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Marmottan Museum of Impressionism Paris

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:24:02 +0000

The “Musee Marmottan” has the certain picture in its collection, which gave the impressionism its name. The precious picture has the title “Impression Soleil Levant”, and was painted by Claude Monet. There are also many other pictures of Claude Monet in the museum.

Musee Marmottan is located close to the Bois de Boulogne in Rue Louis Boilly, and accommodated in a magnificent mansion.

Works of Monet are exhibited in the basement of the mansion. The upper floor is the showroom of pictures from Monets private collection, which is dominated by works from Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, and Auguste Renoir.

The visit of this museum is a sacred duty for lovers and admirers of the impressionism.

Metro 9: La Muette

Musee de Cluny Paris

admin — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 05:12:10 +0000

Musee de Cluny is a museum in the district of “Ile de la Cite” about art in the middle ages. Exhibits of the museum are illuminations, furniture, and art handicrafts.

The museum is accommodated in a late Gothic city palace from the 3rd century. The biggest attraction of Musee de Cluny is the round hall with six tapestries of the “lady and the unicorn”. Five of the wall hangings allegorise the five senses. The meaning of the sixth tapestry is unknown. This is the big mystery of the museum.

Metro 10: Cluny-La Sorbonne

Musee Picasso Paris

admin — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:13:09 +0000

Musee Picasso is located in a luxuriant with stucco equipped palace known as “Hotel Sale” in the Parisian Marais district.

The museum is the most comprehensive of Picasso in the world. 251 paintings, 160 sculptures, and 1.500 graphics of the big master can be found in Musee Picasso.

There are also some works of other painters. These were parts of Picassos personal collection. African art, paintings from Paul Cezanne, Georges Braque, and many more.

Metro 5: rue de Thorigny
Metro 8: Chemin Vert

Musee Carnavalet Paris

admin — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:32:54 +0000

Musse Carnavalet is accommodated in a pompous city palace which exists since 1548, just some steps away from square “Place des Vosges”. The impressive building serves as a city museum.

Musee Carnavalet shows the chequered history of Paris from Roman time until today. The biggest attractions are house models which allow insight to the historical past of Parisian city planning, as well as many paintings and other interesting objects, such as original clothes from former times.

Well worth seeing is also the room of Marcel Proust, in which he wrote “Searching the lost time”. Musee Carnavalet is located in the Marais district.

Metro 1: Saint Paul

Centre Georges Pompidou Paris

admin — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:30:35 +0000

The fourth and fifth floor of the futuristic pipe building contains a capacious overview of the art during the 20th century.

The sixth floor shows works of world famous artists in temporary exhibitions, and offers an impressive outlook over Paris.

Centre Georges Pompidou is located in the district called “Marais”, and even has a stylish coffee house on the top of the building. Good coffee and fabolous outlook. A great place to be in Paris.

Musee D’Orsay Paris

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 11:42:39 +0000

Musee D’Orsay is a museum in the heart of Paris which is full of light. Impressionists are the main artists the museum is dedicated to, but there are also pictures of Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Paul Cezanne.

The museum offers even a little bit more than just paintings. The visitor is also able to find sculptures, art object collections, as well as documentations about the city planning of Paris between 1848 to 1914.

A book shop of the museum is also available. The biggest attraction of Musee D’Orsay is the noble dining hall. Best time to visit this kind of special dining hall is every Sunday afternoon. A piano player creates a wonderful atmosphere by his music while visitors enjoy their fancy meals.

Metro 12: Solferino

Musee de L’Orangerie Paris

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 06:42:26 +0000

Musee de L’Orangerie is the art collection of art dealer Paul Guillaume, and can be found in the park “Jardin des Tuileries” directly next to the Louvre.

Works of Auguste Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse and Amedeo Modigliani can be found there.

The unique character of the museums interior architecture, done by Claude Monet, is quite impressing and worth a visit.

Metro 1,8, and 12: Concorde