Art on Sainte-Adresse beach near Le Havre

Not far from Havre (France), Sainte-Adresse is a former fishing village, which became later a seaside resort.

Monet, Corot or Raoul Dufy came to paint the sea at Sainte-Adresse.

Claude Monet stayed in Sainte-Adresse in the home of his aunt, Sophie Lecadre, from June 1867 until near winter and painted many canvasses there. Just search on the Internet for “Sainte-Adresse Monet” and you will be rewarded with a good collection of Monet’s works.

The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, 1867 - Oil on canvas (75.8 x 102.5 cm) by Claude Monet – Collection Art Institute of Chicago

There is today a nice (and sometime windy) walk along the coast. The beach is full of pebbles of various size and some artists have made the most of it.

Kelmscott Manor Oil painting

You can learn more about Kelmscott Manor in my previous post: A visit to Kelmscott Manor: William Morris’ house.

Kelmscott Manor - Oil painting (18"x14") by Benoit Philippe

Swindon Open Studios 2017

This week-end, I will be again at the Richard Jefferies Museum for the second week-end of the Swindon Open Studios 2017.

How to find me.

View of the museum from the street (over the wall)

Look for this sign

Come through the gates

Take the back entrance of the building

Once in the building, go straight to the stairs. You will see a few paintings in the staircase. The rest is in the room upstairs

Work in progress: a pencil drawing of an old olive tree

When

• Saturday 16th September 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Sunday 17th September 1:30 pm - 5 pm

Address of the Richard Jefferies Museum

Richard Jefferies Museum
Marlborough Road, Coate,
Swindon SN3 6AA

A page with maps and explanations to find the Museum.

There is some limited parking at the museum.
The museum is next to the Sun Inn Pub and the Coate Water park

Richard Jefferies Museum website 

Further information on SOS 2017

• Swindon Open Studios website
• Swindon Open Studios Blog

Red Apples

Red Apples - Oil on canvas board (6" x 8") by Benoit Philippe