Day: May 2, 2025

Paris day 3

Duke and I have been to Paris before. So on this trip we aren’t visiting sights like The Louvre or the Eiffel Tower, as wonderful as they are. Instead we are visiting less well known sights. Today we walked through the Bois de Boulogne to the Musée Marmottan Monet.

The equestrian club in the Bois de Boulogne. The man on the fence was giving direction to the rider.
We walked by The Foundation Luis Vuitton art museum. They currently have a show of David Hockney’s work.
The walk to the museum was about 2 miles. So we kept an eye out for strategic park benches.
Lac Infèrieur in Bois de Boulogne

The Marmottan Museum was started in 1934 when Paul Marmottan gave his townhouse and collection to the Académie Des Beaux-arts. It has what is considered the world’s leading collection of the works of Claude Monet. We also saw there temporary exhibit of the works of Eugène Boudin, the father of Impressionism. I really enjoyed the museum.

I don’t remember ever having heard of this Monet painting, Field of Tulips before. It was one of my favorites today.
One of the Monet galleries
A couple of the Boudin paintings we saw.