L'Escalier d'Hôtel Biron

Hôtel Biron was closed several years for renovations,

opening again in November 2015.

This elegant mansion, built between 1727 and 1737

 houses over 200 works of August Rodin.  

The grounds are exquisite and a befitting backdrop 

for large Rodin bronzes.

Hôtel Biron

Musée Rodin

77, rue de Varenne

75007, Paris

 

Musée Rodin

Musée Rodin

"I choose a block of marble and 

chop off whatever I do not need."

Auguste Rodin, sculptor

b. November 12, 1840

d. November 17, 1917

Hôtel Biron

79, rue de Varenne

75007, Paris

 

Exposition - Hôtel de Ville

Hôtel de Ville

The exhibitions at Hôtel de Ville are without charge.

This was a wonderful exhibit of Jean-Jacques Sempé in 2012, 

France's most celebrated cartoonist.

The lines are not usually long unless you are there 

during the first few days of an opening.

(Photographs were allowed)

Hôtel de Ville

salle Saint-Jean

5, rue de Lobau

75004, Paris

la petite

This precious child 

was with her older (not by much) brothers

and grandmother to see the Niki de Saint Phalle exhibit

at the Grand Palais

...a good time was had by all

Niki de Saint Phalle exhibit

Grand Palais-Galeries Nationales

75008, Paris

un musicien de jazz

As we waited to enter the Niki de Saint Phalle exhibit

at the Grand Palais last September, 

we were delighted with the smooth notes 

and melody transitions of the jazz clarinetist.

Grand Palais

75008, Paris

Un bol, un serpent, et un main

A bowl, a snake and a hand...

a beautifully detailed sculpture 

in the depths of Petit Palais

Petit Palais

ave Winston Churchill

75008, Paris

Thé avec un serpent?

Petit Palais

In the main gallery of Petit Palais is this unusual teapot by Léon Kann (1859-1925).

An open-mouthed serpent bursts from a metal gourd 

and is ready to strike!

Now, would you care for lemon or milk 

with that tea?

Petit Palais

avenue Winston Churchill

75008, Paris

Niki de Saint-Phalle - arbre de vie-fontaine

Tree of life,

fountain of serpents

Grand Palais

Niki de Saint-Phalle's mosaic fountain 

was placed in the center of François-Raoul Larche's 

Fontaine Miroir d'eau for the duration of  the Grand Palais exhibit.  

It is an interesting juxtaposition of the marble fountain created in 1910 

and the colorful serpent fountain of 1987.

The exhibit has been moved now to the Guggenheim Bilbao (Spain), 

February 27 - June 11, 2015.

There are other examples of her work in Paris.

Does this resemble the Stravinsky Fountain?

Niki de Saint-Phalle
Du 17 septembre 2014 au 2 février 2015
Galeries nationales du Grand Palais

75008, Paris

Une grand-mère et trois petits-enfants

A grandmother and

three grandchildren

At the first hour of the opening day of Niki de Saint Phalle exhibit 

at Grand Palais, we happened upon this petite grandmother 

with her three grandchildren.  

We first encountered them outside the entrance 

patiently waiting for the doors to open.  

It was not a hurried run through the exhibit, 

but a lingering enjoyment over the sculptures and paintings.

Niki de Saint Phalle exhibit

17 September 2014 to 2 February 2015

Grand Palais - Galeries Nationales

75008, Paris