Montmartre – the home to many inspirations was the most artistic district of Paris. It is also known as the “heart of the city” and it surely doesn’t need to be introduced to anyone. It is not only a magical place with the best views over the city, but a historical place where countless works of art were born over the centuries.
Vincent van Gogh, La Butte Montmartre, 1887, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
During the Belle Époque, the period spanning the last several decades of the 19th century up until World War I, Montmartre was an area of reasonably priced apartments and a pleasant atmosphere, conducive to the creation of art. It was a place of many social gatherings, often accompanied by live piano music and characterized by deep conversations.
Pablo Picasso in his studio in Le Bateu-Lavoir, 1900. Pinterest.Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, La Goulue arriving at the Moulin Rouge, 1891-92, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA.Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Garden in the Rue Cortot, Montmartre, 1876, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Foreigners Camille Pissarro and Pablo Picasso were also enchanted with this unearthly, fashionable area. The latter created one of his most famous pieces there – Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.
Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA.Camille Pissarro, The Boulevard Montmartre at Night, 1897, National Gallery, London, UK.
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