Musee Marmottan
The Musee Marmottan is housed in an early-20th-century house at the edge of the Bois de Boulogne. Like many of the city’s small museums, it began as a private house; the owner collected furniture that had been made for Napoleon. Among the most astonishing objects is a huge Sevres porcelain standing clock. Elsewhere, the Jacob-Desmalter furniture speaks of solidity. The painting that gave Impressionism its name, Monet’s 1873 Impression, Soleil Levant, hangs alongside dozens of the artist’s late canvases, making it possible to follow the evolution of Monet. The Impression is a composition of blue and purple-gray mists with a small, bright, orange-pink sun reflected in the water near a black rowboat; a 1901 view of the Houses of Parliament melting in a blue mist is offset by intense greens, blues, and purples; and then there are several water lily works painted in the late teens and early twenties. These works are not just beautiful; they are also a lesson in the birth of 20th-century art. 2 Rue Louis-Boilly; 33-1/42-24-07-02
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