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Origin and history

The Daubigny Museum comes from three major donations. In 1987, the Raskin-Daubigny family offered more than 110 pieces, including drawings, engravings and personal objects by Charles François Daubigny (1817-1878) and his son Karl (1846-1886), such as his pallet or the trains of his boat Le Botin. These works, supplemented by subsequent acquisitions, illustrate their anchoring in Auvers-sur-Oise, where they lived and worked.

In 1983, two other donations enriched the collections: 10 sautes-fortes by Marcellin Desboutin (1823-1902), member of the Société des aquafortistes, and 10 works by Norbert Goeneutte (1854-1894), friend of the Daubignys. These artists, linked to the original strongwater movement, frequented the region. The museum then extends to contemporary painters such as Daumier, Dupré or Quignon, all attached to the Oise Valley.

The manor house of Colombières, built in 1626 for the Abbey of Saint Vincent de Senlis, passed into the hands of noble families (Boessot, Coquart, Ballot) before being acquired in 1809 by Charles Plessier. His daughter and son-in-law Pierre Depoin renamed him Les Colombières in the 19th century. In 1930, the municipality purchased a school there, and in 1986, the museum and the tourist office. Larged in 2015, he now devotes his ground floor to Daubigny and his floor to temporary exhibitions.

Ranked Museum of France, the place highlights the artistic heritage of Auvers-sur-Oise, a village that also attracted Van Gogh in 1890. His asset lies in this concentration of works from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, reflecting the exchanges between painters around impressionism. The nearby Daubigny workshop house is an associated historical monument.

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