Petit Palais (Paris)
The Petit Palais is a former exhibition hall in Paris oriented World's Fair of 1900 . It was built between 1897 and 1900 and now houses the municipal museum of fine arts ( Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris ).
history
The two exhibition buildings that are now known as the Grand Palais and Petit Palais were built between the Seine and the Avenue des Champs-Élysées . While the Grand Palais hosts art and painting exhibitions, the Petit Palais exhibits the paintings and sculptures that the City of Paris has bought or commissioned since 1870 .
Charles Girault was the architect of the neo-baroque building erected for the world exhibition in the style of the Belle Époque in 1900 . With its rich ceiling paintings and its gilded wrought iron entrance gate, it has housed the city's art collections since 1902. The facades of the semicircular building largely consist of windows.
However, the large windows that Girault wanted had to give way over the decades to wooden partitions and concrete walls. One wanted to protect the masterpieces from the incident light. So the Petit Palais became a dark and narrow museum.
The Petit Palais was fundamentally renovated between 2000 and 2005, expanding the exhibition area from 15,000 to 22,000 square meters. Under the direction of architect Philippe Chaix, almost the original condition was restored and the building was freed from later installations. The exhibition rooms partially border an inner courtyard and can thus be illuminated with daylight. The exhibition halls in the basement have been added. The renovation costs amounted to 72 million euros.
exhibition
In the “Courbet and Realism ” section there is a large-format oil painting Firemen Rushing to a Fire . In the Ludwig VI room . there are precious ceramics and furniture. There are also portraits and busts by the painter and sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and paintings by Paul Cézanne , Gustave Courbet and Auguste Rodin . The museum owns the painting The Afternoon Tea by Marie Bracquemond .
literature
- Marie-Christine Boucher: From Ingres to Cézanne: Musée du Petit Palais, Paris . Wienand, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-87909-603-1 .
Web links
- Official website of the Petit Palais (French, English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 57.7 " N , 2 ° 18 ′ 52.4" E