Impressionist Painters in Louveciennes and Environs

Several prominent Impressionist painters lived in and around Louveciennes in the mid 1800's. Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, Monet lived and/or painted in the area. The Seine below Louveciennes was frequently subject matter for them. On the island of Croissy, just up the river by Bougival, Monet and Renoir painted side by side at la Grenouillère in 1869, sometimes called the cradle of Impressionism.
One common element often found in paintings of the area is the aqueduct for Louis XIV's waterworks, which was fed by la Machine de Marly through the pipe up rue de la Machine and which ended at the chateaux of Versailles and Marly.

Map of the area, approx. 10 miles west of Paris

PAINTINGS

Sisley Chemin de la Machine, Louveciennes, 1873
Sisley, 1876	A view down rue de la Machine, looking north. The back of the Chateau Du Barry and its garden wall appear on the right.
Sisley Louveciennes, hauteurs de Marly, 1873	The site for this painting is literally a stones throw from the Dubarry pavillon, just down the hill below the terrasse. The buildings, known as La ferme de la mi-cote, are a classified historical monument, part of the Machine de Marly site. Although now in semi-ruins, the farm was inhabited up until the 1960s when ASP was at Du Barry.
Pissarro Springtime at Louveciennes, c. 1870	This scene, looking west with the aqueduct on the left horizon, is near the present day train station.
Sisley The aqueduct at Marly, 1874	The aqueduct, close up, showing the tower at the end.
Pissarro Port Marly	Looking east, the town of Bougival is visible in the distance.
Pissarro Port Marly	Looking west, la machine de Marly is visible toward the left center, placing this scene just below the pavillon Dubarry.
Pissarro La Grenouillère	Monet and Renoir usually painted La Grenouillère from the Ile de Croissy, its access point. This painting shows it from mid-Seine, looking southwest. The Pavillon Dubarry is on top of the hill, just around the bend in the river.
Pissarro Entrance to the Village of Voisin, 1872	The cluster of buildings at the top of rue de la Machine is known as the Village of Voisin. This road runs the same direction as rue de la Machine, just up a little hill.
Monet The Seine at Bougival	Monet's first painting at Bougival, the aqueduct is highlighted with the sunset showing though the arches.
Vlaminck Port Marly	Actually a Post Impressionist, Vlaminck painted this area as well. The blue road ramping up to the yellow arch is next to the entrance to the path which goes straight up the hill to rue de la Machine (recently made accessible again).
Sisley La Machine de Marly	This building, an 1858 reconstruction of the original Machine, housed the paddlewheels which turned the pumps which fed the pipe for the aqueduct. It was demolished in 1969 as a obstacle to navigation on the Seine.
Sisley L'Inondation à Marly 1876	Another depiction at la Machine, during a flood.
Pissarro Barrage sur la Seine à Bougival 1871	On the branch of the Seine opposite La Machine are the locks of Bougival. The pilings in the water are the same as those in Sisley's L'Inondation à Marly, above.
Sisley Les Coteaux de Bougival 1875	This location is, again, at the foot of the hill below the pavillon Dubarry, looking east towards the town of Bougival. The same pilings are visible in the foreground.