The Rue Montorgueil in Paris

'The Rue Montorgueil in Paris. Feast day on 30 June 1878' (French: La rue Montorgueil, à Paris. Fête du 30 juin 1878) is the title of a painting by Claude Monet. He painted it on 30 June 1878 in honor of the national holiday. Since 1982 it is part of the collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.



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[hide] *1 version  ==Version[ Edit] == The French-German war of 1870-71 had left France in disarray. Only a few years later came the country into calmer waters. The world exhibition of 1878 in Paris was an excellent opportunity to show to the world the recovery. In order to strengthen the national consciousness and to increase support for the Republic, the French Governmentdecided 30 June 1878 to declare national holiday . On this day there was in Paris an exuberant and festive mood with festivities late into the night. Only two years later this day was shifted to the known date 14 July.
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In 1878 was Monet weather settled down in Paris after a long stay in Argenteuil. In March of that year his son Michel was born there. While his family suffered under money worries and the health of his wife Camille, Monet drew the city fell back in to some city landscapes to paint. On The Rue Montorgueil in Paris falls in the first place, the sea of flags on a aanhankelijkheids to the young Republic. Just like the party-goers are these flags appear with only a few brush strokes. From a high vantage point is the gaze of the spectator facing down, to the teeming crowd on the street. Get the size of the painting by the narrow street and the tall houses extra emphasis. Monet showed itself with this painting a chronicler of modern life in the French capital.

Monet painted another cloth that day, the Rue Saint-Denis, feast day on 30 June 1878, which is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Rouen is. He exhibited both work on the fourth exhibition of the impressionists in 1879. [2]  Édouard Manet Also completed the holiday on a number of paintings, which The Rue Mosnier with flags is best known for. ==Origin[ Edit] ==
 * 11 July 1878: Monet sells the painting to the art collector Georges de Babu.
 * In possession of the daughter of Georges de Babu and her husband Mr. Donop de Monchy.
 * Owned by Alexandre Berthier, 4th Prince of Wagram in Paris.
 * To 1922: owned by the playwright Alfred Savoir, Paris.
 * Owned by Alfred Lindon, Paris.
 * The painting is in a private collection.
 * 1982: bequeathed to the Musée d'Orsay.