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The village at the water’s edge (no established title), a work by Pierre Maubert
No portrait being known, a canvas by the artist stands in this frame.

Painter · French

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Pierre Maubert

The painter of Vernon, who gave the early-century Seine valley its face — the water, the boats, the beach — four kilometres from Giverny.

  • Dates1884 — 1957
  • NationalityFrench
  • DisciplinePainter
  • Place of birthVernon, Eure

Biography

Pierre Maubert was born at Vernon in 1884 and died there in 1957. He painted his town and its valley: the Seine, its banks, its boats, its bathers. The Vernon museum — today the musée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet — holds several of his canvases and devoted an exhibition to him, “Pierre Maubert et Vernon”, from 16 March to 30 April 2004.

Around Giverny

Four kilometres separate his easel from Monet’s, and a generation: when Maubert was born, Monet had been at Giverny for a year. He did not follow him; he carried on the country. Where Monet made the water a laboratory, Maubert looked at it as it served — boats are loaded, people bathe, the bridge is crossed. The museum notes that his boats are those of the early-century Seine valley, at the very time of the Water Lilies. No source consulted establishes a relation between the two men: what they share is a river.

Principal works

The village at the water’s edge (no established title) oil on canvas, signed “P. MAUBERT” at lower right. Tiled roofs and a church tower among the trees on the far bank; in the foreground the still water, where everything is reversed, and two moored boats in the corner. The photograph was supplied by the house; its provenance is not documented.
The beach oil on canvas, signed “P. MAUBERT” at lower right. A summer crowd on the sand of the Seine: the red and green staircase coming down from the quay, the bathers, the children sitting in the shadow of the wall, the bunting, and the diving board in the distance. The musée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet holds a “Plage de Vernon” from before 1940 whose scene corresponds; the identification remains to be confirmed with the museum.
Boats beneath the tree (no established title) oil on canvas, signed “P. MAUBERT” at lower right. A heavy trunk leaning over the water, its branches falling like a curtain; two boats moored beneath it, one pale and ready, the other lower in the water; to the left, the arches of a stone bridge and a figure with a parasol on the bank. The musée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet holds a “Barques sous un saule” dated about 1920; the identification remains to be confirmed with the museum.

Key points

  • 1884Born — Vernon, Eure
  • 1957Died

Sources

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Related artists

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 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.

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