Julia and I spent 6 days in Paris this past week and it was amazing,
exhilarating, enlightening and exhausting! But mostly it was a
special week of memories made, great meals eaten, mind blowing
inspiration and it made me fall in love with the City of Light even more
than I had already fallen for her years ago.
I will do a series of posts on some of the highlights of the week along
with some tips and suggestions if you happen to be planning a trip yourself!
I hope you enjoy these posts and if you have any questions please feel free
to email me (email address is in the right column)
or leave me a comment below.
Merci mes amis! XO
Paris Highlights Part One
- The Musée Bourdelle -
The Musée Bourdelle preserves the studio of sculptor
Antoine Bourdelle (1861–1929), and provides an example
of Parisian ateliers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
It was Bourdelle's active studio from 1885-1929.
Today the museum contains more than 500 works including
marble, plaster, and bronze statues, paintings, pastels,
fresco sketches, and Bourdelle's personal collection of works
by artists including Eugene Carriere, Eugene Delacroix,
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres,
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli,
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Auguste Rodin.
It contains the original plaster casts of some of his
finest works including 21 studies of Ludwig van Beethoven,
as well as document archives and his copies of
Greek and medieval works.
Antoine Bourdelle's father was a cabinet maker and when
Antoine was thirteen years old he left school to become his
father's apprentice. He attended art school in the evenings
to learn how to draw but soon discovered his passion
was in sculpture.
In 1885 he became a student and assistant of
Auguste Rodin, of whom he gained great
knowledge and inspiration from.
The Musée Bourdelle is located at
18, rue Antoine Bourdelle,
in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
It is open daily from 10 am - 6 pm
except Mondays & some holidays.
Admission is FREE (donations are accepted!)
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