Deauville, in the footsteps of the creators...
Pedestrian Circuit
Throughout its history, Deauville has also forged its personality. With its unique style, sometimes extravagant, always accessible, it seduces with its naturalness and casualness. True to this image, it shines and arouses the curiosity of personalities from all walks of life. Writers, musicians, photographers, fashion designers, filmmakers, painters... have drawn inspiration from the sea, the light and the atmosphere of the city. Among them...
Distance:
4 kmEugene Boudin
The precursor of Impressionism built a house in Deauville in 1884 (8 rue Olliffe) where he spent the last 14 years of his life. Inspired by the particular light, several generations of painters followed one another in Deauville including Kees Van Dongen, Raoul Dufy...
Stone Dike
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/boudin
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire, then a journalist and art critic, stayed in Deauville in 1914 where he made a series of reports on Deauville's third great cultural season.
Continental Hotel
1 Désiré le Hoc Street
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/apollinaire
Claude Lelouch
1965 : the filmmaker escapes from Paris and arrives on the beach of Deauville. He sees a woman and her child walking early in the morning. He got his story... "A Man and a Woman" was released in 1966 and received nearly 50 international awards. Deauville became the eternal meeting place of romance.
Place Claude Lelouch
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/claude-lelouch-0
Françoise Sagan
Deauville played a special role in the life of the novelist. On August 8, 1958 at the casino, she bet on 8 and won 8 million francs, with which, at 8 o'clock in the morning, she bought the house she was renting near Honfleur.
Bar du Soleil
Les Planches
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/sagan
Georges Simenon
On August 15, 1931, Georges Simenon was invited to Deauville to sign his books. He came aboard his yacht, the Ostrogoth, and moored at the Bassin des Yachts. During this immersion in Deauville, he gathered images and sensations. He wrote a detective story about it: "La Fleuriste de Deauville" and evoked this stay in 1977 in one of his collections of memories: "Point-Virgule".
Bar du Soleil
Les Planches
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/simenon
André Hambourg
A great traveler, the painter came to Deauville for the first time in 1949. 30 years later, he rented cabin 181 on the Planches to paint facing the sea. In 2011, Nicole Hambourg bequeathed part of her husband's work (531 paintings) to the City of Deauville. Deauville will open a museum dedicated to the painter at the Franciscaines, the future cultural center of Deauville.
Les Planches
Cab 181
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/hambourg
Colette
In July 1952 and July 1953, leaving the heat of the Côte d'Azur, Colette stayed at the Hôtel Royal. She stayed there with Maurice Goudeket, her husband, and Pauline Tissandier, her faithful maid.
Royal Barrière Hotel
Corner of boulevard Cornuché
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/colette
Jean Gabin
The actor lived in Deauville between 1956 and 1974 and shot some of his films there. He rented various villas, then acquired in 1961 the Villa La Malmaison (at the corner of rue Hunebelle and rue Victor Hugo), which he renamed La Grande Villa.
Corner of Hunnebelle and Victor Hugo streets
DEAUVILLE
http://deauvillev4.prod.faire-savoir.com/gabin
Isadora Duncan
The "Barefoot Dancer" took refuge in the Black & White villa (105 rue Victor Hugo) in 1914. During her stay, she volunteered to care for wounded soldiers.
Villa Black and White
105 Victor Hugo Street
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/duncan
Armand Esders
In 1929, seduced by Deauville, Armand Esders bought a villa there. The Deauville of the 1930s allowed him to fully indulge his three passions: automobiles, yachting and aviation.
Between 1929 and 1931, he helped finance the renovation and expansion of the Saint-Augustin Church.
Between 1929 and 1931, he helped finance the renovation and expansion of the Saint-Augustin Church.
Allée Armand Esders
Square of the Saint-Augustin church
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/esders
Gustave Flaubert
The famous French writer regularly stayed in Deauville at the "Ferme du Coteau", acquired by his father in 1837, located on the present site of the Villa Strassburger. He was forced to sell it in 1874 to settle his niece's debts.
Villa Strassburger
1 Strassburger Avenue
DEAUVILLE
Jean-Pierre Melville
In the summer of 1955, the casino heist inspired Jean-Pierre Melville to make his first crime film, "Bob le flambeur". He had written the script in 1950 and was waiting to shoot it. The last 15 minutes of the film are shot on the square and in the casino. The film became a cult and the very personal writing of Jean-Pierre Melville a reference universe for American directors of the 1990's.
Casino Barrière de Deauville
Casino Square
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/melville
Vaslav Nijinsky
In 1912, the opening night of the Théâtre du Casino was entrusted to Serge Diaguilev, impressario of the Ballets Russes. Vaslav Nijinsky danced "Le Spectre de la Rose" that evening.
Barrier Casino Deauville
Place Yves Saint-Laurent
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/nijinsky
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
Attracted to Deauville by her lover Boy Capel, the fashion designer opened a boutique in 1913 (11 avenue Lucien Barrière). The designer found her inspiration on the racetracks, at the tennis courts and on the port.
La Villa Hommes Store
11 avenue Lucien Barrière
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/coco-chanel
Yves Saint-Laurent
Away from the mundane, the couturier regularly resorts to the Château Gabriel from 1976 onwards, drawing and living his passion for decoration and horticulture. In 1977, as a recognized patron of the arts, he took charge of part of the restoration of the Saint-Laurent church.
Place Yves Saint-Laurent
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/saint-laurent
Charles Adda
Guillaume Apollinaire, then a journalist and art critic, stayed in Deauville in 1914 where he made a series of reports on Deauville's third great cultural season.
Place Claude Lelouch
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/adda
Eugène Cornuché
Guillaume Apollinaire, then a journalist and art critic, stayed in Deauville in 1914 where he made a series of reports on Deauville's third great cultural season.
Angle boulevard Cornuché
and Mirabeau Street extended
DEAUVILLE
http://www.deauville.fr/cornuche
Fernand Leger
Fernand Léger (1881-1955) was born in Argentan (Orne), grew up in Lisores (Calvados) and frequented Trouville in the 1930s. He also painted the parasols of Deauville. So many places testifying to his attachment to Normandy and his roots.
Les Planches
DEAUVILLE
Empress Eugenie
In the port of Deauville, in the early morning of September 7, 1870, Empress Eugenie, on her way to exile, embarked from this quay, with Doctor T.W. Evans, on the schooner La Gazelle, in order to reach England.
Quai de l'Impératrice Eugènie
DEAUVILLE
