The Land of Gauguin

Pont-Aven

History Pont-Aven

 

 

Called the country millers for its 14 mills, Pont-Aven became from the mid 19th century, the village of painters both for its landscape between sea and countryside, for its relative proximity to Paris.
The former, to be who settled are American artists, as Robert Wylie (letter 1840 and some), and Dutch, comme Johan Barthold Jongkind.
Most arrived by sea, ports of Concarneau and Pont Aven is landing stations on the Atlantic coast.

The importance of the colony of Pont-Aven painters is such in the years 1860, she gives birth to the School of Pont-Aven.
It is not in this case a school as such, as the School of Fine Arts, or the School of Modern Art, but the name given to a group of artists working together more or less name, are therefore mutually influencing, and that, in one place, namely between Concarneau – Pont-Aven and Le Pouldu Finistère in the southeast of Finistere between 1880 to 1895.
This school became known on the place of national and international art , at that time, at the exhibition "Painters and Symbolist synthesists" organized coffee Volpini in Paris 1889 .

 

Because of this large influx of French and foreign artists, the villagers have found interesting the idea of ​​raising the majority of their homes to housing developments at a smart price. the wealthiest of these artists found guesthouse, The particular board Gloanec, held by The Mary Jane Gloanec (Pont-Aven, 1839 1915) soon followed by the Hotel of travelers in the person of Julia Guillou, who did not hesitate to invest in an annex to his hotel, exceptionally large for its time, with ballroom and banquet facility to match its ambitions, workshops with windows on top floor, to house both artists and visitors and guests to various grandiose festivities she organized.

This building is now the mayor of Bridge Aven, this building adjacent to the museum by the left. To the left of the Town Hall, Currently the Museum of Pont Aven, not for long, as City Hall and Museum will be in work.
To the right of the Mayor, we find the answer of the day, Mary Jeanne has made the Gloanec Julia Guillou, namely, expansion of the pension Gloanec a building with dimensions almost as remarkable as that of its competitor ! It has become our day, a cozy restaurant ” The hotel Gorse GOLD”.

Julia Guillou had a more loyal friend and supporter in the person of Theodore Botrel.
All these American artists below came certainly in France, of course ! in Paris, but some have made a detour before leaving Pont Aven and Concarneau pat while others have stayed there several months, sometimes longer.
Thank you to Mr. David Sellin and http://concarneau peintres.fr-directory for this work of foreign artists came to this southern Finistère.

• Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942)
• Robert Henri (1865-1929)
• Simmons Edward Emerson (1852-1931)
• Eugene Lawrence Vail (1857-1934)
• Butler Howard-Russel (1856-1934)
• Maud Hunt Squire (1873-1954)
• Henry R. Kenyon (1861-1926)
• Dow Arthur Wesley (1857-1922)
• Harrison Thomas Alexander (1853-1930)
• Harrison Lowell Birge (1854-1929)
• Humphrey (1844-1926)
• Charles Augustus Lazar (1856-1936)
• Hoeber – Walter Gay (1856-1937)
• Clifford P Grayson (1859-1951)
• Recknagel John (1870-1940)
• Picknell William (1853-1897)
• William Lamb (1853-1897)

 

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Concarneau

History of Concarneau

Concarneau is famous for its walled city, remarkable fortification built from 1541, it will be modified and strengthened by Vauban and making a stronghold in Brittany, specifically in Cornwall.

Today Concarneau has lost its role as second fishing port in Britain and its position as the city focused on the production of canning.
She turned resolutely towards tourism with a major restoration of the fortifications and historic buildings and shipbuilding with the creation of a dry dock for giving new life to shipyards with high-tech companies and : – ISI-FISH (fisheries engineering), MARINELEC Technologies (monitoring equipment, and alarm control), PIRIOU (shipbuilding and repair), SEMIM , (general mechanics, engines) and SIECMI (Marine Electronics).

For more information on its history : see this site et sur le site des filets bleus

Moelan sur Mer

Moelan sur Mer se dit “Molan” a Breton

Situated in South Brittany, Moëlan is a coastal town urban. Surrounded by the municipalities of Clohars-Carnoët, Riec-sur-Belon and Baye, Moëlan-sur-Mer is located 8.6 km from Quimperlé, the largest city in Finistère surrounding.

Its inhabitants are called Moëlanais and Moëlanaises. It extends 47,3 kilometers and has 6 956 the census of 2009. With a density of 147,1 inhabitants per km ², Moëlan-sur-Mer is increasing its population 5,7% compared with 1999.

The Belon River and the river are Brigneau the major rivers that cross the joint, each giving birth to a port names which Moëlan Sea is surrounded. Two beautiful beaches offer the joys of swimming : Range and that of Kerfany

A little history

Moëlan is a relatively common ancient : Found in the literature for the first time the mention of Moëlan sur Mer 1080. His name is derived from a Breton monk “Saint Moe” Irish-born in the sixth century,coupled with the word “Lann” which meant “monastery”. But some historians argue that this would be a " Founded Médiolanum "Latin form of the Gallic Mediolanon, Celtic oppida, (particular place in sacred vocation)(View on Wikipedia).

The Templars will be installed and will have built a meanness (Hospital for leprosy) next to their chaplaincy, from the eleventh century, and it is this century it became a parish and depends at this time of the ancient bishopric of Cornwall.

En effet, from the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Britons are the Lords had built their mansions, always good places to homeland defense. In the sixteenth century, the territory of the

joint consists of a maze of property belonging to secular and ecclesiastical lordships. Those among them who had more 10300 surrounding ares (whether 300 newspapers of land) were entitled to pack for hunting, right loft (communicating while!) Mill and right for the land of Aven Belon was well stocked.

Since the common 1836 increased from 4201 inhabitants over the year 7000en 2012.

The town lies close to five ports :
Doëlan, Merrien, Brigneau, Merrien and Belon ( Thank you to Mr. Joly for providing us his photographs illustrating Moëlan gracefully from the sky).

Various remarkable buildings in Moëlan :

The guard on the roof of granite near the lighthouse Merrien.
Fountains, Calvary.
The covered walkways to Kergoustance, the Kersegalou the Kermeur-Bihan et.
The chapel of Saint-Philibert Saint Roch, with a statue of God the Father, particularism Moëlanais, and another of Our Lady of Mercy, venerated, who attended the Pardon of Saint Philibert in Trinidad.
The imposing church of the city center was built in 1879. It had a wall that was destroyed in 1960.
In the late 19th century, an Alsatian Jewish priest, converted to Catholicism, Canon Rosenberg, enough sulphurous reputation in the memories, founded with his sister two orphanages, one for boys, the other for girls in the priory built in 1860 by Sieur Thirion. Thereafter, they bought the land and buildings of Kerfany, on which they built a sanatorium Our Lady of Eternal Light. They are employed as 1896 to grow pine trees, which, through perseverance eventually push, hence the name of Kerfany The Pins.Aujourd 'hui, this former sanatorium became the holiday village of Beg Porz.

From 1876, range Kerfany attracts many tourists and bathers. In 1895, This is Lady Mary Henry, representative of Canon Rosenberg, who obtained the first bathhouse on the town. Thereafter, all citizens have asked in a way that does not get naked and get dressed before the thought of moëlanais.

Beyond Moëlan Sea, Area offer tours remarkable for their variety and quality, including the coastal path.

Source : Une majorité des données ici présentes sont issues d'un ouvrage de Daniel Picol, moëlanais à travers son livre " Si Moëlan m'était conté" et des sites : http://www.tourismefrance.org, http://www.annuaire-mairie.fr et http://wikipedia.org

The City Council Moëlan-sur-Mer

2 Street Moulins29350 MOELAN-SUR-MER – France
Phone number :08 99 69 87 29
1,35 € / call + 0,34 € / min
Fax number : 02 98 39 76 54
International: +33 2 98 39 76 54
Email address of City Hall : mairie-moelan@wanadoo.fr

Social Services and CAF closest Moëlan-sur-Mer :

Family Allowances Fund of Quimperlé (antenna) 8.9 km
Family Allowances Fund Rosporden (antenna) 21.5 km
Family Allowances Fund of Morbihan – Home Ploemeur 17.7 km
Family Allowances Fund of Morbihan – Home Lorient 21.2 km

Administrative division

Brittany Region
Finistère
Borough Quimper
Canton of Pont-Aven
Moëlan-sur-Mer is a common urban.
Intercommunal : COMMUNITY OF COMMONS OF COUNTRIES QUIMPERLE
Twin city with Moëlan-sur-Mer : Lindenfels

Transport in Moëlan-sur-Mer

Gare et holding ferroviaire :

Quimperlé (TGV) 8.6 km – Bannalec (Holding) 13.7 km – Constitution (Holding) 14.2 km – Lorient (TGV) 21 km – Rosporden (TGV) 22 km

Airport and Airfield :

Lorient (Lann-Bihoué) 15.6 km – Quimper (Pluguffan) 43.7 km – Valves – Gulf of Morbihan 69.2 km

Seaport and river :

Port Doëlan 5.1 km – Port Brigneau – Port of Belon – Port of Lower Pouldu – Port of Lorient Morbihan 22.1 km – Port of Concarneau Finistère 22.1 km – Port Groix (Marina) 23.6 km – Port-la-Foret (Marina) 27.2 km

Population and Population Moëlan-sur-Mer

Behalf of the people Moëlan-sur-Mer is the Moëlanais, the Moëlanaises
Population Moëlan-sur-Mer 6 956 people (2009)
Population density in Moëlan-sur-Mer 147,1 hab / km ²
Number of man Moëlan-sur-Mer 48,1 % and number of women in Moëlan-sur-Mer 51,9 %

City ranking Moëlan-sur-Mer

on the 23rd city department of Finistère
on the 9th arrondissement town of Quimper

Geographic Information Moëlan-sur-Mer

Moëlan surface-sur-Mer : 4730 hectares soit 47,30 km ²
Minimum altitude and maximum 0 to 67 meters
Average elevation on the town 34 meters
Altitude of the town hall Moëlan-sur-Mer 54 meters
Temperate oceanic climate with summer.

Quimperlé

history Quimperlé

( being developed)

Quimperlé, joint which is placed between the Morbihan and Finistère, is a city of history with its timbered houses, the abbey of Holy Cross, the Ursuline Chapel….

Forest Fouesnant

History Fouesnant

( being developed)

Between port and forest, a pleasant place to visit and discover.

Fouesnant

History Fouesnant

(being developed)

Between port and forest, a pleasant place to visit and discover.

Fouesnant

History of Scaer

(being developed)

Located more centrally, 30km from the coast about, Scaer is a pleasant town on the edge of beautiful forests.

Rosporden

History Rosporden

(being developed)

Rosporden is known for its three pond and relaxing countryside, a place of dédente

Can

History Nevez

(being developed)

Located between Trégunc and Pont Aven, Névez is a common Littoral extending to the tip of Port Manech .

Clohars-Carnoët

History of Clohars Carnoet

(being developed)

Located in Southern Brittany, Clohars-Carnoët is a common Finisterian littorale.Sa natural limit to the east is formed by the river Laïta, un but de 17 km long spreading its meanders through the forest of Carnoët.