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© Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation
has settled into a charming artist’s
studio, built by Molinié in 1912. This very
beautiful venue, with its listed glass roof,
opened in 2003 and recognised of
National Interest as of March 2002, it
houses some of the photographer’s works
and personal items, including his first
camera. Films and documentaries on
Cartier-Bresson are shown daily. The
Foundation also organises a series of
free, bimonthly Conversations about
photography.
This venue is also open to other talents. It
hosts three temporary exhibitions per year.
The Illuminations exhibition, which runs
until July 27, presents a series of drawings
by illustrator Saul Steinberg (1914-1999),
At the turn of the 20th century,
Apollinaire, Gauguin and Matisse left
Montmartre for the carrefour Vavin.
They set up their HQ in two cafes: Le
"Dôme" and "La Coupole". Today their
Bohemian spirit is still very present in
theatres and the legendary “brasseries”
at Montparnasse, such as “Le Select”,
“La Rotonde” and “La Closerie des
Lilas”, where Picasso, Hemingway,
Sartre and Beauvoir loved to linger. The
56th floor of the Montparnasse Tower,
built between 1969 and 1973, offers an
outstanding view over Paris.
A l’aube du 20ème siècle, Apollinaire,
Gauguin et Matisse délaissent
Montmartre pour le carrefour Vavin.
Deux cafés deviennent leur QG : le
Dôme et la Coupole. Aujourd’hui, cet
esprit bohème règne toujours sur les
théâtres et les brasseries mythiques de
Montparnasse, comme Le Select, La
Rotonde ou la Closerie des Lilas, où
Picasso, Hemingway, Sartre et Beauvoir
aimaient s’attarder. Quant à la Tour
Montparnasse, construite entre 1969 et
1973, son 56ème étage offre une vue
sublime sur Paris.
GAITÉ
Montparnasse
In the Cartier-Bresson’s footsteps
On August 22, the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson would
have been a 100 years old. A fitting time to visit the
Foundation named after him at Montparnasse
© The Saul Steinberg Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
New York/ADAGP, Paris
52 Greater Paris - summer / été 2008
a friend of Cartier-Bresson whose works
featured on the covers of the famous
New Yorker magazine. In total some one
hundred drawings, collages and
assemblies are on show.
Furthermore, from September 10 to
December 21, there will be a tribute to the
American photographer, Walker Evans
(1903-1975), a pioneer of documentary
photography, with a selection of his
pictures showing America between 1929
and 1947. ■
2 impasse Lebouis (14th).
Tel: 01 56 80 27 00. Tuesdays – Sundays,
1pm - 6.30pm. Saturdays, 11am - 6.45pm.
Free evening opening on Wednesdays,
6.30pm - 8.30pm. Closed in August.
Admission: 6€
Sur les traces de
Cartier-Bresson
Le 22 août, le photographe
Henri Cartier-Bresson aurait
fêté ses cent ans.
Une occasion de pousser la
porte de la Fondation qui porte
son nom, à Montparnasse
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’est dans un ravissant atelier d’artiste –
construit par Molinié en 1912- que la
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson s’est
Alberto Giacometti, rue d’Alesia, 1961
© Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
installée. Ouverte depuis 2003 et reconnue
d’utilité publique dès mars 2002, ce très
bel espace, dont la verrière a été classée,
abrite des œuvres et objets du
photographe, dont son premier appareil
photo. Des films et documentaires
consacrés à Cartier-Bresson sont projetés
chaque jour. Et la Fondation organise un
cycle de Conversations bimestrielles et
gratuites autour de la photo. Mais cet
espace s’ouvre également aux autres
talents. Ainsi accueille-t-il trois expositions