We left the hotel in time to be at the Petit Palais for its opening, once we had decided to visit the temporary exhibition "Les Hollandais à Paris - 1789 through to 1914", not before having walked along the Seine though.
It's a pity we were only allowed to take pictures in the permanent collection rooms. I was surprised to come across some painters I had never heard of and whose paintings I was fascinated by.
Les Halles by Léon Lhermitte (1895)
Trois baigneuses by Gustave Courbet (1868). Said to have been painted in a period in which the artist seems to have got interested in the female nude it remained nevertheless unfinished because of the painter's exile.
Sans exile by Fernand Pelez - 1883
Considered as one of his emblematic paintings Sans exile brings out Pelez' committment to themes such as this. A homeless mother with her four children.
Considered as one of his emblematic paintings Sans exile brings out Pelez' committment to themes such as this. A homeless mother with her four children.
Grimaces et misère - Les Saltimbanques by Fernand Pelez - 1888
Social awareness is what led Pelez to paint clowns, musicians, acrobats and homeless in an attempt to call the attention of the observers to the rude existence of those who lead harsh and anonymous lives.
Portrait of Sarah Bernhard by Georges Clairis - 1876
Outstanding figure of the French Theatre Sarah Bernhard's favourite portrait was this particular one in which she is reclined in a white satin dress. Its author would become Sarah's lover and friend and exclusive portait painter over a period of fifty years.
Bicyclette au Vésinet by Léon Comerre - 1903
George became her father's painting model in a period of time in which women were in search of emancipation and cycling gave them a sense of unprecedented mobilization they hadn't had before.
La danceuse Sacha-Lyo by Serge Youriévitch - 1933
La Sécurité by Henri Chapu - 1870/72
Once outside we continued to stroll along the Seine up to Louvre and then the forum des Halles, where we stopped briefly before heading back. The weather was quite agreable, which made the stroll even more interesting.
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