Mossy Monday

 

 

Eugène Carrière, symbolist and teacher to Matisse, wrapped in mist and moss.

 

Throwback Thursday

 

 

The atelier of painters' model / artist Suzanne Valadon aglow at sundown. 

 Renoir Gardens

Musée de Montmartre
12 rue Cortot 75018

 

Saturday silhouette

Til death do us art.

Painter Théophile Steinlen and his beloved "Mélie" lean into each other in Montmartre's quiet embrace.

  

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Tomorrow is the last day to see the magnificent Savonnerie Carpets,

commissioned by Louis XIV for the Louvre Palace and seen for the first time in over 350 years under the expansive dome of the Grand Palais.

 

The Rediscovered Treasure of the Sun King 

 Le Trésor Retrouvé du Roi Soleil   

 Ends February 8, 2026 

Nouveautés 

 

Rappelle-toi

Rappelle-toi Barbara Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là. Et tu marchais souriante. Épanouie ravie ruisselante. Sous la pluie. Rappelle-toi Barbara - Jacques Prévert

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 Today ends an in-depth exhibition highlighting the life and work of Jacques Prévert at the Montmartre Museum with its stunning Renoir Gardens and small tea room.

From my college days I've fond memories of how my father would recite "Rapelle-toi Barbara" to me because it had my name in it, not realizing that Prévert was much more than a prolific poet. A talented writer, screenwriter and, in his own right, artist whose best friends were notable painters of the day such as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró, he spent his time in Montmartre welcoming a beau monde from a small studio that overlooked Le Moulin Rouge and was filled with books and scraps of cuttings to create his astonishing surrealist collages.

 Prévert's Wikipedia biography states, "He died of lung cancer in Omonville-la-Petite on 11 April 1977. He had been working on the last scene of the animated movie Le Roi et l'Oiseau ("The King and the Mockingbird") with his friend and collaborator Paul Grimault. When the film was released in 1980, it was dedicated to Prévert's memory, and on opening night, Grimault kept the seat next to him empty. His dog Auto was given to a family friend after his death." - BPJ

 

Musée de Montmartre

12 rue Cortot 75018

  

 

Below: in a spontaneous moment at the exhibition a couple embrace in front of one of Prévert's collages that happened to be just around the corner from a poster of film, "Les Enfants du Paradis" (1945), screenplay by Jacques Prévert

 

Mocha Monday

 

From Anvers aux Abbesses

101 Artistes - 63 Ateliers

  Friday November 15 - Monday November 18

- Montmartre opens its doors -

18th and 9th arrondissements

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 Portes Ouvertes 2024

Painting
Photography
Watercolor
Engraving
Sculpture
Drawing
Japanese Nihonga
Collage
Mosaic
Ceramics
Digital art
Street Art

 

Toulouse Tuesday

A mural of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec dominates a corner atop the butte.

 

Museum Monday

 

 

Further to yesterday's post -

 

The Montmartre Museum merits a visit for its location, architecture and Renoir Gardens alone.

 

Above: restored atelier of Suzanne Valadon, painters' model / artist who lived there with Impressionist André Utter and her son, Maurice Utrillo, starting in 1912, part of the permanent exhibition

 

 Below: Valadon's studio seen from the Renoir Gardens

 

 

Musée de Montmartre

12 rue Cortot 75018

 

Current:

Théophile Steinlen (1859 - 1923)

The Centenary Exhibition

 

Ends February 11, 2024

 

Emilie in Paris

Not much is known about Emilie Mey, who came to Montmartre from Alsace with painter Théophile Steinlen, where they were married a few years later.

Above: sculpture of the couple in a loving embrace

Rue Cortot

Erik Satie's Gnossiennes for piano were composed on this street in Montmartre where he lived for eight years.

A Montmartre garden #2

Studio of Suzanne Valadon overlooks the garden.

Below: view from interior of the tea room

A Montmartre garden

Renoir's garden as part of the Montmartre Museum, once a stately home.

Below: a view from the pond

About face

Another of street artist Mr. VOul's striking faces on the butte.

Sunday best

Sunday in Paris can be the best day of the week if you know where to go.

Above: at the Musée de Montmartre where the extended Kees Van Dongen exhibition ended yesterday; families and friends head to the salon de thé or, on a nice day, lounge on the lawn of the Renoir gardens

Sacré blanc!

On the steps of the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur a statue-mime works the crowds.

 

An atelier d'artiste

Artist studios in Paris are recognizable by their large vertical windows.

Above: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec lived and worked on the spacious two upper floors of this building