Chatou-Croissy: history and sights
Served by: RER A.
Did you know?
Serving the Île des Impressionnistes, this station gives access to the Maison Fournaise, the former riverside inn where Renoir painted his famous 'Luncheon of the Boating Party' in 1881, now a restaurant-museum.
Anecdote
Monet, Degas, Pissarro, Sisley and Maupassant all frequented the Maison Fournaise, though Renoir's painting itself now hangs at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.
Around Chatou-Croissy
- Maison Fournaise, 600 m away — A former riverside inn where Renoir painted 'Luncheon of the Boating Party' in 1881, now a restaurant-museum.