Tag: Gustave Moreau

Reopening of the Musée Jean-Jacques Henner in Paris: A True Gem!

The Musée Jean-Jacques Henner has just reopened last Saturday on the occasion of the European Night of Museums 2016 after two years of renovation. I visited it yesterday. I love the remarkable architecture of the building and the way the works of art are exhibited; and I have been really impressed by Henner’s paintings which I did not know at all before my visit. Thanks to the renovation the Winter garden and the Lounge with columns are now open to the public after a fifteen-year closure: A must-see!

Musee Jean Jacques Henner-Paris- The winter garden
Musee Jean Jacques Henner-Paris- The winter garden
Musee Jean Jacques Henner-Paris- The Lounge with columns
Musee Jean Jacques Henner-Paris- The Lounge with columns

Continue reading Reopening of the Musée Jean-Jacques Henner in Paris: A True Gem!

Gustave Moreau: a Unique Museum in Paris!

musee gustave moreau paris-stairs
Musee Gustave Moreau in Paris – The spiral stairs in the studio

The Gustave Moreau Museum reopened last January after one year of renovation. It is really a unique museum in Paris as it is the house of the artist converted into a museum by the artist himself. It has an amazing charm, the charm of the ‘Belle Epoque’. When you visit such a museum you can really imagine how the painter and his family used to live. But the most impressive is the great number of works exhibited in the house: Can you believe that there are 25,000 paintings in the whole house? And that among them 15,000 were made by Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) himself? Let’s discover them while visiting the four-storey house.

Continue reading Gustave Moreau: a Unique Museum in Paris!