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Luxembourg Museum In Paris: Paul Dubois (1829-1905), after a sojourn in Florence, adopted features of Early Renaissance sculpture. The delicacy and spirituality of that period appears in his bronze Young St. John the Baptist (Luxembourg museum in Paris Museum, Paris). Jules Dalpu (1838-1902), who in his full forms and salubrious carnality reminds one of his contemporary, the painter Renoir, revoked the spirit of Rubens in great bronze groups of Silenus (Luxembourg museum in Paris Gardens, Paris), and the Republic (Place de la Nation, Paris). The German, Reinhold Begas (1831-1911), also drew inspiration from the rich fancy of baroque art in his fountain near the Royal Palace in Berlin. His work lacks the vitality of Dalou.
Other Paris museums of painting and sculpture than the two mentioned above, omitting here the galleries of modern-to-contemporary art, are the Petit Palais, with "A Century of French Art," the Rodin Museum, the Luxembourg museum in Paris Museum, the Cluny, for its antiquities and medieval treasures; and there are, of course, several private galleries, such as the Musee Jacquemart-Andre, the Musee Henner and the Musee Cognaci Jay, this on the boulevard des Capucines, almost opposite the Cafe de Paix.
In the provinces, almost every regional capital has a museum of some interest, for it may be said that in France artistic creation "comes naturally" and has done so for many centuries.
Most Luxembourg museum in Paris hotels offer genuine bargains (except in July and August and at Easter and Whitsuntide ) to all visitors who remain 3 days or longer, taking their meals in the hotel. The guest is also handed a Holiday Card entitling him to reductions on various museum and castle admissions and on holiday facilities in the resorts. For all bargains and for the list of hotels granting low rates secure the annual leaflet Luxembourg museum in Paris Reductions from the National Tourist Office in Luxembourg museum in Paris. That address is sufficient. |
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