An Impressionist Walk through Montmartre
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Starting point: Metro Place de Clichy
2 minThis café was the meeting spot the “Batignolles group”, led by Edouard Manet.
2 minGeorges Seurat created pointillism by applying a scientific approach to art.
3 minGarden, horse racing track, movie theater… this spot certainly has a rich history.
2 minThe Cormon workshop trained many neo-impressionists, including Van Gogh and Lautrec.
3 minSince its opening in 1889, this fake windmill has been part of Parisian mythology.
4 minThe Tambourine Café was used as an exhibition gallery by young painters.
1 minPainters would come here to recruit models, assembled in an amazing human market.
3 minFor more than 30 years, this café was a hotbed of new ideas.
2 minThis house was the last residence of pointillist painter Georges Seurat.
1 minMontmartre had a radical influence on Van Gogh’s artwork.
3 minSuzanne Valadon holds an exceptional position in art history.
3 minJean-Louis Forain drew controversial satirical cartoons aimed at the bourgeoisie.
2 minThis windmill, which became a guinguette in 1834, was painted by the greatest masters
4 minHumorist Jean-Baptiste Clément actively participated in the Commune rebellion in 1871
2 minFormerly an inn, this spot became much wilder during the Roaring 20s.
2 minThe current Montmartre Museum is considered the oldest house on the hill.
4 minThis house had no less than 14 famous tenants, including Auguste Renoir.
2 minHumorist Aristide Bruant was quite a colorful character.
3 minA true anarchist, Camille Pissarro enjoyed depicting the poor and the peasants.
2 minRenoir painted scenes from his family life in this "paradise of lilacs and roses.”.
3 minFor those who love the masters of light.
A living testimonial populated with memories and impressions that will transport you to the land of artists and cabarets, when Montmartre was but a little village surrounded by fields.
Lose yourself in the places, workshops and landmarks cherished by Renoir, Pissarro, Degas or Van Gogh… From the Nouvelle Athènes to the Château des Brouillards, discover a sunny Montmartre full of secret gardens, tiny streets, and windmills and where the country vibe dear to these masters still persists.