Today, in my series about things to see in Paris, I invite you to the Musée Marmottan. Permanent home to the world's largest collection of Monet's paintings, the Marmottan is one of my favourite museums in Paris.
It was originally built as a hunting lodge on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, it was bought by the Marmottan family who converted the lodge to a 'hotel particulier', [the French name for a large private town home.]
In 1932, Paul Marmottan bequeathed the property, and the art collection inside it, to the Fine Arts Academy; ever since it has been a private museum, open to the public all year round.
Up to the beginning of June, they are showing the paintings and watercolours of Marie Laurencin.
Contemporary to Picasso, Braque Douanier Rousseau and many others, she was successful in her own lifetime, as a painter, a portrait artist and as a writer.
She portrayed many well known names, such as Coco Chanel, shown here.
Her life was fun and tumultuous, and she most certainly needed a great deal of personality and obstinacy to find her place in the artistic circle of the time. Hard to believe it when you see this picture of a sweet little lady, photograhed here in 1904.
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