Paris Episode 09 Impressionist Paris

Published: Jan. 29, 2020, 5:44 p.m.

Can there be a city and an art movement more intertwined than Paris and impressionism? Home to many of the movement's best-known artists, Paris itself was often the subject of their paintings, whether lovely views of the city like Pissarro's Boulevard Montmartre on a Wintry Afternoon or canvases capturing Parisians at leisure, such as Renoir's Bal du Moulin de la Galette. This tour of impressionist Paris visits three key sites: the Mus\xe9e Marmottan, the Orangerie and the Mus\xe9e d\u2019Orsay.\nhttps://www.citybreakspodcast.co.uk