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Die laaste paar dae word gewy aan straatwandelings, bus- en treinritte asook besoeke aan ‘n paar gerespekteerde instellings.

Auguste Rodin

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Rodin se werk is oorbekend in die kunswêreld, veral ten opsigte van sy simboliese beeldhouwerk. Die herbesoek aan die kreatiewe omgewing bly die moeite werd en verras telkens met iets wat nie voorheen waargeneem is nie.

Ook die beweeg deur die pragtige tuin wat verskeie groot werke huisves, gee ‘n idee van dié talentvolle kunstenaar se denk- en werkswyse.

Rodin was born into a poor family. At age 13 he entered a drawing school, where he learned drawing and modelling, and at 17 he attempted to enter the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but he failed the competitive examinations three times. The following year (1858), he decided to earn his living by doing decorative stonework. Traumatized by the death of his sister Marie in 1862, he considered entering the church; but in 1864 the young sculptor met Rose Beuret, a seamstress, who became his life companion, although he did not marry her until a few weeks before her death in February 1917.

Auguste Rodin (born November 12, 1840, Paris, France — died November 17, 1917, Meudon) was a French sculptor of sumptuous bronze and marble figures, considered by some critics to be the greatest portraitist in the history of sculpture. His The Gates of Hell, commissioned in 1880 for the future Museum of the Decorative Arts in Paris, remained unfinished at his death but nonetheless resulted in two of Rodin’s most famous images: The Thinker and The Kiss. His portraits include monumental figures of Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac. Rodin’s enduring popularity is evident by the numerous posthumous casts of his sculptures that continue to be made.

Straatkuns aan Rue de la Butte aux Cailles

Ons stap in ‘n klein groep onder leiding van ‘n Suid-Afrikaner wat aan die buitewyke van Parys woon deur ‘n gebied wat bekend is vir staatkuns. ‘n Mooi versiering van die geboue met heelwat sosiale kommentaar oral waar te neem.

Musee d’ Orsay

Musée d'Orsay - Wikipedia

Hierdie merkwaardige museum was eens ‘n besige stasiegebou wat die pionierswese van Franse spoorverkeer gehuisves het. Die bekende boogvorm van die groot Paryse treinstasie is behou en die gebou is omskep in ‘n interessante en funksionele kunsmuseum.

The museum building was originally a railway station, Gare d’Orsay, located next to the Seine river. Built on the site of the Palais d'Orsay, its central location was convenient for commuting travellers. The station was constructed for the Chemim de Fer de Paris a Orléans and finished in time for the 1900 Exposition Univerelle to the design of three architects. The Gare d'Orsay design was considered to be an "anachronism". The museum building is accountable to 19th-century aesthetics and construction techniques that were moulded to accommodate modern life. Paris had become a modern capital city following grand changes implemented by Napoleon III and Georges-Eugéne. So architecture was allocated a permanent exhibition area in the museum showcasing the new Paris opera house, the Palais Garnier designed by Charles Garnier and built from 1863 to 1875. At the end of the museum's central aisle a space was dedicated to town planning, architecture and decoration.

Petit Palais

Een van die indrukwekkendste geboue wat kontemporêre asook klassieke kuns huisves, is die Petit Palais, regoor die selfs meer imposante Grand Palais.

Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle ("universal exhibition"), it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris). The Petit Palais is located across from the Grand Palais on the former Avenue Nicolas II, today Avenue Winston-Churchill. The other façades of the building face the Seine and Avenue des Champs-Elysées.

The Petit Palais is one of fourteen museums of the City of Paris that have been incorporated since 1 January 2013 in the public corporation Paris Musées. It has been listed since 1975 as a monument historique by the Ministry of Culture.

‘n Baie veelseggende uitstalling van die Finse kunstenaar Pekka Halonen tref die oog.

Halonen chronicled the Finnish landscape and its people. He had an early interest in Symbolism, but Gauguin's decorative Synthetism, as well as Japanese woodcuts, had a deeper impression on his work.

Many of his paintings depict simple scenes from his everyday surroundings, such as Sauna in the Snow (1908), which vividly captures the stillness and subtle fragrance of freshly fallen snow. When at the beginning of the 20th century Finland's existence was threatened, Halonen strove to foster a sense of national pride through symbolic interpretations of the Finnish landscape.

Halonen stated that he never painted for anyone but himself. He felt that "Art should not jar the nerves like sandpaper – it should produce a feeling of peace."

Die unieke, realistiese werke in baie helder kleure deur Bilal Hamdad word ook ‘n spesiale plek gegun.

As part of its 2025 season, the Petit Palais welcomes the painter Bilal Hamdad for its carte blanche of contemporary art, whose works explore urban solitude through Parisian scenes.
A graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Sidi Bel Abbes in 2010 and the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2018, he is distinguished by his large oil paintings, often inspired by photographs taken on the spot. His paintings highlight solitary and anonymous characters, creating a striking contrast with the hustle and bustle of the city.

Rue de Seine

Rue de Seine is ‘n ware kunstenaarsstraat waar kleiner gallerye gedy. Hier word eksperimentele werke van velerlei aard, asook voorbeelde van bekende kunstenaars aangetref.

So is twee aangrensende lokale aangetref waar ‘n versameling van Picasso se vroeë werke aangetref word.

An artist of inexhaustible creativity and exceptional longevity, Pablo Picasso produced an abundant body of work. He expressed himself brilliantly in all techniques. He was capable of working with anything that came into his view, from a child's car to a bicycle saddle. He drew on the arts of the past as well as contemporary ones, and maintained a constant dialogue with them. His work has renewed and enriched the possibilities of artistic expression in an essential way. We should also mention the profusion of his engraved work and his virtuosity in handling tools.