There are over two hundred events on the programme for the Normandy Impressionist Festival, that runs from 27 April to 29 September 2013. The following is a list of those events that have been published so far; it really does look set to be every bit as good as the first festival held in the summer of 2010. Return for updates, or send me a message from the contact page to ask a specific question.
You can either scroll down this page to see the whole programme, or click on the following links to go straight to a list of those specific events:
- Exhibitions In And Around Normandy
- Theatre & Musical Performances
- Festivities & Celebrations
- Events With Children In Mind
A map below shows the locations of the various venues included in the programme (click here to go straight to the map).
Paul Signac, the colours of water
29 March – 2 July, Impressionism Museum, Giverny
Hiramatsu, The Lily Pond, Homage to Monet
13 July – 31 October, Impressionism Museum, Giverny
Impressions Dior
4 May – 22 September, Musée Christian Dior, Granville
Gabrielle Morin
17 July – 15 September, Louis Philippe Museum, Eu
Victor and Adolphe Binet: Two brother-painters at the time of Impressionism
18 May – 22 September, Alfred Canel Museum, Pont-Audemer
Victor Hugo and the Sea
14 June – 15 September, Mont Saint-Michel Manuscripts Museum, Avranches
The power of water
10 May – 10 November, Vire Museum, Vire
The Cliffs of Monet, those other cathedrals
Musée des pêcherie, Fécamp
Impressionist Vernon: Vernon and the banks of the Seine at the time of the Impressionists
6 April – 2 September, Poulain Museum, Vernon
From Impressionism to Abstraction: An immersion in painting
26 June – 29 September, Fine Arts Museum, Saint-Lô
Women and the sea
29 June – 30 September, Eugène Boudin Museum, Honfleur
Reflected Colour, Impressionism and the water’s surface
27 April – 29 September, Fine Arts Museum, Rouen
A Summer at the Water’s edge! Leisure and Impressionism
27 April – 29 September, Fine Arts Museum, Caen
Léon Riesener and Beuzeval
1 June – 30 September, Castle Museum, Saint-Germain de Livet
Photographs of the Côte Fleurie
30 June – 30 September, Villa Montebello Museum, Trouville-sur-Mer
Sea, Views, Monuments: Recto and verso of the decor
22 June – 2 September, Thomas-Henry Art Museum and Centre d’art Le Point du Jour, Cherbourg-Octeville
On the same wavelength, Louis Aston Knight – Alain Fleischer
21 July – 22 September, Museum of Art, History and Archaeology, Evreux
Pissarro and the Ports: Rouen, Dieppe, Le Havre
27 April – 29 September, André Malraux Museum of Modern Art, Le Havre
Debussy by the Sea
The Orchestra of the Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie and the Ensemble de Basse-Normandie will be performing for the first time together in various towns and cities in both Upper and Lower Normandy
Rouen Impressionnée
28 June – 15 September, outdoor contemporary art installations, Rouen
The workshop that mixes art and water
1 July – 30 September, outdoor contemporary art installations, Caen
La Belle Nivernaise: Impressionist concert and Jean Epstein’s silent movie, La Belle Nivernaise
12 July, Arts Theatre, Rouen
9 October, Cité de la Musique, Paris
And in several other towns in Upper and Lower Normandy
The Cliffs of Monet: Fringe events
27 April – 29 September, Musée des Pêcheries de Fécamp
Seine in town, scenes of life
30 June -31 August, Vernon
Painting festival
2 June, in towns and cities throughout Upper Normandy
Festival Diep, Littoral
6 July – 1 September
Castle Museum, Dieppe
Seafront, Pourville-sur-Mer
Aily Lighthouse, Sainte Marguerite-sur-Mer
Impressionist Illuminations in Cabourg
7 July – 1 September, every Sunday, Grand Hôtel Cabourg
Kaleidoscope
22 June–22 September, CREA Science Park, Rouen
Garouste in Normandy
27 April – 29 September, in towns throughout Normandy
Terres de Paroles: Readings, performances and literary encounters in Normandy
24 May – 2 June, Étretat, Jumièges, Abbaye du Bec-Hellouin
SPLASH ! Midday to Midnight on the water
29 June, Abbaye d’Ardenne, St Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe
Map showing the locations around Upper and Lower Normandy of the various events that will make up the Normandy Impressionist Festival in 2013
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