France: Paris
In a nutshell...
Paris can be discovered in many different ways. Sightseers can visit the Eiffel Tower, Sacré Cœur, the Montparnasse Tower and the Arc de Triomphe Cultural visits of Paris include the Louvre, the Pompidou Centre, the Grand Palace and the Orsay Museum. Whichever sights you choose, the capital abounds with visual delights.
Fashion capital of the world, Paris also presents style and luxury from the Champs-Elysées to the Rue de Rivoli, where you can visit the Baccarat Museum or the Museum of Fashion and Fabric.
Paris is also every man’s town and quarters such as the old Montmartre or unusual Belleville with their bistros and traditional festivals are symbolic of the village spirit that can be found within this metropolis.
Finally, Paris is a city of fine food where well-known chefs such as Fauchon and Lenôtre are well-established on the Place de la Madeline.
A city to visit, explore and relish!
Paris : Events
Hokusai - Mad about his Art
From May 21 to August 4, 2008
The collection of Japanese graphic art at the Musée Guimet includes more than a hundred works signed by Katsushika Hokusai, (1760-1849), the “old man who was mad about painting” as he called himself during the last years of his life: polychrome prints such as the famous “Great Wave” and the “Red Fuji” (part of the 36 Views of Mount Fuji), and rare preparatory drawings, sketches and studies, although less known by the public, provide striking evidence of the artist’s intense graphic creativity. Several paintings, some of which have recently been exhibited in the museum and others, unknown to the public, illustrate a less known side of Hokusai’s work. Thus the “Dragon Among the Clouds”, a kakemono donated by Norbert Lagane (2001), which it transpires, forms a pair with the famous “Tiger in the Rain” exhibited in the Ôta Museum in Tokyo.
The exhibition, presenting the collection in all its diversity, poses two implicit questions: the history of the collection and that of the critical fortune that the maestro enjoyed in France from the end of the 19th century. Critical views of Hokusai’s work evolved substantially, sometimes turning existing theories around or discovering vital new elements. Through the works exhibited in the museum and the references of great art collectors and historians, who during the 20th century in France contributed through their studies and opinions to the debate on Hokusai, we will try to propose an answer.
PARTNERSHIP OFFER
Admission 5 € reduced from 7 € on presentation of a Thalys ticket, Cybelys card or Ticketless card
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Venue
Musée Guimet
6, place d'Iéna
75116 Paris
