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Le musée de la Vie romantique

The musée de la Vie romantique

Located in the romantic area known as ‘New Athens’, the Musée de la Vie Romantique is a magnificent backdrop for its collections, which, for the most part, are directly related to the arts in France under the July Monarchy. The presentation is organised around paintings by Ary Scheffer and his entourage

Ary Scheffer, a renowned occupant of the building, played host to the artistic and intellectual elite of Paris, which included Delacroix, Rossini, George Sand, Chopin, Gounod, Tourgueniev, and Dickens. The museum began life as a place of charm and memory, constructed around a few great figures, but nowadays the permanent-collections trail presents the visitor with a stratified narrative in which the biographies of personalities connected with the house are overlaid by a reflection of cultural life under the July Monarchy, artistic creation during the Romantic period, and the literary work of a late 19th-century thinker. George Sand memorabilia belonging to the City of Paris is held and displayed in the Rue Chaptal because it is particularly suited to the place, the project and George Sand’s role in the artistic life of the 19th century.

Link to the Museum website

 

Created : 04/28/2016 - 14:50 Changed : 02/27/2018 - 16:14
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