La ferme Saint-Siméon
Subtitle: une légende au siècle de l'impressionnisme
By: Benjamin Findinier
Publisher: Éditions des Falaises
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Rouen
Language: fre
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9782848113890
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: History; Artists; Pictorial works; Homes and haunts; Impressionism (Art); Landscape painting; French Landscape painting; Intellectual life; In art; Ferme Saint-Siméon (Honfleur, France)
Description: Although famous by its name, Ferme Saint-Siméon in Honfleur is still relatively unknown. This book invites to a new voyage in the history of this mythical establishment, navigating particularly between the two roles which it played during the XIXth century, that of Norman refuge of landscape painting and that of littoral extension of the literary home from the capital. From Corot to Monet and from Courbet to Boudin, from Sapeck to Champsaur and from Allais to Proust, a rich iconography, partly unpublished, as well as literary sources allow us today to tell, from 1825-1830 to dawn of the twentieth century, the story of this famous inn run by the famous Mother Toutain. Works bearing witness to this strong artistic presence are today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-141).