi.[http://www.leparisien.fr/bougival-78380/le-chemin-des-impressionnistes-sur-les-bords-de-seine-20-08-2009-611411.php Le chemin des impressionnistes sur les bords de Seine], Le Parisien, 20.08.2009 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 department, joined them in 2010,[http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/infospratique/carte-didentite Office de Tourisme du Pays des Impressionnistes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115025533/http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/infospratique/carte-didentite |date=2013-11-15 }} 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 Seine, as well as visits of ateliers of contemporary painters.
History
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The Path of the Impressionists
File:Une rue de village, Louveciennes, Pissarro.jpg by Camille Pissarro]]
File:La inundación en Port Marly, por Alfred Sisley.jpg (1876) by Alfred Sisley]]
File:Carrières-Saint-Denis - Claude Monet.jpg by Claude Monet]]
There are four Impressionists’ Trail paths with more than 30 reproductions of Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Alfred Sisley paintings on the spot of their creation.[http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/se-balader/balades-au-naturel Circuit des impressionnistes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126163444/http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/se-balader/balades-au-naturel |date=2013-11-26 }}
- 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 Camille Pissarro.[http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/balades/circuit-sisley.pdf Le circuit Sisley] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202647/http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/balades/circuit-sisley.pdf |date=2013-10-29 }}
- 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; 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.Stéphane Bessac, [https://books.google.com/books?id=qnubE_8-blEC&pg=PA136 Petit Futé Yvelines] 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.[http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/balades/circuit-pissarro.pdf Le circuit Pissarro] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184916/http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/balades/circuit-pissarro.pdf |date=2013-10-29 }}
- 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 (1869) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Bain à la Grenouillère (1869) and Le pont de Bougival (1869-1870) by Claude Monet, and Bords de Seine (1883) par Berthe Morisot.[http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/balades/circuit-monet.pdf Le circuit Monet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191144/http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/balades/circuit-monet.pdf |date=2013-10-29 }}
- The Renoir is a trail of 3.6 km, from Chatou arriving at Carrières-sur-Seine. There are 5 reproductions : Le Déjeuner des Canotiers (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.[http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/balades/circuit-renoir.pdf Le circuit Renoir] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924065459/http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/balades/circuit-renoir.pdf |date=2015-09-24 }}
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.Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, [https://books.google.com/books?id=O-b2m7XiYmkC&pg=PT134 Yvelines 2013 Petit Futé], Petit Futé, 2013, p. 134
It organizes Impressionist's cruises from April to October along the shores and islands of the loop of the Seine.Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, [https://books.google.com/books?id=-Qn4rZpGJvQC&pg=PA241 Les plus belles balades à vélo Ile de France 2012], Petit Futé, 2012, p. 241
It also organizes visits of contemporary painters ateliers, such as those of Catherine Vaes in Croissy in 2012,[https://archive.today/20131023225547/http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/le-programme/57-programme-des-visites/172-un-artiste-une-rencontre Un artiste, une rencontre Vendredi 4 mai et Vendredi 21 septembre 2012] and Claude-Max Lochu in Carrières-sur-Seine in January 2014.[http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/le-programme#samedi-25-janvier-2014-un-artiste,-une-rencontre samedi 25 janvier 2014 un artiste, une rencontre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531231608/http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/le-programme |date=2013-05-31 }}[http://www.chatou.fr/chatou/ch05_pays-impressionnistes_2014-01.asp Un artiste, une rencontre… avec le peintre Claude Max Lochu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104141804/http://www.chatou.fr/chatou/ch05_pays-impressionnistes_2014-01.asp |date=2014-01-04 }}, site de la Ville de Chatou
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Pays des Impressionnistes}}
- {{in lang|en}} [http://www.pays-des-impressionnistes.fr/en/ Visitor center of the Pays des Impressionnistes]
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://fr-fr.facebook.com/OTPaysdesImpressionnistes Site Facebook de Office de Tourisme du Pays des Impressionnistes]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Arts organizations established in 2001
Category:Tourist attractions in Hauts-de-Seine
Category:Tourist attractions in Yvelines
Category:Hiking trails in France