The Gros horloge in Rouen, on a bright winters day.

When one thinks of Rouen and impressionist art it is usually Claude Monet’s name that immediately springs to mind, Camille Pissarro is another. But, there was a group of artists we rarely hear about who were painting in and around Rouen from the 1870s onwards who produced some stunning paintings of the area. Léon-Jules Lemaître’s paintings of the the Gros Horloge in Rouen city centre is just one example. [Read more →]