Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Un café et des cocktails



a colorful café


This terrasse on Rue de Turbigo, captured my attention first for the colorful café chairs, but the Cafés Richards cups were my favorite.  The mixture of colors and patterns remind me of the simple design and secondary colors of Fiestaware.  After the 2010 trip an artist friend, Carol Schiff, created this beautiful interpretation of the cups, a daily reminder of my Paris obsession.







Café Étienne
14, rue de Turbigo
75002, Paris

13 comments:

Alain said...

3 couleurs de chaises et 4 couleurs de tasses, cela fait un peu beaucoup.

TheChieftess said...

Love how colorful the chairs and cups are!!! A great twist to the typical Paris outdoor cafe!!!

Love the painting as well...

Joe said...

Such glorious colours. I expect the owner to be wearing a white hat with a huge orange bow N'est Pas?

Tamera said...

Yes, just like Fiesta Ware! I love the painting too.

Linda said...

Beautiful photo, love the colours and detail. Beautiful painting as well.

Andy said...

Colourful indeed.

Carol Schiff Daily Painting said...

Makes me want to hop on a plane!!

Thanks for the shout out.

M said...

What happy colors on this gloomy winter morning! Hope you're safe and warm ... I would like to be sitting sipping on a café and munching on a croissant in Paris instead of sitting at the airport drinking mediocre coffee :)

Jeanie said...

I should like to be there right now! I do love Carol's painting, too!

Sylvia K said...

Yes, those happy colors are definitely appreciated here in GRAY Portland today! Looks like a great place and you do find those!! Glad you share them with us, Genie!
Hugs,
Sylvia

William Kendall said...

The colours of the chairs and cups really do please the eyes, and that's a lovely painting!

Alexa said...

Great mix of colors—and I love that painting too!

Jack said...

You're right. They are kind of like fiesta ware, and the chairs are also mixed colors, too. It must be their thing.

I like your friend's painting.