Mona Monday

The eyes have it.

Exhibition:

Discover the Renaissance

 

Da Vinci, Raphael, Michaelangelo...

   

L'Atelier des Lumières

38 rue Saint-Maur 75011

 

Ends June 27, 2026

 

Window Wednesday

 Window into the mesmerizing worlds of Pablo Picasso and Henri (Le Douanier) Rousseau.

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Pablo Picasso and Henri Rousseau are the latest dynamic duo pairing at the Atelier des Lumières, with both men's artistic styles diverging dramatically despite sharing the same era. Picasso, a titan of modern art, pioneered Cubism with its fragmented, abstract forms, breaking reality into geometric shards that challenged perception. Like his revolutionary Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Picasso's work pulsed with intellectual complexity and emotional intensity, often bending perspective to mirror the chaos of the human experience. In contrast, Rousseau, known as Le Douanier, was a self-taught naïf who painted with a childlike simplicity, crafting flat, dreamlike jungle scenes. His style leaned on vivid colors and meticulous detail, exuding a serene, almost surreal innocence that ignored academic norms. Where Picasso dissected the world, Rousseau enchanted it, offering a whimsical escape to Picasso’s cerebral upheaval. Together, they highlight the era’s spectrum: innovation versus intuition, fragmentation versus fantasy. - BPJ

PABLO PICASSO

L'art en mouvement

 

HENRI ROUSSEAU

Au pays des rêves

L'Atelier des Lumières

38 rue Saint-Maur 75011

 

Ends June 29, 2025

 

 

Above: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)

Below: Henri (Le Douanier) Rousseau (1844 - 1910)

 

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

Klimt / Hundertwasser, final weeks

Good news:

L'Atelier des Lumières has prolonged its Klimt-Hundertwasser total immersion experience.

 

Ends January 6, 2019

Viennese artists
Gustav Klimt

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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Recently I managed to squeeze in an overnight trip to Berlin. As my meeting coincided with friends visiting the city I was able to get in some sightseeing.
 

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