La Bonne Franquette - Paris - Montmartre
by Maria Angelica Maira
Title
La Bonne Franquette - Paris - Montmartre
Artist
Maria Angelica Maira
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Photograph - Photography - Digital Art - Fine Art Photography
Description
Montmartre is a large hill in Paris's 18th arrondissement. It is 130 m high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank in the northern section of the city.
A 16th-century house in the heart of Old Montmartre, La Bonne Franquette keeps alive the Montmartre tradition of cheerfulness and friendliness, welcoming artists and winemakers. Formerly known as "Aux Billards en Bois", it is said that "La Bonne Franquette" was so named in 1925 by Francisque Poulbot. Perched on the summit of La Butte, set slightly apart from the Place du Tertre, the restaurant transports tourists and Parisians alike with its village ambiance and its atmosphere typical of Old Montmartre.
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, La Bonne Franquette was a meeting-place for artists such as Pissarro, Sisley, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Monet and Zola, who all used to come here for a drink under the arbours in its garden after climbing La Butte. In 1896 Suzanne Valadon and Utrillo came too, as neighbours, after they moved to a house on the corner of Rue des Saules and Rue Cortot, right next to Aristide Bruant's place. Père Tanguy, the famous seller of coloured paints for painters, climbed up from Rue Clauzel to meet the artists.
Vincent Van Gogh, who lived with his brother Theo at 54 Rue Lepic, painted his famous painting "La Guinguette" here in 1886. He used the same sombre tones as he did in his first paintings of the Netherlands and Brussels. This picture belongs to a group of works painted between 1886 and 1887 of "Montmartre paintings", in which he preferred the pastoral ambience to those of urban scenes of Paris.
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May 8th, 2020
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