Throwback Thursday

 

 

Twilight mingling in the Renoir Gardens.

 

From Opening

 École de Paris (Marek Roefler Collection)

 

 Musée de Montmartre

12 rue Cortot 75018

 

Reminder:

Ends February 15, 2026

 

   

Art all around you

Chagall, Monet, Renoir, Yves Klein (that Klein), more.

All in one place.

Larger than life.

 New exhibition

L'Atelier des Lumières

Paris toujours

On this last day of 2019, "Paris Sera Toujours Paris":

Paris will always be Paris.

 

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- Bonne Année / Happy New Year 2020 -

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

Leafy lunch

Entrance to Le Moulin de la Galette with its garden restaurant where Renoir painted his celebrated Bal du Moulin de la Galette.
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83 rue Lepic 75018

Last windmill

Le Moulin de la Galette, one of two windmills left in Paris.

Renoir's garden

Pierre-Auguste Renoir lived and worked here, the oldest house in Montmartre that dates from the 17th century, now a museum.

Only recently were the gardens opened to the public

 

Musée de Montmartre

12 rue Cortot 75018 

 

Old-fashioned lace

 

Delicate French lace fills this Right Bank shop, conjuring visions of parlor gatherings and summer garden parties à la Renoir and Manet.