Picasso’s early years – Montmartre

The earliest, and most important of Picasso’s Paris paintings, are the scenes of the dancers at Le Moulin de la Galette. Picasso had come to Paris in  1900 for World’s Fair.  He stayed for two months and  immersed himself in art galleries as well as the bohemian cafés, night-clubs and dance halls of Montmartre.  

The Art World in Paris between the Wars

                      Coco Channel (1930) by Man Ray Man Ray Man Ray arrived in France in 1921 when the bistros and artists’ workshops in Montmartre and Montparnasse were buzzing with artists, writers and poets. He loved the arty world of Paris in which he moved and his

La Nouvelle Athènes Paris

A visit to the Nouvelle Athènes quarter of Paris begins with a visit to the Musée de la vie Romantique, 16 rue Chaptal in the ninth arrondisement of Paris. The building which houses the museum has retained its original decor and character.  A secluded passage of shaded trees leads to this mansion built in 1830.