Rue Montorgueil in Paris

Rue Montorgueil in Paris. Feast day on June 30, 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 June 30, 1878 in honor of the national holiday. Since 1982 it is part of the collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris .

Content

 * 1 Presentation
 * 2 Origin
 * 3 Images
 * 4 External links

Presentation
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 was France left in disarray. Only a few years later the country came into calmer waters. The 1878 World Fair in Paris was a perfect opportunity to show the recovery in the world. To strengthen national awareness and support for the republic to increase, decided the French government June 30, 1878 to a national holiday to proclaim. On this day there was in Paris a boisterous and festive mood with festivities late into the night. Only two years later, this day was shifted to the known date July 14.

In 1878, Monet was again settled in Paris after a long stay in Argenteuil . In March of that year, his son Michel was born. While his family was suffering deteriorated under money worries and the health of his wife Camille, Monet entered the city to paint a number of city landscapes. On The Rue Montorgueil in Paris is in the first place of flags on a aanhankelijkheidsbetuiging to the young republic. Like the revelers are shown these flags with a few brush strokes. From a high point of the gaze of the viewer is directed downward, to the teeming crowd on the street. The size of the painting to get the narrow streets and tall houses extra emphasis. Monet expressed in this painting a chronicler of modern life in the French capital.

Monet painted a canvas that day, the Rue Saint-Denis, feast day on June 30, 1878, which is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Rouen located. He exhibited his work both on the fourth exhibition of the Impressionists in 1879. [2] Also, Édouard Manet made ​​the holiday on a fixed number of paintings, including the Rue Mosnier with flagsis best known.

Origin

 * July 11, 1878: Monet sells the painting to art collector Georges de Bellio.
 * Owned by the daughter of Georges de Bellio and her husband mr. Donop de Monchy.
 * Possession of Alexandre Berthier, fourth prince of Wagram in Paris.
 * Until 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.