Shoichi HASEGAWA has just passed away at the age of 94. He had set up his workshop in Vétheuil in 1975. A few years ago, he moved back to La Celle St Cloud.
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It was in 1857 that painter Charles François DAUBIGNY first had the idea of converting a boat into a studio, to be as close as possible to the subject. He called this boat "le butin".
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Gustave CAILLEBOTTE, born in 1848 and precociously deceased, was for a long time the forgotten master of Impressionism. Until the 1950s, he was much more famous in the United States than in France.
A MONET in New York court
This painting, entitled "l'église et la Seine à VÉTHEUIL" ("The Church and the Seine at VÉTHEUIL") by MONET in 1881, is not in any museum and few people know about it. Yet it has had a particularly eventful destiny.
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The first known engraving of the church of Vétheuil was made in 1654 by Israël SILVESTRE.
Continue reading " Israel SILVESTRE : the first engraving "VÉTHEUIL and its church go around the world with MONET
The impressionist painter Claude MONET is probably the most celebrated artist in the world.
Continue reading " VÉTHEUIL and its church go around the world with MONET "Pierre BONNARD in Vernonnet
The painting of Vétheuil was composed by Pierre BONNARD in 1902. It is now part of a private collection.
Continue reading " Pierre BONNARD in Vernonnet "Alain BRUNEAUX, the school of Rouen
It is impossible not to see Alain BRUNEAUX if you go to the village square of Vétheuil. Since 2004, he has been featured on the large mural, along with painters Claude MONET, Abel LAUVRAY, Jean-Paul RIOPELLE and Joan MITCHELL.
Continue reading " Alain BRUNEAUX, the school of Rouen "Sadami YOKOTE : the church of Vétheuil in Nagasaki
Sadami Yokote is a Japanese figurative painter belonging to the school known as "yo ga", which means Japanese painting of Western style.
Continue reading "Sadami YOKOTE: the church of Vétheuil in Nagasaki "Monet, the baritone and the sunrise at Vétheuil
In 1873, there was a baritone from the Opera named Faure who prided himself on being a talent scout and was infatuated with the new Impressionist school because it allowed him to acquire paintings on the cheap. He knew nothing about art, but he wanted to make a name for himself.
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