Overview of the Louvre

Discover the Louvre

From its beginnings as a royal fortress to the public institution we see today, discover the Musée du Louvre: its role, its aims, and the expertise of the people who make it work.

History of the Louvre

The Louvre, in its successive architectural metamorphoses, has dominated central Paris since the late 12th century. Built on the city’s western edge, the original structure was gradually engulfed as the city grew. The dark fortress of the early days was transformed into the modernized dwelling of François I and, later, the sumptuous palace of the Sun King, Louis XIV. Here we explore the history of this extraordinary edifice and of the museum that has occupied it since 1793.

The 5 main periods in the history of the Louvre
The Middle Age period	From the Louvre to the Tuileries	The Classical period	From Palace to Museum	The Grand Louvre today

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Paul Sérusier. The Talisman. 1888. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.

Les Nabis originated as a rebellious group of young student artists who banded together at Académie Julian in Paris, France. Paul Sérusier galvanized Les Nabis, and provided the name and disseminated the example of Paul Gauguin among them. Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Aristide Maillol, and Paul Sérusier became the best known of the group.  The term was coined by the poet Henri Cazalis who drew a parallel between the way these painters aimed to revitalize painting and the way the ancient prophets had rejuvenated Israel. Possibly the nickname arose because “most of them wore beards, some were Jews and all were desperately earnest”.

Meeting at Académie Julian, and then at the apartment of Paul Ranson, they preached that a work of art is the end product and the visual expression of an artist’s synthesis of nature in personal aesthetic metaphors and symbols. They paved the way for the early 20th century development of abstract and non-representational art. The goal of integrating art and daily life, was a goal they had in common with most progressive artists of the time.

Nabis artists are noted for the variety of media in which they worked. In addition to the fine arts, they worked in printmaking, poster design, book illustration, textiles, furniture and theatre design.

Their emphasis on design was shared by the parallel art nouveau movement. Both groups also had close ties to the strong>Symbolists.

Les Nabis regarded themselves as initiates, and used a private vocabulary. They called a studio ergasterium, and ended their letters with the initials E.T.P.M.V. et M.P., meaning “En ta paume, mon verbe et ma paume” (”In the palm of your hand, my word and my palm.”)

Historical Sights in Versailles

The Palace of Versailles

The Château de Versailles, or Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, France. In English it is often referred to as the Palace of Versailles. When the château was built, Versailles was a country village, but it is now a suburb of Paris. From 1682, when King Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in 1789, the Court of Versailles was the center of power in Ancien Régime France. In 1660, Louis XIV, who was approaching majority and the assumption of full royal
powers, was casting about for a site near Paris but away from the tumults and diseases of the crowded city.  He had grown up in the disorders of the civil war between rival factions of aristocrats called the Fronde and wanted a site where he could organize and completely control a government of France by absolute personal rule. He settled on the royal hunting lodge at Versailles, and over the following decades had it expanded into the largest palace in Europe. Versailles is famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy which Louis XIV espoused.

The King’s bedchamber

The Queen’s bedchamber

The hall of mirrors

The palace is open to visitors everyday from Tuesday to Sunday, from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM.  It is closed on Mondays. (Note: it usually stays open even longer during  summer.)The cost of admission is about €8 (optional guided tour, add €5).

The Cathedral Saint Louis

The Temple of Love

The Royal Opera

The Palais Garnier, also known as the Opéra de Paris or Opéra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris Opéra, is a 2,200 seat opera house in Paris, France. A grand landmark designed by Charles Garnier in the Neo-Baroque style, it is regarded as one of the architectural masterpieces of its time.
Opéra Bastille

Amphithéâtre Bastille

Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar

Studio Bastille

Créteil - Maison des Arts

• AXA Banque and Banque Accord are online banking services in France
• Banque Populaire
• Barclays France (website in English)
• BNP Paribas (website in English with model examples of letters to a bank)
• Caisse d’Epargne
• Caixa Banque
• CIC
• Credit Agricole
• Credit Lyonnais
• Credit Mutuel
• Credit du Nord
• HSBC France
• La Banque Postale post office savings bank
• Société Générale

The Credit Agricole, the largest bank in France, runs a relocation service for U.K. residents moving to France, called Britline.

Opening an account

A foreigner may open bank account in France if they are (or are going to be) residing in France for at least three months.

To open an account, you need:

• E.U. citizens: proof of identity (a valid passport or ID card)
• Non-EU citizens: proof of residence (Carte de séjour)
• Proof of your French address: a utility bill, rental agreement or property deeds
• Proof of earnings or status: Contract of employment/proof of earnings/proof of status (a student card, for example)
• Reference: from other banks where accounts are held (this is usually only required for loans and overdrafts)
• In some cases, a birth certificate

Opening an account can be done in one day and methods of making payments (cash cards and cheque books) will usually arrive within a week to ten days of the account being opened.

Accounts may be held in joint names.

• Note that an account held by two parties will have the words “et” or “ou” between the names. In the case of an account held in the names M et Mme Xyz, both account holders must sign a cheque, while in the case of an account in the name M ou Mme Xyz, either account holder may sign.

French banks will charge for certain items, for example in some a fee is payable to have an account, there’s a fee to have a card (and second card), there may be a charge for the internet banking facility and for transactions in certain banks.

Using a French Bank Account

Depending on the type of account chosen you will receive a cheque book and payment and cash withdrawal card (the carte bleue - or “blue card”).

Reading and writing numbers in France

When writing or reading French numbers, it is important to know the placement of points and commas.

• A point marks the thousands, while a comma separates the cents: one thousand Euro is written €1.000,00 (mille euros)
• A comma marks the fractions in a percentage: fifty-two point six percent is written 52,6% (cinquante deux virgule six pourcent)

Card Payments

• Card payments by carte bleue are accepted in most places in France. Payment is made using the PIN code; signatures may be requested over a certain amount.
• Look for the CB (carte bleue) Visa or MasterCard symbol.
• Note that the the CB is a debit not a credit card.
• Cash machines, ATMs (distributeurs) are easy to find in most towns and villages and are straightforward to use, (being much the same as elsewhere in the world): enter your card and follow the text instructions. Many machines allow for the option to select English-language text.
• If you are travelling outside the department where the account is held you will be restricted as to the services available, speak to your branch to make arrangements.

Cheques

When paying by cheque you may be asked to show photographic ID (for example passport or driving licence).

Paying by personal cheque does not incur additional charges in France; however, you will pay a fee to use a bankers draft (Chèque de Banque).

Cheques are accepted as a cash payment. French law makes a cheque equivalent to cash; it is therefore illegal to write a cheque if you do not have the funds in the account to cover the payment. A cheque can only be cancelled if it is lost, stolen or if there is a suspicion of fraud. If you do write a cheque that the bank cannot pay, they are obliged to report it to France’s national banking authority, the Bank de France, who can impose an interdit bancaire which forbids you from using cheques for five years.Note: It is illegal to write a post-dated or open-dated cheque.

Always write your account number, bank code and signature on the back of a cheque before depositing it.

When you are nearing the end of your chequebook the bank will send you another one if you have filled in a form for automatic renewal. Note that you will be charged the postal fees for registered delivery. Renewal can also be made by filling in the form provided in your chequebook. Collection can be made at your branch.

RIB: Relevé d’Identité Bancaire

On opening an account, the bank will give you several copies of RIB (Relevé d’Identité Bancaire). This is a form which establishes your bank references and account details and identity. It contains the numéro de compte (account number) the code de l’établissement (bank code) and the code du guichet (sort code).

RIBs are requested when you set up regular contract payments by automatic debit on your account (prélèvement automatique) for example, for the payment of utilities. RIBs are also used when setting up automatic payments into your account, for example Social Security, Family Allowance benefits or salaries.

A RIB is also necessary when taking out a contract where monthly payments by TIP (see below) are required.

You will find about three printed RIBs in the back of your cheque book. You can also get a printout of a RIB from a cash machine, or via your internet banking facility.

TIP: Titre Interbancaire de Paiement

A TIP (Titre Interbancaire de Paiement) is the authorised permission to debit your account of the sum asked for by the provider (for example EDF, France Telecom or the Tax Department).

The TIP replaces the use of a cheque, and comes attached to the bottom of the invoice (facture). The first time you receive it you will need to sign it and enclose a RIB in the envelope provided. Your next invoice will automatically have all the bank information printed on the TIP and you simply have to sign, date it and send it off.

The OIB is one of the French ‘general’ baccalaureates, L (French, Languages or Arts, Philosophy), ES (Economics, Mathematics), and S (Mathematics, Physics/Chemistry, Earth and Life Sciences), with an additional international option.

Here is a list of international “High-Schools” (called “Lycées” in French) near l’Etang-la-ville offering the “Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB)” categorized by original language. We strongly recommend the “Lycee International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye”, which has become one of, if not the very best lycee in France in the recent years (international or not).

German Expats

Arab Expats

British Expats

Lycée privé de l’École active bilingue
24 bis rue de Berri 75008 Paris
www.eab.fr

Danish Expats

Dutch Expats

Lycée Montaigne
17, rue Auguste Comte 75006 Paris
http://lyc-montaigne.scola.ac-paris.fr

Swedish Expats

Parly II
Inside the shopping mall, 8 films playing
Address: Centre commercial 78150 Le Chesnay
Distance from l’Etang-la-Ville: 5.7 km
Tel: 0 892 892 892 ext. #7818

Cinema Louis Jouvet (in Chatou)
3 films, mix of Hollywood movies (in English) and French films.
The Louis Jouvet has a selection of films in English and other languages with subtitles.
Address: 3 place Maurice Berteaux Chatou.
Distance from l’Etang-la-Ville: 6 km
Tel: 0 892 892 892 ext. #7828

C2L Poissy (in Poissy)
8 films. Mix of Hollywood movies (in English or dubbed in French) and French films.
Address: 121, rue du Général de Gaulle 78300 Poissy
Distance from l’Etang-la-Ville: 6.6 km
Tel: 0 892 892 892 ext #7850

Normandy (in Vaucresson)
4 films, Mix of Hollywood movies (in English or dubbed in French) and French films.
Address: 72, bd de la Republique 92420 Vaucresson
Distance from l’Etang-la-Ville: 7.1 km
Tel: 0 892 892 892 ext #9249

Theatre de Fontenay-le-Fleury (in Fontenay-le-Fleury)
2 Films, Mix of Hollywood movies (in English) and French films
Address: Place du 8-Mai-1945 78330 Fontenay-le-Fleury
Distance from l’Etang-la-Ville: 7.2 km
0 892 892 892 puis tapez #7824

Les Yeux-d’Elsa
4 films, Mix of Hollywood movies (in English) and French films.
Distance from l’Etang-la-Ville: 8.1 km
11bis av. Jean-Jaures 78210 Saint-Cyr-l’Ecole
Tel: 0 892 892 892 ext #7822

C2L St Germain-en-Laye
This movie theater in St Germain plays most films in English language (with subtitles) on a short-run only.
Address: 25 rue Vieux Marche, St Germain-en-Laye.
Distance from l’Etang-la-Ville:
Tel: 08 92 68 81 03

L’Atalante (in Maisons Laffitte)
Local movie theater showing films in their original language (including English) with subtitles.
Address: 48 rue du Prieure, Maisons-Laffitte.
Distance from l’Etang-la-Ville: 9.7 km
Tel: 08 92 68 33 78

Pandora (in Acheres)
A rare find in Western Paris playing childrens’ films in English as well as adult and art films.
Address: 6 allee Simone Signoret, Acheres.
Distance from l’Etang-la-Ville: 9.7 km.
Tel: 01 39 22 01 23

Cinéma Cyrano (in Versailles)
11 films, all dubbed in French.
Address: 7 rue Rameau 78000 Versailles
Distance from l’Etang-la-Ville: 8.2 km
Tel. : 0 892 892 892 ext #7810

Cinéma Roxane (in Versailles)
Movie theater in Versailles showing alternative films in their original language.
Address: 6 rue Saint-Simon, Versailles.
Distance from l’Etang-la-Ville: 8.7 km
Tel: 0 892 892 892 ext #7811

The Best Movie Theaters in France

(all located in Ile-de-France, not far from l’Etang-la-Ville)

UGC Ciné-Cité La Défense (La Defense)

Built in 2006, this is a giant movie theater shaped like a globe.
Features 16 rooms, 3,700 seats, 12,000 m2, DTS, panoramic screens, and plays movies in their original language…
Address: Le Dôme - Centre commercial Les 4 Temps - La Défense 7 92092 La Défense
Tel: 08 92 70 00 00 ext #92

Le Grand Rex

This incredible theater, built in 1932, was added to the list of Historical Monuments in 1986. The Grand Salle (main room), with its 2,650 seats on 3 levels, is the largest in Europe.
Address: 1, Boulevad Poissonniere 75002 Paris (Metro Bonne-Nouvelle)
Tel: 08 92 68 05 96

The Géode

Watch IMAX and 3D IMAX movies in this state-of-the-art futuristic theater. The Geode is located North-East of Paris, in the Parc de la Vilette. It was inaugurated May 6, 1985. Shaped like a sphere, it hosts one screening room with 400 seats equiped with a giant hemispheric screen with a surface of 1000 m2 and 26 m diameter. That’s ten times bigger than in a regular theater. The projection system, OMNIMAX, is the hemispheric version of IMAX.

What’s on at the Centre Pompidou ?
Exhibitions, cinema, debates, conferences, performances …
See the Pompidou Center’s calendar of events.

Museum & exhibitions ticket
You may now buy and print your ticket online.
You can also become a member to enjoy a number of advantages.

Webcams

Center Entrance 24/7	A Fine View of Paris	Inside the Center Forum
Webcam 1 A webcam on the roof of Ircam (Institute for Acoustic/Musical Research & Coordination) shows how many visitors go in & out of the Pompidou Center.	Webcam2 A webcam on the roof of the Centre Pompidou shows one of the finest views of Paris.	Webcam3 A motorised webcam lets you get a peek at the Pompidou Center’s forum.

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Learn French on the Internet

French Classes in the World

In the United States:

DC Alliance Française
French Language and Cultural Center, French classes, Events, Library
www.francedc.org

High School - Woods Cross, Utah, USA
Parkway Southwest Middle School - Ballwin, Missouri, USA: French A - 7th Grade & French B - 8th Grade
Newhard Middle School - Oso Viejo, California, USA: French 1 - 8th Grade
College of DuPage - Glen Ellyn, Il, USA: Conversational French 3
Des Moines Public School, Dept. of Community & Adult Education - Des Moines, Iowa, USA: French for Travelers
Chagrin Falls Middle School - Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA: French 1 - 6th & 3rd Period
South Eugene High School - Oregon, USA: French 1 (AM/PM) & French 3 (AM/PM)
Portland Community College - Oregon, USA: Summer Class, 3rd Year French
Department of Community and Adult Education - Iowa, USA: French For Travelers Class
Pomona College - California, USA: French 44 & French 102
John Adams High School - Indiana, USA: 10th Grade Class
Fox Hollow French Immersion School - Oregon, USA: 5th Grade Class
O’Gorman High School - South Dakota, USA
Western Oregon State College - Oregon, USA: French 102

In Japan:

Nanzan Kokusai High School - Toyota, Japan: 9th Grade French Class
L’Alliance Française d’Osaka - Osaka, Japan
Classes de Français - Tokyo, Japan
L’institut Franco-Japonais - Kansai, Japan

In France:

Ecole Publique rue Littre - Paris, France: Maternelle (Kindergarten)
College Stanislas - Paris, France: 6th & 10th Grades

French Radio in the World

Yahoo.fr - French Radio Online - Internet Stream
Radio France Internationale - FM Radio

French Television in the World

Thursday BBC Knowledge schedule - Look for “French Fix”, “Saint Tropez”, and the weekly foreign language film (late night) which is often in French.
French TV online
ITV Channel Islands broadcast Telejournal and Rendez-vous Dimanche on Sundays around noon.
The Journal de 20 heures (French Evening News) is broadcast via satellite everyday, at 7PM Eastern Time. You can also catch it on the internet at www.france2.fr. You’ll need Windows Media Player.

French Movies

The best place to see a french film is in a theater of course. The best way to find one now though, unless you live in France, is on the net. There are 3 good places to rent DVDs online. Clicking on their name will take you straight to their foreign film section:

1. Intelliflix.com
2. Netflix.com
3. Blockbuster.com

If you want to buy DVDs or download movies, then Amazon.com + Amazon.fr is your answer. They have everything there, even french-english electronic speaking translators!

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• Musée Adzak - 75014
  Painting, Photography, Sculpture
• Musée de l’Armée - 75007
  History, Medals, Painting, Photography, Technology, Arms
• Musée Armenien de France - 75116
  Archeology, Decorative Arts, Ethnography, Jewellery, Literature, Medals, Medicine, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Textile, Manuscripts
• Musée d’Art Juif - 75018
  Archeology, Ethnography, History, Industry, Jewellery, Literature, Medals, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Textile, Scale Models
• Musée national d’Art Moderne - 75004
  Decorative Arts, History, Industry, Literature, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Architecture
• Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - 75116
  Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture
• Musée national des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet - 75116
  Archeology, Decorative Arts, History, Jewellery, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Textile
• Musée - Vitrines des Arts du Spectacle - 75002
  Decorative Arts, Literature, Photography, Textile, Posters, Documents, Books, Scale Models
• Musée national des Arts et Metiers - Techniques - 75003
  History, Industry, Photography, Sciences, Technology, Textile
• Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires - 75116
  Archeology, Decorative Arts, Ethnography, Jewellery, Literature, Medicine, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Technology, Textile
• Musée de l’Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris - 75005
  Decorative Arts, Ethnography, History, Medals, Medicine, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sciences, Sculpture, Technology, Textile
• Maison de Balzac - 75016
  Decorative Arts, Literature, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Manuscripts, Documents
• Musée Carnavalet - 75003
  Archeology, Decorative Arts, Medals, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Drawings, Scale Models
• Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain - 75014
  Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture
• Centre Georges Pompidou - 75004
  History, Industry, Literature, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Architecture, Music
• Musée du Cinema - Henri Langlois - 75016
  History, Photography, Posters, Documents
• Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie - 75019
  History, Industry, Medicine, Photography, Sciences, Technology, Scale Models
• Musée Pierre Fauchard - Musée d’Art Dentaire - 75116
  Medicine, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Books
• Salle des Traditions de la Garde Républicaine - 75004
  Archeology, History, Medals, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Technology, Textile, Documents, Music, Scale Models
• Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner - 75017
  Decorative Arts, Medals, Painting, Photography, Drawings
• Musée d’Histoire Contemporaine - 75007
  History, Medals, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Manuscripts, Engravings, Posters, Documents
• Musée de l’Homme - 75116
  Archeology, Ethnography, History, Photography, Sciences, Sculpture, Textile
• Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume - 75001
  Painting, Photography, Sculpture
• Musée Lenine - 75014
  Decorative Arts, History, Literature, Medals, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture
• Musée des Materiaux du Centre de Recherche Sûr les Monuments Historiques - 75116
  Decorative Arts, History, Photography, Sculpture, Technology, Architecture, Scale Models
• Musée de la Mode et du Costume de la Ville de Paris - 75116
  Ethnography, History, Photography, Engravings
• Musée Moissan - 75006
  History, Medals, Photography, Sciences, Technology
• Musée de Montmartre - 75018
  Archeology, Ethnography, History, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Documents, Scale Models
• Musée national des Monuments Français - 75116
  History, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Architecture, Scale Models
• Bibliothèque-Musée de l’Opéa National de Paris - Garnier - 75009
  Decorative Arts, History, Jewellery, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Textile, Stamps, Drawings, Scale Models
• Musée de l’Ordre de la Liberation - 75007
  History, Medals, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Stamps, Arms
• Musée d’Orsay - 75007
  Decorative Arts, History, Literature, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture
• Palais de Tokyo - 75116
  Photography, Technology
• Galerie du Pantheon Bouddhique du Japon et de la Chine - 75116
  Archeology, Decorative Arts, History, Jewellery, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Textile
• Pavillon des Arts - 75001
  Archeology, Decorative Arts, Ethnography, History, Jewellery, Literature, Medals, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Textile
• Musée Edith Piaf - 75011
  Decorative Arts, Jewellery, Furniture, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Textile, Stamps
• Musée de la Poste - 75015
  History, Industry, Literature, Medals, Painting, Photography, Sciences, Technology, Textile, Stamps, Scale Models
• Musée des Collections Historiques de la Prefecture de Police - 75005
  History, Medals, Medicine, Painting, Photography, Sciences, Technology, Textile, Arms
• Musée Auguste Rodin - 75007
  Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Drawings
• Musée national du Sport - 75016
  Ethnography, History, Medals, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Technology, Stamps

Photography Near Paris

Info coming soon…

Photography in the Rest of France

Info coming soon…

The Louvre

Antiquities (Egyptian, Eastern, Greek, Etruscan and Roman); paintings, sculptures, objets d’art and graphic arts of the Middle Ages in the middle of the 19th century.

Museum of Orsay

Decorative paintings, sculptures, arts, architecture, town planning and photographs of the second half of the 19th century.

National Museum of Modern Art, Pompidou Center

Collections of some of the greatest paintings and sculptures from 20th century Europe, recalling all the artistic epopee of the continent from 1905 to the present. Less known but quite as rich: design (movable and electric household appliances), architecture (models, drawings, files of architects), photography.

Museum of the Middle Ages - Thermal baths of Cluny

Vast collection recalling the artistic activity of the end of Antiquity, at the end of the Middle Ages: goldsmithery and ivories, tapestry and fabrics, paintings, illuminations and stained glasses, sculptures, objects of everyday life…

Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions

Puppets, musical instruments, costumes and jewels: objects of everyday life in French from the Year Millet o the present.

Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet

Art from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Himalayas, India, South East Asia, China, Japan, Korea and Central Asia. Large library including understanding of the illustrated books
and the various Japanese, Chinese, and Tibetan manuscripts…

Museum of African and Oceanian Art

Various masks, sculptures and other objects of the Maghreb, Africa and Oceania.

Picasso Museum

In a hotel of the 17th century, stuck tables, sculptures, papers, tables reliefs, ceramics, prints and notebooks of the Master. In addition to primitive objets d’art, photographs and works by Corot, Cézanne, Douanier Rousseau, Matisse, Braque…

Orangerie des Tuileries Museum

The whole of the Nymphea by Claude Monet and paintings by Cézanne, Renoir, Douanier
Rousseau, Matisse, Picasso, Modigliani, Soutine, Utrillo, Marie Laurencin… in an orangery of the Second Empire.

Gustave Moreau Museum

Principal works by the great Symbolist painter on display in his workshop and apartment.

Eugene Delacroix Museum

Works by the painter exposed in his workshop and apartment, accompanied by documents on his life (drawings, engravings, letters, autographs, memoirs of his trip to Morocco in 1832…).

Museum of Ennery

Collection of objects from the 17th and 19th century Far East: nearly 7,000 Chinese and Japanese objects of art.

Ernest Hébert Museum

Paintings, watercolors and drawings by Ernest Hébert (1817-1908).

Jean-Jacques Henner Museum

Paintings and drawings by Jean-Jacques Henner (1829-1903).

Museum of Art and History of Judaism

Collections deposited by great French institutions: ethnography and cultural art, prints and paintings of 18th with the 20th century, models of synagogues, objects of worship, and major works by Jewish artists including Chagall, Soutine, Lipchitz…

Library of the Institute

Printed literary, scientific and legal documents from the reigns of Charles IX, Henri III and Louis XIII; collections of the Old Royal Academies (architecture…), 12 original notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci, ethnological and archaeological statements of the 19th century, handwritten originals works by Balzac…

Museum of the Army

History of the French Army and its chiefs from the Middle Ages to WWII: historical armaments, equipment, uniforms, memories, paintings, photographs… All presented within the framework of the national Hotel of the Invalids.

Museum Adzak

Painting, Sculpture

Armenian Museum of France

Decorative Arts, Jewelery, Painting, Sculpture, Textile, Manuscripts

Paris Museum of Modern Art

Furniture, Painting, Sculpture

Museum of “Art Naïf” Max - Fourny

Painting, Sculpture

Museum of Decorative Arts

Decorative Art, Jewelery, Furniture, Painting, Sculpture, Textile, Posters, Drawings, Tapestries

National Museum of Popular Arts & Traditions

Decorative Art, Jewelery, Furniture, Painting, Textile

Museum of the “Arts Forains” - Jean-Paul Favand Collection

Decorative Arts, Painting, Sculpture

Museum of Public Assistance - Paris Hospitals

Decorative Art, Furniture, Painting, Sculpture, Textile

Balzac’s House

Decorative Art, Furniture, Painting, Sculpture

Boleslas Biegas Museum

Painting, Sculpture

Bourdelle Museum

Decorative Art, Furniture, Painting, Sculpture

Carnavalet Museum

Decorative Art, Furniture, Painting, Drawings

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Artist: Jacques Salomon
Title: Le peintre Ker Xavier Roussel dans son atelier de l’Etang-la-Ville

Born François Xavier Roussel in Lorry-lès-Metz, Moselle, at age fifteen he studied at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris and with his friend Édouard Vuillard at the studio of painter Diogène Maillart. In 1888 he enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts and soon began frequenting the Académie Julian where students formed Les Nabis.

Ker-Xavier Roussel is best known for paintings of French landscapes usually depicting women, children, nymphs and fauns in bucolic settings. In 1899, Roussel, Vuillard, and another close friend, Pierre Bonnard, traveled to Lake Como, Venice and Milan.

In 1926 Ker-Xavier Roussel won the Carnegie Prize for art.

Ker-Xavier Roussel died in 1944 at his home in l’Etang-la-Ville, Yvelines.

Roussel, Ker-Xavier
(Lorry-les-Metz 1867-1944 L’Etang-la-Ville)


Ker Xavier Roussel (1867-1944). Paysage a l’Etang-la-ville.
Pastel on coloured paper 15 1/2 x 19 in. (39.8 x 49 cm.) Drawn circa 1920.

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