Joyeux quatorze juillet! Happy Bastille Day! As the world celebrates all things French on this day marking the Storming of the Bastille in 1789, join us in Paris this September to honor the art that emerged in the century following the French Revolution. Immerse yourself in the creative energy of 19th-century Paris, when groundbreaking artists Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas were the talk of the town, becoming close friends and collaborators—and then bitter rivals.

In advance of the landmark Met exhibition Manet/Degas, which will will present these artists’ works side by side and in parallel, travel with the Museum on the exclusive Great Artists program Crossed Paths: The Art of Manet & Degas in 19th-Century Paris, September 5–12, 2023. Dr. Barbara Stehle, a renowned scholar of French Impressionist art, will illuminate Manet and Degas’s vibrant creative and social lives in 19th-century Paris and how they defied traditional conventions through capturing the everyday lives of Parisians.

With rare private access to Paris’s renowned museums, including the splendid Musée d’Orsay, behold Manet and Degas’s masterpieces in relation to works by their friends and contemporaries, such as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Gustave Moreau, and unsung female artists like Suzanne Valadon and Berthe Morisot, Manet’s sister-in-law. You will also join experts in the historic artistic neighborhoods of the Latin Quarter, Montmartre, and Pigalle, visiting the studios, former private homes, and historic cafés where Manet, Degas, and all of these artists lived, learned, painted, and mingled.

Enjoy a private look at the Musée Marmottan Monet, which houses the world’s foremost collection of works by Claude Monet. Outside of Paris, an enlightening guided excursion will take you to Giverny for an inside look at Monet’s house, garden, and iconic lily pond, which he captured in many paintings.

Download the brochure for more trip details. To register for this magical Great Artists journey to Paris with Dr. Stehle, call us at 212-514-8921 or 800-221-1944 or email us at trips@arrangementsabroad.com.

Highlights of this trip include:

Enjoy an exclusive tour of the Musée d’Orsay, which holds the world’s largest collection of Impressionist paintings, where you will experience the art of Manet, Degas, and their peers.

In Giverny, where Claude Monet lived for 43 years, enjoy inside looks at his house and extensive gardens, featuring the celebrated water lily pond and Japanese bridge seen in so many of his paintings.

Go behind the scenes of Paris’s extraordinary, less-visited museums, including the Musée Gustave Moreau and the former home of Renoir, Suzanne Valadon, and other artists at the Musée de Montmartre. A friend of Manet and Degas and a muse for Renoir, Suzanne Valadon is the first self-taught female painter to exhibit at Paris’s Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and you will have a special look at her reconstructed atelier.

On a private tour of Paris’s Musée de l’Orangerie, behold how Monet captured this pond in his famous Water Lilies murals. In the galleries on the lower floor, you can view the art acquired by Jean Walter-Paul Guillaume, one of Paris’s greatest art dealers. Guillaume was a passionate collector of modern art, and his collection includes works by some of the most important artists of the 20th century, including Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso.

Take a private tour of the Palais Garnier, the elegant 19th-century theater famously depicted in some of Degas’s artworks, including his paintings The Rehearsal and The Dance Class and his sculpture The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, on display at The Met.

Join experts at the places Manet and Degas frequented in the Latin Quarter, Montmartre, and Pigalle; see Paris’s iconic buildings beautifully illuminated on a magical evening Seine cruise; and meet modern-day Parisian artists in their private studios.

Photos from top: Édouard Manet, Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère (detail), (1882), The Courtauld Gallery, London; Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Monet’s House and Garden, Giverny; Musée Gustave Moreau, Paris; Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1920–1926, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris; Palais Garnier, Paris; and the Basilica of Sacré Coeur de Montmartre, Paris

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