Le Havre, Porte Océane, cradle of Impressionism. Did you know? It was here one early morning in November 1872 that Claude Monet, a disciple of Eugène Boudin, painted the cult “Impression soleil levant” (sunrise) from a room in the Hôtel de l’Amirauté. In Le Havre, other masterpieces were created by the hand of this figurehead of the Impressionist movement:
“Terrace at Sainte-Adresse”, “La pointe de la Hève” and “Port of Le Havre, night effect”. Le Havre and its port, Etretat and its cliffs all benefit from an exceptional light which also inspired Jongkind, Pissarro, Sisley, Signac, Caillebotte, Courbet…