Paris at the time of the Impressionists is a beautiful exhibition to discover until July 30, 2011 at the Hotel de Ville in Paris.

Organized with the exceptional support of the Musée d’Orsay, which has transferred some 60 works at the Salle Saint-Jean in the Town Hall, the Mairie de Paris pays tribute to Edouard Manet: One hundred thirty years earlier, in 1879, Manet was refused permission to decorate a room in the newly rebuilt Town Hall…

Between 1848 and 1914, the new Paris was the focus of artistic interests.

The Impressionists Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Gustave Caillebotte, Camille Pissarro, Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Edouard Vuillard… passionate about the modernity of the city, were inspired by a multitude of scenes from the Parisian life.

At the same time, many other painters such as Jean Beraud, Giuseppe De Nittis, Giovanni Boldini, or Devambez Andre Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen, have also explored the city in every corner.

Paintings, pastels and drawings, some sixty works of Monet, Vuillard, Degas, Caillebotte, Béraud… many of which have never been presented to the public, illustrate the new identity of Paris under Napoleon III. Many architectural documents and models complete the collection.

The hall Saint-Jean of the Hôtel de Ville has allowed the setting up of monumental works monumental works that reflect a modern and bustling Paris!

At the beginning of the visit, each child can receive a game-booklet to be completed throughout the visit, and then he can take away at home. The works intended for the young public are marked with a small logo.

For more information : Paris au temps des impressionnistes

Hôtel de Ville :

• Entry hall Saint-Jean, 5 rue de Lobau 75004 Paris
• Métro: Hôtel de Ville
• Until July 30, 2011
• Free entrance
• Every day except Sundays and holidays from 10:00 to19:00.
• Last admission at 18:15.

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Storming of Bastille, July, 14th 1789, by Jean-Baptiste LALLEMAND (Musée Carnavalet)

La prise de la Bastille, le 14 juillet 1789 – par Jean-Baptiste LALLEMAND (Musée Carnavalet) (2)

Claude Monet 1873

Monet, 1873, Paris, Carnival in « boulevard des Capucines »

Boulevard of Capucines in Paris by Monet

Monet, saint lazare station

Eugene Galien Laloue, Paris

« Avenue de Clichy, » 1887,  Gauguin, Paris, 1889.

Camille Pissaro, place du Havre, Paris

Pissaro, avenue de l’opera

Pissarro, Boulevard des Italiens (Afternoon)

Gustave Caillebotte, roof of  Paris

G. Caillebotte, Balcony street in Paris

My Paris, from the original painting of Caillebotte, Anonyme

Jean Beraud, Paris Street Scene

Jozef Mehoffer, 1894, Boulevard of Clichy

Edouard Manet, Flags

Renoir, « les grands boulevards »

E. Munch