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The artists of Giverny

Painters, sculptors and travellers who came to Giverny in search of a new light.

Twenty-three entries, grouped by the nature of their connection with the house: those whose stay at the Hôtel Baudy is attested, those whose presence in Giverny is documented, and the painters of the Seine and Eure valleys whose work surrounds the village. A link with the hotel is asserted only where a source establishes it.

Attested lodgers

A source documents their stay at the Hôtel Baudy.

Painters of Giverny

Their presence in Giverny is documented; a stay at the Hôtel Baudy is not necessarily so.

Portrait of Claude Monet Discover Claude Monet 1840 — 1926 French · Painter His arrival in Giverny is the most frequently cited starting point of the village’s reputation. Portrait of Lilla Cabot Perry Discover Lilla Cabot Perry 1848 — 1933 American · Painter She stayed regularly in Giverny between 1889 and 1909 and made Impressionism known in America. Portrait of Theodore Robinson Discover Theodore Robinson 1852 — 1896 American · Painter The closest to Monet: a true friendship, and one of the deepest assimilations of French Impressionism. Portrait of Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Discover Mary Fairchild MacMonnies 1858 — 1946 American · Painter A painter of figures and gardens, active in France for more than twenty years. Portrait of Willard Leroy Metcalf Discover Willard Leroy Metcalf 1858 — 1925 American · Painter Often described as the man through whom Giverny became known to the painters of the Académie Julian. Portrait of Robert William Vonnoh Discover Robert William Vonnoh 1858 — 1933 American · Painter and teacher American painter and teacher, whose great poppy field of 1888 is associated with Giverny. Portrait of William Blair Bruce Discover William Blair Bruce 1859 — 1906 Canadian · Painter One of the very first North American painters to settle in Giverny, from the 1887 season. Portrait of John Leslie Breck Discover John Leslie Breck 1860 — 1899 American · Painter One of the first Americans to adopt Impressionism and win it acceptance in the United States. Portrait of Frederick William MacMonnies Discover Frederick William MacMonnies 1863 — 1937 American · Sculptor and painter An internationally renowned sculptor, he also ran a teaching studio in Normandy. Portrait of Frederick Carl Frieseke Discover Frederick Carl Frieseke 1874 — 1939 American · Painter Settled lastingly in Giverny, he painted women in gardens and light filtered through foliage. Portrait of Richard Edward Miller Discover Richard Edward Miller 1875 — 1943 American · Painter Elegant women reading or walking in flowering gardens, in a highly refined palette.

Around Giverny

Painters of the Seine or Eure valley, or close to the Impressionist movement, with no documented link to Giverny itself.

Portrait of Léon Germain Pelouse Discover Léon Germain Pelouse 1838 — 1891 French · Landscape painter Leader of the Cernay school, a plein-air landscape painter in the line of Corot and Daubigny. Portrait of Daniel Ridgway Knight Discover Daniel Ridgway Knight 1839 — 1924 American · Painter An American painter of French peasant women, settled at Poissy and then Rolleboise, on the Seine. Portrait of Hippolyte Camille Delpy Discover Hippolyte Camille Delpy 1842 — 1910 French · Landscape painter A pupil of Daubigny and Corot, he forms the link between Barbizon and Impressionism. Portrait of Paul Charles Chocarne-Moreau Discover Paul Charles Chocarne-Moreau 1855 — 1930 French · Genre painter A Parisian genre painter, known for scenes of children in the working trades. Portrait of Maximilien Luce Discover Maximilien Luce 1858 — 1941 French · Painter and printmaker A Neo-Impressionist settled at Rolleboise, he was a frequent visitor to Monet, who lived nearby. Portrait of Gustave Loiseau Discover Gustave Loiseau 1865 — 1935 French · Painter A Post-Impressionist known for his “trellis” brushwork and his landscapes of the Eure valley. Portrait of Václav Radimský Discover Václav Radimský 1867 — 1946 Czech · Landscape painter The most Impressionist of Czech painters, settled near Vernon for nearly thirty years. Portrait of Ernest Clifford Peixotto Discover Ernest Clifford Peixotto 1869 — 1940 American · Painter, illustrator and muralist An American illustrator and muralist, settled in France from 1888 to 1914, a friend of Theodore Robinson. Portrait of Louis Aston Knight Discover Louis Aston Knight 1873 — 1948 American · Painter A painter of Norman rivers, settled at Beaumont-le-Roger in the Eure. Son seul ami, a work by Germain Raingo-Pelouse Discover Germain Raingo-Pelouse 1893 — 1963 French · Painter A landscape painter of the Seine at Vernonnet, a few kilometres from Giverny, and a relative of Claude Monet by marriage.

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