Maison Fournaise

The Maison Fournaise restaurant along the Seine river in Chatou, France.

The Maison Fournaise (House of Fournaise) is a restaurant and museum located on the Île des Impressionnistes in the Seine in Chatou, west of Paris.

In 1857, Alphonse Fournaise bought land in Chatou to open a boat rental, restaurant, and small hotel for the new tourist trade.

Closed in 1906, the Maison Fournaise remained abandoned before being restored in 1990 on the initiative of the town of Chatou, with the assistance of American private funds from the Friends of French Art.

The restaurant was a favorite of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who painted scenes of the restaurant including Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise or The Rowers' Lunch (1875, Déjeuner chez Fournaise, Déjeuner au Restaurant Fournaise, Le Déjeuner au bord de la rivière, or Déjeuner des Rameurs) and Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881, Le déjeuner des canotiers) as well as several portraits of Fournaise family members and landscapes of the surrounding area.

Maison Fournaise Restaurant

Front view

Side view

Paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)

Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (1875)

External links

• Media related to Category:Maison Fournaise at Wikimedia Commons
• Restaurant de la Maison Fournaise
• The Fournaise Museum
• Friends of La Maison Fournaise

Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Paintings	Lise (1867) In Summer (1868) Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne (1868) L'Algérienne (1870) La Promenade (1870) The Harem (1872) La Parisienne (1874) La Loge (1874) The Grands Boulevards (1875) Bal du moulin de la Galette (1876) The Swing (1876) A Girl with a Watering Can (1876) Mother and Children (1876) Paysage Bords de Seine (1879) Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881) Pink and Blue (1881) Two Sisters (On the Terrace) (1881) The Umbrellas (1880–81, 1885–86) By the Seashore (1883) Dance at Bougival (1883) Dance in the City (1883) Dance in the Country (1883) Les Grandes Baigneuses (1884–87) Nature morte: fleurs (1885) Girls at the Piano (1892) Gabrielle with Open Blouse (1907) Nude (1910) The Coast at Cagnes, Sea, Mountains (c. 1910) Portrait of Adèle Besson (1918) The Bathers (1918–19)
Family and relations	Pierre Renoir (son, 1885–1952) Claude Renoir (grandson, 1913–1993) Sophie Renoir (great-granddaughter) Jean Renoir (son, 1894–1979) Alain Renoir (grandson, 1921-2008) Claude Renoir (son, 1901–1969) Gabrielle Renard (nanny, later model)
Related	Lise Tréhot Catherine Hessling Richard Guino Suzanne Valadon Maison Fournaise Renoir (film)
Wikimedia	Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Wikiquote  Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Commons  Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Wiktionary  Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Wikibooks  Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Wikisource  Pierre-Auguste Renoir at Wikinews

Coordinates: 48°53′23″N 2°09′48″E / 48.8896°N 2.1633°E / 48.8896; 2.1633