The musée des impressionnismes in Giverny, a village in
Normandy, is dedicated to the history of Impressionism and its
continuation in the Giverny art colony and along the Valley of
the River Seine. Giverny, land of artists Claude Monet moved to
Giverny in 1883. Although he never encouraged other artists to
follow him, the village soon attracted a circle of Americans
eager to put the principles of Impressionism into practice at
the heart of the Norman landscape. The musée des
impressionnismes Founded by Daniel J. Terra in 1992, the musée
d’art américain Giverny generated an unprecedented stream of
exhibitions, publications, conferences, lectures, and
residencies for art historians and artists on the theme of
American art, during its sixteen years of existence. In 2009, a
partnership was signed between the Terra Foundation for American
Art, the Conseil général de l’Eure, the Conseil régional de
Haute-Normandie, the Conseil général de la Seine-Maritime, the
Communauté d’Agglomération des Portes de l’Eure, the M