1846–1850 he painted Paris and its surroundings, particularly Montmartre; from 1850–1857 he lived in Igny and frequently painted in Barbizon, and from 1857 on he lived and worked in La Tournelle-Septeuil in the Seine valley.
The Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny was founded in the 1120s by monks from the Abbey of Clairvaux, sent by St. Bernard of Clairvaux.
Igny was destroyed in 1918, but a new monastery was rebuilt in 1929 for a group of nuns from Laval.
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Igny Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Igny; translation: "Abbey of Our Lady of Igny"; current: Abbaye N.-D. du Val d'Igny) is a Cistercian abbey located in Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne, France.