Art Galleries Part 2

  So our week in Paris was drawing to a close. We had completed our preplanned agenda, soaked in atmosphere, shopped for souvenirs, but lo and behold we still had one more free day. Never one to waste a day in a foreign city, I reverted back to an idea that Joani and I had already discussed before we ever left Canada. Another Art gallery. Wow, I bet anyone reading this is surprised! How many art galleries in how many days?

 Rodin works more in sculpture than paint and given a preference I will admit that I enjoy paintings more. But we now had some extra time so why not? In hindsight I will freely admit that the Musee Rodin turned out to be a very pleasant surprise with an outdoor section of sculptures surrounded by a beautiful garden and a large indoor collection which contained a hidden Van Gogh masterpiece. (Can't go wrong). All in all this was a very lovely way to spend an extra day in Paris.

I enjoy all art, but sculptures do not evoke the same emotions for me as paintings, so I will just show you what I feel is Rodin's best works and let you draw your own opinions. 

Rodin was an admirer of Van Gogh and regarded him as  “an admirable demolisher of academic formulae, [who] also had a genius for light,” (Rodin, 1909). I of course have to include The Van Gogh gem he had in his collection.

Portrait Of Pere Tanguy

As I already stated, I thoroughly enjoyed our time at the Musee Rodin. It was a fine way to close out our time in Paris.

I will show you a few more sculptures we saw in our travels around Paris.

The Ghost Of Christmas present?

Joani's new friend.

Wish I could walk through walls.

 So as I had mentioned we also visited one other Art gallery which I didn't include photos of. This was mainly because.. well I'll let Wikipedia say this for me.

"The museum is most famous as the permanent home of eight large Water Lilies murals by Claude Monet, 

The Water Lillies donation to the Orangerie was finalized in 1922.

 Originally, the museum was inaugurated on 17 May 1927 as the Musée Claude Monet,

and formally renamed the Musée National de l’Orangerie des Tuileries."

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Monet donated these paintings to celebrate peace after WW 1, and specified that he wanted the display rooms to be designated as quiet meditation spaces.

In seven days we saw a ton of art and architecture.  The image of these two rooms seemed the perfect way to wrap up this vacation post.

Peace out!  

Garry and Joan

Montmarte

  Montmartre was a must see for us the first time we visited France and of course we wanted to revisit it. Almost every time we have been in Europe we have visited a winery, so should this time be any different? Turns out one of the last remaining wineries in central Paris  Le Clos Montmartre, is hidden within the tangle of streets that comprise this hilltop in Paris. We could combine our love for this district of Paris with our love of viniculture in one long fun day. So climb a flight of stairs with us and enjoy Montmartre.

So I was not kidding when I said that this winery was located in the heart of Paris.

Growing both grapes.

And vegetables in amongst apartment buildings.

The leaf covered hut on the right side is where we did our...

Wine tasting.

Afterward we visited the wineries very own in house Art gallery, which had some very cool items.

Yes, that is a cat on her shoulder.

God, I love cats.

Lapin Agile

(The Agile Bunny)

Have you ever made shadow animals?  Again, I find this so cool.

These are 3 dimensional carvings framed under glass.

Joani had told me when she booked this wine tour that it contained a small art gallery and admission would be included, I just didn't realize how cool this Gallery would be. It was a hidden gem. As I've said before.. Joani never fails to find the hidden gems of our trips.

 When we left the winery we spent the rest of the day souvenir shopping and having savoury crepes. It was a marvelous day in Montmartre.

Top of the world.

Garry