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Paris Museums

January 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Paris France is one of those places to which we frequently return. In fact, we have spent more time here than in any other non-U.S. city. This time we only had 3 days in reacquaint ourselves with some of our favorite museums. Rather than repeat or rephrase all that we have written before, this post […]

Filed Under: Activities, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, France, Museums, Paris, Travel Tagged With: Caillebotte, Cezanne, Degas, Felix Feneon, George Seurat, L’Orangerie, Marmottan Museum, Matisse, Monet, Musee d’Orsay, Paul Serusier, Piet Mondrian, Pissarro, Pointalists, Pompidou Center, Renoir, Signac, Yan-Pei Ming

Claude Monet and his Giverny Waterlilies

March 25, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Monet: The Late Years San Francisco’s DeYoung Museum has outdone itself with its stunning  2019 exhibition, Monet: The Late Years. The exhibit covers the last 13 years of the pioneering Impressionist master’s life (1913-1926). It includes almost 50 paintings of his Giverny home and gardens. Although many publicly revered, financially successful artists spend their last […]

Filed Under: Activities, California, Destinations, Featured-Trips, Museums, North America, San Francisco, Travel, United States Tagged With: DeYoung Museum, Monet, Orangerie

Monet’s Early Years

July 30, 2017 Leave a Comment

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No, we didn’t have a time machine to go back to Monet’s early career. Instead we went to San Francisco Legion of Honor, which was hosting an exhibit of more than 50 of Monet’s earliest oil paintings The exhibit begins withView Near Roulles. Painted in 1858 when he was only 17, this was the first […]

Filed Under: Activities, California, Destinations, Featured-City, Museums, North America, San Francisco, Travel, United States Tagged With: Monet

Paris Museums–Sewers and L’Orangerie

December 29, 2019 Leave a Comment

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One could spend months just in Paris’s many museums. Here are a few of our favorites. Paris Sewer System Museum (Musée des Égouts) The depths of a major city sewer system, with water flowing under your feet, may seem like an unusual subject and location for a museum. But Musée des Égouts has been a […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, France, Museums, Paris, Travel Tagged With: L’Orangerie, Monet, Musée des Égouts, Nymphéas, Paris Sewer System Museum