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walking tour of the Jacquemart-André museum and the park Monceau
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| Jacquemart-André museum |
When you like to visit Paris with a writer, don’t hesitate to make a
walking tour of the Latin quarter in Paris and admire most of the streets
described by Ernest Hemingway that are looking the same.
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| Paris en fête / Ernest Hemingway |
It is possible to choose a private walking tour of the Saint
Germain des Près or a Notre-Dame and Cluny museum private tour
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| Saint-Germain des Près church |
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| Notre-Dame cathedral |
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EXHIBITION
Mary Cassatt
An American Impressionist in ParisFrom 9 March to 23 July 2018
“In the
spring of 2018, Culturespaces and the Musée Jacquemart-André will be holding
a major retrospective devoted to Mary Cassatt (1844–1926). Considered during
her lifetime as the greatest American artist, Cassatt lived in France for
more than sixty years. She was the only American painter to have exhibited
her work with the Impressionists in Paris.
The female
representative of impressionism
The
exhibition focuses on the only American female artist in the Impressionist
movement; she was spotted by Degas in the 1874 Salon, and subsequently
exhibited her works alongside those of the group. This monographic exhibition
will enable visitors to rediscover Mary Cassatt through fifty major works,
comprising oils, pastels, drawings, and engravings, which, complemented by
various documentary sources, will convey her modernist approach — that of an
American woman in Paris.
A
franco-american approach of painting
Born into a
wealthy family of American bankers with French origins, Mary Cassatt spent a
few years in France during her childhood, continuing her studies at the
Pennsylvania Fine Arts Academy, and eventually settled in Paris. Therefore,
she lived on both continents. This cultural duality is evident in the
distinctive style of the artist, who succeeded in making her mark in the male
world of French art and reconciling these two worlds.
The
originality of her vision
Just like
Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt excelled in the art of portraiture, to which she
adopted an experimental approach. Influenced by the Impressionist movement
and its painters who liked to depict daily life, Mary Cassatt’s favourite
theme was portraying the members of her family, whom she represented in their
intimate environment. Her unique vision and modernist interpretation of a
traditional theme such as the mother and child earned her international
recognition. Through this subject, the general public will discover many
familiar aspects of French Impressionism and Postimpressionism, along with
new elements that underscore Mary Cassatt’s decidedly American identity.
A
prestigious selection
The exhibition
will bring together a selection of exceptional works loaned from major
American museums, such as Washington’s National Gallery of Art, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston,
the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Terra Foundation in Chicago; works
will also be loaned by prestigious institutions in France — the Musée
d’Orsay, the Petit Palais, INHA, and the BnF (French National Library) — and
in Europe, such as the Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts, the Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation in Lisbon, and the Bührle Foundation in Zurich. There will also be
many works from private collections. Rarely exhibited, these masterpieces
will be brought together in the exhibition for the first time.
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| Fontainebleau forest |
We are at your disposal for many private
tours in Paris, around Paris and on long distance excursion in France.
Fontainebleau castle
and Barbizon village are situated in the south of Paris after 1 hour driving.
You can discover a
very nice architecture dating from the middle-age with a great collection of
the Renaissance school of Fontainebleau directed by Italian artist with the
protection and order of the king of France François the 1st.
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| Fontainebleau castle |
It was also in the 19th
century the official residence of the emperor Napoléon the 1st:
you can visit over there many furniture of his apartments.
It is also possible to
go in the forest of the Fontainebleau and enjoy the village of Barbizon where
are many painters in the 19th century such as the famous artist
Jean-François Millet.
In Normandy, we suggest you to make the D-Day landing beaches private excursion where you will discover the WWII battle and events with the allies and the liberation of France.
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