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The Hôtel Baudy studio, easels and canvases

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The artists of Giverny

Painters, sculptors and travellers who came to Giverny in search of a new light — and who took American Impressionism home with them.

Forty-five 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.

Portrait of Paul Cézanne Discover Paul Cézanne 1839 — 1906 French · Painter He stayed at the Hôtel Baudy in the autumn of 1894, at Monet’s invitation, and painted several views of the village there. Portrait of Dawson Dawson-Watson Discover Dawson Dawson-Watson 1864 — 1939 British, active in the United States · Painter The Hôtel Baudy lodger whose stay is dated most precisely: entered in the register on 12 May 1888. Portrait of Theodore Earl Butler Discover Theodore Earl Butler 1861 — 1936 American · Painter A lodger at the Hôtel Baudy in 1888, he became Monet’s son-in-law and the only member of the colony to die in Giverny. Portrait of Karl Anderson Discover Karl Anderson 1874 — 1956 American · Painter The only painter one of whose canvases bears the name of the house: Tennis Court at Hôtel Baudy. Portrait of Sears Gallagher Discover Sears Gallagher 1869 — 1955 American · Painter He wrote from the hotel on 4 August 1903: the dining-room walls were lined with the panels the painters had left. Portrait of Josephine Miles Lewis Discover Josephine Miles Lewis 1865 — 1959 American · Painter The first woman to graduate from the Yale School of the Fine Arts, and the lodger whose dates the register of the house has preserved most precisely. The Orchard, 1916, a work by Lucien Abrams Discover Lucien Abrams 1870 — 1941 American · Painter A sketchbook dated 3 September 1898 places him at Giverny; the label beside it says he was staying at the Hôtel Baudy. 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 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 Guy Rose Discover Guy Rose 1867 — 1925 American · Painter The Californian of Giverny: a house and garden next to Monet’s, until lead poisoning forced him to give up oils. Brook, Giverny, a work by Theodore Wendel Discover Theodore Wendel 1859 — 1932 American · Painter One of the seven painters who settled at Giverny in 1887, the year the Baudys opened their hotel. Portrait of Philip Leslie Hale Discover Philip Leslie Hale 1865 — 1931 American · Painter Among the first Americans to make Giverny a laboratory of Impressionism, from 1888. Portrait of Louis Paul Dessar Discover Louis Paul Dessar 1867 — 1952 American · Painter Eight months at Giverny, and what he brought back was the village’s peasant life, not its gardens. Portrait of William Howard Hart Discover William Howard Hart 1863 — 1934 American · Painter He painted Butler at Giverny in 1897; Butler painted him in return, the same year. Giverny, Moonlight, a work by Thomas Buford Meteyard Discover Thomas Buford Meteyard 1865 — 1928 American · Painter The painter of Giverny by night: his church by moonlight is at the Vernon museum. 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.

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 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 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. Portrait of Karl Albert Buehr Discover Karl Albert Buehr 1866 — 1952 American, born German · Painter, teacher Drawn to Giverny by his friendship with Frieseke and Miller; his children played with Monet’s grandchildren, though he never met the painter. Willows and Stream, Giverny, a work by Louis Ritter Discover Louis Ritter 1854 — 1892 American · Painter One of the 1887 group, dead at thirty-eight: the briefest passage of the whole colony. Portrait of Henry Fitch Taylor Discover Henry Fitch Taylor 1853 — 1925 American · Painter One of the 1887 group, he would end up twenty-five years later among the first American abstract painters. Portrait of Mary Colman Wheeler Discover Mary Colman Wheeler 1846 — 1920 American · Painter She rented the Hameau and brought her pupils there: the late Giverny colony was also a girls’ art school. The Old Garden, a work by Edmund Greacen Discover Edmund Greacen 1876 — 1949 American · Painter He lived at Giverny from 1907 to 1909 and met Monet there, at the time of the Water Lilies. Portrait of Edward Cairns Officer Discover Edward Cairns Officer 1871 — 1921 Australian · Painter The only Australian in the collection: he had made Giverny his home. Portrait of Blanche Hoschedé-Monet Discover Blanche Hoschedé-Monet 1865 — 1947 French · Painter Claude Monet’s only pupil: she painted at his side from 1882, married his son, then kept his house for twelve years. Portrait of Mabel Conkling Discover Mabel Conkling 1871 — 1966 American · Sculptor She sculpted the face of Suzanne Baudy, the daughter of the house, and showed it at the Salon of 1904.

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 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. Portrait of Abel Lauvray Discover Abel Lauvray 1870 — 1950 French · Painter The neighbour from Vétheuil who went out on the Seine with Monet, and to whom the master handed over his studio boat. The village at the water’s edge (no established title), a work by Pierre Maubert Discover Pierre Maubert 1884 — 1957 French · Painter The painter of Vernon, who gave the early-century Seine valley its face — the water, the boats, the beach — four kilometres from Giverny. Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson Discover Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 — 1894 Scottish · Writer He stayed at the Hôtel Baudy in 1887, the year Willard Leroy Metcalf was to include him in his painting “The Ten Cent Breakfast”, now at the Denver Art Museum.

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