Tuesday, January 28, 2014

~ Artists Paint Paris ~


Many artists have used sites in and around Paris as the subject of their art.

Edgar Degas   "Cafe Concert"  1876

Charles Marville   "Rue Glatigny "  photograph 1865
Marville was selected to photograph Paris before the Hausmann Transformation.

Vincent Van Gogh    "Juillet 14"   1886

Henri Toulouse-Latrec    "At the Moulin Rouge"
crica 1893

Gustave Caillebotte  "Toits sous la niege"  1878

Auguste Renoir   "Pont Neuf"

Gustave Caillebotte   "Rainy Day Paris"
1877

Contemporary Artist in Montmartre

Stanislas Lepine  "Pont de la Tournelle"    1881

 Auguste Renoir "Pont des Arts"     1867

Vincent Van Gogh   "Pont du Carousel & Louvre"  1886

Paul de Castro   "Winter in Paris"  2012

Hugo Schimmel   "Boulevard du Clichy"
1907

Camille Pissarro  "Rue Saint-Honore"    1897

Pierre-Auguste Renoir    "Place de la Trinite"

Camille Pissarro     "La Place du Theatre Francais"   1897

Jean Beraud     "Les Halles"    1879

Jean Beraud    "On the Boulevard"   1931

Claude Monet     "Boulevard des Capucines"


 Felix Buhot " Coin datelier, 71 Bd. de Clichy
circa 1887


 Jules Breton  "Returning from the Fields"
Setting is Pas-de Calais north of Paris   1871

 Ernest Meissonier    "1807, Friedland"   defeat of Napolean

Henri Lerolle    "The Organ Rehearsal"   
Set in the choir loft of Saint Francois-Xavier in Paris
circa 1885

Paul Gaugin  " rue Carcel"   1881

Claude Monet  " Gare St. Lazare"    1878


Having done this research, Jean Beraud and Camille Pissarro are my favorites.......au revoir.