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From Burgundy to Le Havre by houseboat.
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Born into a rich Rouen family, Géricault (1791–1824) shocked contemporaries with the realism of paintings such as The Raft of the Medusa .
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Highly regarded, Norman antique furniture is characterized by four objects: the wardrobe (traditionally part of a bride’s dowry), the sideboard, the longcase clock and the box bed. Fine 18th- and 19th-century pieces, on display in museums and for sale in antique s shops, are well proportioned, elegant and often elaborately decorated.
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Painted in 1902. Displayed in the Château-Musée de Dieppe.
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Painted in 1823. Exhibited at the Louvre, Paris.
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Painted between 1899 and 1926. Several are on show at the Musée d’Orangerie, Paris.
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Painted in 1935. On show at the Musée Eugène Boudin, Honfleur.
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Rollo’s acquisitive warrior son (c.893–943) extended the duchy’s boundaries by taking Cotentin and southern Manche.
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William (1027–87), the bastard son of Robert the Magnificent, united Normandy and conquered England.
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In Bézu-Saint-Eloi, 6 km (4 miles) northwest of Gisors, Ateliers Jorelle have been making traditional wooden toys since 1864. Visit the workshop, or look out for their products in local toy and craft shops, including spinning tops and an obstacle game called jouet de la grenouille (literally, “frog game”) played in Normandy since the Middle Ages.
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