Pont-Aven,
cité des peintres
Pont-Aven, cité des peintres
History

Origin - Middle Age - XIX century - The Inns - Coiffes and Costumes - Today

XIX century
In the middle of the 19th century, a wish came true: Brittany, an archaic region, became fashionable. The railways allowed people to discover this hidden land.
  • Artistic Revolution
  • In the 1860's, American painters settled in Pont-Aven; they were followed by hundreds of fellow artists from all over the world. Julia Guillou's travelers' hotel welcomed them, but it was ...

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