Petit Palais Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
Built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900, the building became in 1902 the Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris. It presents a beautiful collection of paintings, icons, sculptures, tapestries, furniture and works of art dating from Antiquity to the beginning of the 20th century. Can be found works by prestigious artists such as: Fragonard, David, Géricault, Delacroix, Courbet, Pissarro, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Cézanne.
In spring 2024, the Petit Palais will present a major exhibition devoted to the painter Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867), who made nature his main motif, his world and his refuge. As the leader of the colony of artists who frequented the village of Barbizon and the forest of Fontainebleau, he spent long hours wandering the forest alone, sketching on the spot before producing his final works in his studio.
