The Musée de Montmartre ( en, Montmartre Museum) is located in

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, at 8-14 rue Cortot in the 18th (XVIII) arrondissement of

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. It was founded in 1960 and was classified as a

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in 2003. The buildings were formerly the home of several famous artists, including

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "R ...

and

Suzanne Valadon Suzanne Valadon (23 September 18657 April 1938) was a French painter who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des B ...

Description

The museum is housed in buildings which are three centuries old, the Hotel Demarne and the Maison du Bel Air. The 17th-century French actor

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acquired the house in 1680. It was home to many famous artists and writers such as

who painted his celebrated '' La Balançoire'' and '' Le Bal du Moulin de la Galette'' here in 1876. As a home its residents included: *

, her home and studio *

Maurice Utrillo Maurice Utrillo (), born Maurice Valadon; 26 December 1883 – 5 November 1955), was a French painter of the School of Paris who specialized in cityscapes. Born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painte ...

, Valadon's son, painter * André Utter, Valadon's husband, painter *

Émile Bernard Émile Henri Bernard (28 April 1868 – 16 April 1941) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and writer, who had artistic friendships with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Eugène Boch, and at a later time, Paul Cézanne. Most of his nota ...

* The fauves

Othon Friesz Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 – 10 January 1949), who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement. Biography Othon Friesz was born in Le Havre, the son of a long line of s ...

and

Raoul Dufy Raoul Dufy (; 3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) was a French Fauvism, Fauvist painter. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramic art, ceramics and textile as well as decorative schemes for public bu ...

Demetrios Galanis Demetrios Galanis ( el, Δημήτριος Γαλάνης, 17 May 1879, Athens – 20 March 1966, Paris) was an early twentieth-century Greece, Greek artist and friend of Picasso. In 1920, the year he completed his ''Seated Nude'' (private coll ...

Francisque Poulbot Francisque Poulbot (6 February 1879, in Saint-Denis – 16 September 1946, in Paris) was a French (literally, "poster designer"), draughtsman and illustrator. Biography He was born in a family of teachers with parents who were lecturers. Fran ...

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The collections

The collections of the museum belong to the association Le Vieux Montmartre, created in 1886, and contains paintings, photographs, posters and manuscripts that depict the history of the neighbourhood, its effervescence, the bohème and cabarets from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes '' Le Cabaret du Chat Noir'' by Steinlen, '' Bruant au Mirliton'', ''Le Divan Japonais'' or ''Le Moulin Rouge'' by

Toulouse-Lautrec Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the la ...

, ''La Place Pigalle'' by

, ''L’Autoportrait'' by

, ''Parce Domine'' by

Willette Adolphe Léon Willette (30 July 1857, Châlons-sur-Marne4 February 1926, Paris) was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer, as well as an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret. Willette ran as an " anti-semitic" ...

, ''L’enseigne du Lapin Agile'' as well as the magnificent ''Théâtre d’ombres'' by Henri Rivière.

Renoir’s Gardens and the vineyard

The gardens have been renovated according to Renoir’s paintings. They provide a good view of the vineyard, which has existed since the Middle Ages and was replanted in 1933. According to the ''New York Times'', its working vineyard is said to make the most expensive bad wine in the city.
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Renovation

The site belongs to the city of Paris. In 2011, its management was entrusted to the Kléber Rossillon firm, which has plans to double the exhibition space. Suzanne Valadon’s studio and the Hotel Demarne were renovated in 2014. Entrance of Musée de Montmartre.jpg, Entrance of Musée de Montmartre. Paris Musée Montmartre (4).JPG, Courtyard. Atelier de Suzanne Valadon vu depuis les jardins Renoir.jpg, Suzanne Valadon’s studio. Paris Musée Montmartre Jardins Renoir (3).JPG, Hôtel Demarne. Musée de Montmartre, Garden 2012-10-09.jpg, Renoir’s Gardens.

Opening times

The museum is open all year every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. An admission fee is charged.

References

External links

Musée de Montmartre
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Montmartre Buildings and structures in the 18th arrondissement of Paris

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Suzanne Valadon

1960 establishments in France