Musée Marmottan
We went to the Marmottan museum yesterday, which is mostly about Monet (and has nothing to do with alpine rodents as you might have expected). If you're into impressionists, it's an important pilgrimage. Paintings that were there when the movement was named are hung at the Marmottan.An interesting thing about Monet is that he collected Japanese prints, an interest of his which I share. There was a special exhibition from his collection upstairs, which included a large number by Hokusai - including several from his famous "36 views of Mount Fuji" (here are 24) - and Hiroshige. Somehow the colours in Japanese prints are never as vivid as they are in reproductions - you'd think it would be the other way around - but it was marvellous to see so many excellent pieces.
A little unfortunately, it's a museum that is bucking the current trend by not only maintaining a prohibition on photography but banning the use of cell phones as well. Not altogether unsupportable, to be sure, but it meant that I couldn't get pictures.
posted 19.3.07
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