Picasso and the Chateaux at Boisgeloup
Human figure busts undergo deconstruction. Giant heads with protuberant profiles are created. Portraits overflow with a soothing eroticism. Unexpected recuperated objects absorb the creative spirit……
Culture
Nestling between the Paris region and the Normandy coast, the Eure has charmed many people of great talent and innumerable artists. Although Claude Monet, fascinated by the light of Giverny and the beauty of the Seine Valley set up his easel in the Department, his giant stature as a master of Impressionism should not cause us to overlook the many past and present talents that settled in the Eure to live and be inspired here.
Painters, writers, musicians, dancers, actors, ceramic artists, both as recognised talents and hidden nuggets, have found inspiration in great numbers here, and their influence is felt around the world today more than ever.
The extraordinary vitality of this discreet department and its creative force never fails to astonish visitors who, like Monet, thought they would spend a few hours here – and never went away.
Wax Tailor
He is one of the best ambassadors of the ‘French Touch’ around the world. Has name is famous from Paris to Tokyo, from New York to Los Angeles. He accompanies dancers on the greatest stages around the world, collaborating with artists such as Sharon Jones, Ursula Rucker, Keziah Jones, Aloe…
The Chateau on the Field of Battle
“We are seeing a sort of consensus in white and beige in palaces. There is no risk-taking, only boredom!” This is not the case of the Jacques Garcia style, one of the most brilliant decorators of his time, whose reputation went beyond the borders.
The Source Residence
“Painting is not an end in itself, but a means to acquiring knowledge”, as Gérard Garouste never tires of saying. An internationally renowned artist, elected to the Beaux Arts Academy in 2017, Gérard Garouste’s works are exhibited around the world. Paris, Milan, New York, Berlin, Brussels and London are…
Ravel House
Nestling at the heart of one of Europe’s greatest beech forests, Lyons-La-Forêt has sheltered, it is said, the secret love affairs of one President of the Republic, two Prime Ministers, numerous artists and a King or two.
The Mill At Andé
Nestling in a branch of the Seine River, between Paris and Rouen, the Mill is an exceptional location, with an extraordinary destiny. In 1957, under the aegis of its owner, Suzanne Lipinska, the Mill became dedicated to artistic creation. Very quickly it turned into a gathering place for intellectuals and…
The house of Pierre Bonnard
The image of a painter who embodies happiness, a tranquil father cosily hidden away in his Normandy house, by the side of Marthe, his beloved wife, who obsessed him as a model, still survives. Poetically nicknamed “Ma Roulotte” (“My Caravan”), the house with the wooden balcony still echoes with the…
The Company of the Little Fields
When you are the son of the President of the prestigious Academy of Agriculture, and the grandson of the famous Eure breeder, Robert Hervieu, you cannot escape your destiny. Although Clément Hervieu-Léger, an influential member of the Comédie-Française, chose the stage as a means of self-expression, he did not lose…
The Beau Geste Company
Inseparable from his trademark hat, his humour and simplicity: with Dominique Boivin, nothing is ever conventional. Single-handedly, he embodies the movement of new French dance, and in his own way, presents the works of the great contemporary choreographers of the 20th century, such as Lucinda Childs, Meg Harper, Martha Graham, …
Giverny
It might even be argued that Claude Monet’s masterpiece is the garden at Giverny. Although he was the father of Impressionism, he was also the pioneer of land art, and transmuted nature into art. People from around the world never stopped recognising his genius (more than 700,000 visitors in 2019)…
Claude Monet
The artist of the ephemeral, the genius who touched the intangible! Claude Monet (1840-1926) describing himself: “Other painters paint a bridge, a house, a boat, and they’re done. “But what I want to do is paint the air around the bridge, the house, the boat.”…