Antoine Chintreuil (revisited) in Pont-de-Vaux, Ain (1)

Precursor to impressionism, the painter Antoine Chintreuil (1814-73) was born in Pont-de-Vaux and died in Septeuil (Yvelines). Born into a modest family, he moved to Paris at the age of 22. He was advised by Corot and received support from the chansonnier Béranger. The Musée Chintreuil in Pont-de-Vaux is named after him and holds a permanent collection of his paintings. This is Chintreuil by Eugène Villain (1821-97).

La Ferme de Courgent, still a small village in Yvelines.

Bruyères et gênets en fleurs dans le bois d'Igny (Essonne).

Bois de Boulogne, long before tourists and night-time activities changed it.

Chemin à travers bois.

Antoine Chintreuil in Pont-de-Vaux (Ain (01))

Antoine Chintreuil (1814-73) was born in Pont-de-Vaux and died in Septeuil. He was a landscape artist from a father (Georges) who was a hat maker and haberdasher and a mother (Suzanne) who opened a small girls's school in Pont-de-Vaux and who gave Antoine his early education before he joined the Collège de Pont-de-Vaux. An old friend of the family gave him art lessons.

Chintreuil has been called one of the precursors to the Impressionists and a museum which bears his name is in Pont-de-Vaux.