Come to Normandy to see the sea and enjoy the romance of Impressionism!

Impressionism, rather than being an art organization ostracized by the mainstream salon, is more like a collective adventure, a natural practice of a group of young people. From Honfleur to Longueville, in many places along the coast of Normandy, naturalistic landscape paintings were born. Between 1830 and 1870, they left the most vivid mark in the history of Impressionist landscape painting. Early Impressionist painters strove to capture material through observation, while later Impressionists focused more on diminishing the influence of naturalism and emphasizing the effects of light and shadow. Claude Monet, who met Renoir in his early days, was one of the founders of the French Impressionist style. Most of the theory and practice of Impressionism were promoted by him. Eugène Boudin, as the connector between the Barbizon school and Impressionism, adored the port of Trouville, and was known as 'the king of the skies'. Dufy was a transitional painter from Impressionism to Fauvism. His works are known for their bright colors and highly decorative luxurious scenes. Théodore Gudin specialized in seascapes and was never able to resign from his official position as a port painter. Jongkind is often called the precursor of Impressionism. He influenced Boudin, Courbet, Monet, and Carls, leading them on the heroic path of landscape painting. Gustave Courbet, a pioneer of the Realist school, realized the dream of naturalist painters to the greatest extent. He stripped all realism from his paintings, retaining only the message of truth, making natural landscapes a trigger for philosophical meditation.