{{Short description|Restaurant and museum of Paris, France}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox restaurant | name = Maison Fournaise | established = 1857 | city = Paris | country = France | image = File:Maison Fournaise03.jpg | image_caption = Maison Fournaise of Chatou in West Paris, France | previous_owner = • Alphonse Fournaise }}
The '''Maison Fournaise''' ({{IPA|fr|mɛzɔ̃ fuʁnɛz|lang}}; 'House of Fournaise') is a restaurant and museum located on the Île des Impressionnistes, a long island in Seine river in Chatou, west of Paris.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-09|title=The Renoir Masterpiece & Maison Fournaise|url=https://www.itravelwithart.com/the-renoir-masterpiece-maison-fournaise/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=iTravelWithArt|language=en-GB}}</ref>
==History== In 1857, Alphonse Fournaise bought land in Chatou to open a boat rental, restaurant, and a small hotel for the new tourist trade.
Closed in 1906, the Maison Fournaise remained abandoned until it was 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 meeting place of financial persons, politicians and painters of nearby places. At that time, impressionist artist liked this restaurant because it was situated close to the river, at this location reflection of sunshine on river's water made it a pleasant site, an open place with natural air.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historical – Association des Amis de la Maison Fournaise|url=https://amisfournaisechatou.com/historical/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=amisfournaisechatou.com}}</ref>
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'' (1879, ''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. {{clear}}
== Gallery== {{multiple image|align=center|total_width=600 |caption_align = center |header_align=center |header=Maison Fournaise Restaurant |image1=Maison Fournaise02.jpg |width1=1600 |height1=1200 |caption1=Front view |image2=Maison Fournaise01.jpg |width2=1200 |height2=1600 |caption2=Side view }}
{{multiple image|align=center|total_width=600 |caption_align = center |header_align=center |header=Paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir |image1=Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Luncheon of the Boating Party - Google Art Project.jpg |width1=3973 |height1=2933 |caption1=''Luncheon of the Boating Party'' (1881) |image2=Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Canotiers, Déjeuner au bord de la rivière.jpg |width2=1114 |height2=927 |caption2=''Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise'' (1879) }} {{clear}}
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==External links== * {{Commons-inline}} * [http://www.restaurant-fournaise.fr/ Restaurant de la Maison Fournaise] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829213135/http://www.restaurant-fournaise.fr/ |date=2017-08-29 }} * [https://www.musee-fournaise.com/ The Fournaise Museum] * [http://www.amisfournaisechatou.com/_english/ Friends of La Maison Fournaise]
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Category:Museums in Yvelines Category:Restaurants disestablished in 1906 Category:Impressionism Category:Pierre-Auguste Renoir Category:Art museums and galleries in Île-de-France Category:Buildings and structures in Yvelines Category:1857 establishments in France Category:1906 disestablishments in France Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1857 Category:Restaurants established in 1857 Category:Defunct restaurants in France