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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Manet was very sensitive to the metamorphoses and the diversity of his city. As an attentive observer, he realized his paintings objectively, by interpreting scenes from the society in which he lived.

The exhibition « Manet, the Man who Invented Modern Art » tries to enlighten the public about the historical situation of Edouard Manet, between the reaffirmed legacy of Romanticism, the impact of his contemporaries and the media flow of his time. Resolutely modern in his approach of painting, Manet challenged the old masters.

Around 200 paintings, drawings and photographs, this exhibition informs us about the teaching of Thomas Couture, Baudelaire’s support and encouragement, the reform of religious art, erotic imagery, the art of the fragment(ed), his relationship with women painters (Berthe Morisot, Eva Gonzalès), the temptations of high society, his decision to remain outside the main Impressionism movement and his complicity with Mallarmé.

This exhibition is also rethinking all the relationships that the painter has established or broken, with the public and political sphere, because modernity is also a matter of inclusion or opposition.

This is the first major exhibition devoted to Manet in France since the memorable 1983 exhibition at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais.

Musée d’Orsay : 62, rue de Lille – Paris 7ème

• April 5^th – July 3^rd
• ^{Closed May 1st.}

You can discover this exhibition as a visiting conference – please address the reception desks:

• April 12^th – May 6^th
  • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 11:30 and 14:30
  • Thursday at 11:30, 14:30 and 19:00
• May 7^th – June 25^th (except June 2^nd
  • Tuesday at 11:30 and 14:30
  • Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 11:30
  • Thursday at 11:30 and 19:00

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