Village des artistes #1

Few are aware that high on the Butte Montmartre hidden paths behind locked gates lead to artist live-work spaces - private lofts, studios, and ateliers - where salons, talks, spontaneous get-togethers and tête-a-têtes take place almost every weekend.
 

 

Below: an atelier bathed in natural light on an overcast day; at a private art soirée

Village des artistes

The artists who made Montmartre famous didn't just fade away. They left their mark in many ways and some, like Pablo Picasso, left descendants. On Monday, a peek into some of the ateliers of today's working artists, our neighbors, our friends.

Above: graffiti on the side of former studio-residence of painter Gen Paul, born on rue Lepic and considered a precursor to the abstract expressionists of the 1950s

Fall feel

With September right around the corner autumn is in the air.

Lapin à Gilles

View over the city from the terrace of former Montmartre cabaret the Lapin Agile.

(To Gilles, who lives next door. The cabaret was named for former owner André Gill)

Sun spots

The late afternoon sun cuts a dappled path through trees in the Palais-Royal gardens.

Vins du jour

 

A café ardoise gets an update of the day's wines.

Madeleine and tea

No, not Proust's "madeleine moment" but view from an elegant Russian café-pâtisserie-salon-de-thé overlooking the Church of the Madeleine.

Café Pouchkine

16 Place de la Madeleine 75008