Inspirational Places of Artists, France

 

Montmartre village in Paris (above) is located on a hill top overlooking the city. Montmartre is filled with narrow winding streets, galleries, boutiques and the world famous Artists Square, once home to Salvador Dali, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh.

 

The banks of the Siene River in Paris were inspiration for Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

The Louvre is the biggest and the best known museum in the world. Once the palace of kings and an inspiration for Edouard Manet.

 Claude Monet's house in Giverny

Giverny village, outside Paris, is home to one of the most famous gardens of Claude Monet. Some of Monet's most famous paintings were inspired by his gardens surrounding the house in Giverny.

 

Arles is most famous for influencing Vincent van Gogh, which he showed by using brighter colors.

 Leonardo da Vinci's statue is located across the river from a charming town of Amboise.

 

Leonardo da Vinci's house in Amboise. Amboise with the imposing castle is a place, where Leonardo da Vinci died and is buried.

 

Famous staircase designed by Leonardo da Vinci at the splendid Chateau de Chambord in the Loire Valley.

 

Do not miss savouring in the delicious local Touraine cuisine at Leonardo da Vinci's restaurant in the charming town of Tours.

 

The picturesque harbor of Honfleur was a summer haunt of the Impressionist painters including Gustave Courbet, Eugene Boudin, and Claude Monte.