Scenes of Paris in Paintings Photos

Parisian artists have captured Paris in a range of paintings.

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Ascension of Charles & Robert Montgolfier in Tuileries Gardens painting at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Carnival in Streets of Paris painting by Étienne Jeaurat at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Celebration by Parisians at Les Halles on Jan 21,1782 for birth Oct. 22, 1781 of Dauphin painting by Louis-Philibert Debucourt at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Demolition of houses on Notre-Dame bridge in 1786 painting by Hubert Robert at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Ascension of Charles & Robert Montgolfier in Tuileries Gardens painting (18thC, French School) at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Carnival in Streets of Paris painting (1757) by Étienne Jeaurat at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Celebration by Parisians at Les Halles on Jan 21,1782 for birth Oct. 22, 1781 of Dauphin painting (c1782) by Louis-Philibert Debucourt at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Demolition of houses on Notre-Dame bridge in 1786 painting (late 18thC) by Hubert Robert at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Charge by Prince Lambesc heading Royal German Regiment at Tuileries gardens on July 12, 1789 painting by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Looting of Weapons at Invalides July 14, 1789 painting by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Killing of Jacques de Flesselles July 14, 1789 high civic official of Paris on steps of City Hall painting by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Taking of the Bastille July 14, 1789 painting by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Charge by Prince Lambesc heading Royal German Regiment at Tuileries gardens on July 12, 1789 painting (c1789) by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Looting of Weapons at Invalides July 14, 1789 painting (c1789) by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Killing of Jacques de Flesselles July 14, 1789 high civic official of Paris on steps of City Hall painting (c1789) by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Taking of the Bastille July 14, 1789 painting (c1789) by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Marquis de Launay, Governor of Bastille, captured by his assailants July 14, 1789 painting by Charles Thévenin at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Killing of Marquis de Pellepont July 14, 1789 while trying to save the Major of the Bastille painting attrib. Charles Thévenin at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Bastille Victors at Paris City Hall on July 14, 1789 painting by Paul Delaroche at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.The Bastille in the First Days of Demolition July 1789 painting by Hubert Robert at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Marquis de Launay, Governor of Bastille, captured by his assailants July 14, 1789 painting (c1789) by Charles Thévenin at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Killing of Marquis de Pellepont July 14, 1789 while trying to save the Major of the Bastille painting attrib. Charles Thévenin at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Bastille Victors at Paris City Hall on July 14, 1789 painting (1830-8) by Paul Delaroche at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.The Bastille in the First Days of Demolition July 1789 painting (1789) by Hubert Robert at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
French revolution bivouac painting by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.National celebration on Champs de Mars July 14, 1790 where Louis XVI pledged loyalty to French Constitution painting by Charles Thévenin at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.National Guard of Paris leaves to join French Army in Sept. 1792 painting by Léon Cogniet at Versailles Palace. Versailles, France.Execution by Guillotine at Place de la Révolution painting by Pierre-Antoine Demachy at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
French revolution bivouac painting (c1790) by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay at Orleans Beaux Arts Museum. Orleans, France.National celebration on Champs de Mars July 14, 1790 where Louis XVI pledged loyalty to French Constitution painting (1792) by Charles Thévenin at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.National Guard of Paris leaves to join French Army in Sept. 1792 painting by Léon Cogniet at Versailles Palace. Versailles, France.Execution by Guillotine at Place de la Révolution (now Place de la Concorde) painting (c1793) by Pierre-Antoine Demachy at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Combat at Paris City Hall on July 28, 1830 painting by Victor Schnetz at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.View of Paris from Louvre painting by Louse-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont of France at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince & President distributes eagle standards to Army at Champ-de-Mars on May 10,1852 painting by Clément Pruche at Les Invalides. Paris, France.Temple Boulevard painting by Adolphe Martial Potemont at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Combat at Paris City Hall on July 28, 1830 painting (1833) by Victor Schnetz at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.View of Paris from Louvre painting (1835) by Louse-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont of France at RISD Museum. Providence, RI.Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince & President distributes eagle standards to Army at Champ-de-Mars on May 10,1852 painting (1853) by Clément Pruche at Les Invalides. Paris, France.Temple Boulevard painting (1862) by Adolphe Martial Potemont at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Paris Universal Exposition night festivities at Tuileries, June 10, 1867 marking visit of sovereigns Empress Eugénie, Tsar Alexander II, Napoleon III & William I of Prussia painting by Pierre Tetar van Elven at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Quai du Louvre painting by Claude Monet at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.Departure of National Mobile Guard for Franco-Prussian War from Paris in Aug. 1870 painting by Alfred Dehodencq at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Artillery Camped in Tuileries Garden late Sept. 1870 during siege of Paris painting by Henri Brunner-Lacoste & Alfred Decaen at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Paris Universal Exposition night festivities at Tuileries, June 10, 1867 marking visit of sovereigns Empress Eugénie, Tsar Alexander II, Napoleon III & William I of Prussia painting by Pierre Tetar van Elven at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Quai du Louvre painting (1867) by Claude Monet at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.Departure of National Mobile Guard for Franco-Prussian War from Paris in Aug. 1870 painting (c1879) by Alfred Dehodencq at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Artillery Camped in Tuileries Garden late Sept. 1870 during siege of Paris painting (1871) by Henri Brunner-Lacoste & Alfred Decaen at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Gambetta's departure by balloon "Armand-Barbès" Oct. 7, 1870, painting by Jules Didier & Jacques Guiaud depicting Interior Minister Gambetta departing in a balloon to survey the Prussian forces surrounding Paris at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Destruction of the Tuileries, episode during the fall of the Paris Commune which briefly ruled March to May 1871 painting by Gustave Boulanger at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Two Soldiers during Siege of Paris in front of Ruined Houses painting by "E.T." at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Paris on Fire ending the Commune May 24, 1871 painting by Jules Giradet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Gambetta's departure by balloon "Armand-Barbès" Oct. 7, 1870, painting by Jules Didier & Jacques Guiaud depicting Interior Minister Gambetta departing in a balloon to survey the Prussian forces surrounding Paris at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Destruction of the Tuileries, episode during the fall of the Paris Commune which briefly ruled March to May 1871 painting by Gustave Boulanger at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Two Soldiers during Siege of Paris in front of Ruined Houses painting by "E.T." at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Paris on Fire ending the Commune May 24, 1871 painting (1871) by Jules Giradet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Pont Neuf, Paris painting by Auguste Renoir at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Boulevard des Capucines painting by Claude Monet at Nelson-Atkins Museum. Kansas City, MO.At the Quai de Bercy in Paris painting by Paul Cézanne at Hamburg Fine Arts Museum. Hamburg, Germany.Bal du moulin de la Galette painting by Auguste Renoir at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.
Pont Neuf, Paris painting (1872) by Auguste Renoir at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Boulevard des Capucines painting (1873-4) by Claude Monet at Nelson-Atkins Museum. Kansas City, MO.At the Quai de Bercy in Paris painting (c1873-5) by Paul Cézanne at Hamburg Fine Arts Museum. Hamburg, Germany.Bal du moulin de la Galette painting (1876) by Auguste Renoir at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.
Paris Street; Rainy Day painting by Gustave Caillebotte at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.Gare Saint-Lazare painting by Claude Monet at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.La Rue Montorgueil, à Paris, fête du 30 juin 1878 painting by Claude Monet at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.Rue Saint-Denis, June 30 Festival painting by Claude Monet at Rouen Museum of Fine Arts. Rouen, France.
Paris Street; Rainy Day painting (1877) by Gustave Caillebotte at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.Gare Saint-Lazare painting (1877) by Claude Monet at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.La Rue Montorgueil, à Paris, fête du 30 juin 1878 painting (1878) by Claude Monet (shows celebration for Exposition Universelle of 1867) at Musée d'Orsay. Paris, France.Rue Saint-Denis, June 30 Festival painting (1878) by Claude Monet at Rouen Museum of Fine Arts. Rouen, France.
Porters of flour in Paris by Louis Carrier-Belleuse at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Statue of Liberty of Bartholdi in the workshops Gaget-Gauthier, rue de Chazelles painting by Victor Dargaud at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Grand Prix Day in Paris painting by Childe Hassam at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.Day of Grand Prix Paris painting by Frederick Childe Hassam was exhibited at World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.
Porters of flour in Paris (1885) by Louis Carrier-Belleuse at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Statue of Liberty of Bartholdi in the workshops Gaget-Gauthier, rue de Chazelles painting (c1884) by Victor Dargaud at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Grand Prix Day in Paris painting (1887) by Childe Hassam at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.Day of Grand Prix Paris painting (1887) by Frederick Childe Hassam was exhibited at World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893) at New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT.
View from Theo's apartment in Paris painting by Vincent van Gogh at Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, NL.Blute-Fin Windmill, Montmartre painting by Vincent van Gogh at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.Montmartre: windmills & allotments painting by Vincent van Gogh at Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, NL.Gardens on Montmartre & Blute-fin windmill drawing by Vincent van Gogh at Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, NL.
View from Theo's apartment in Paris painting (1887) by Vincent van Gogh at Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, NL.Blute-Fin Windmill, Montmartre painting (1886) by Vincent van Gogh at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.Montmartre: windmills & allotments painting (1887) by Vincent van Gogh at Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, NL.Gardens on Montmartre & Blute-fin windmill drawing (1887) by Vincent van Gogh at Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, NL.
Boulevard de Clichy in Paris painting by Vincent van Gogh at Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, NL.Entrance to the Universal Exposition of 1889 with Eiffel Tower painting by Jean Béraud at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Night festivities at Universal Exposition of 1889 with Eiffel Tower & lit fountains of Palace of Industry painting by Roux ? at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Inside Central Dome of Machinery Gallery of 1889 Universal Exposition painting by Louis Béroud at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Boulevard de Clichy in Paris painting (1887) by Vincent van Gogh at Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, NL.Entrance to the Universal Exposition of 1889 with Eiffel Tower painting by Jean Béraud at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Night festivities at Universal Exposition of 1889 with Eiffel Tower & lit fountains of Palace of Industry painting by Roux ? at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Inside Central Dome of Machinery Gallery of 1889 Universal Exposition painting by Louis Béroud at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Eiffel Tower painting by Georges Seurat at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.Construction of a Square painting by Émile Blanchon commissioned for Paris City Hall at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Souvenir of National Holiday painting by Hippolyte Berteaux commissioned for Paris City Hall at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Chalet of Château of Madrid in Boulogne Woods, outside Paris painting by Louis Abel-Truchet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Eiffel Tower painting (c1889) by Georges Seurat at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.Construction of a Square painting (1892) by Émile Blanchon commissioned for Paris City Hall at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Souvenir of National Holiday painting (1895) by Hippolyte Berteaux commissioned for Paris City Hall at Petit Palace Museum. Paris, France.Chalet of Château of Madrid in Boulogne Woods, outside Paris painting (c1895) by Louis Abel-Truchet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
On Paris Boulevards painting by Louis Abel-Truchet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Pont Royal, Paris painting by Childe Hassam at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH.Blvd. des Italiens, Morning, Sunlight painting by Camille Pissarro at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning painting by Camille Pissarro at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
On Paris Boulevards painting (c1895) by Louis Abel-Truchet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Pont Royal, Paris painting (1897) by Childe Hassam at Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH.Blvd. des Italiens, Morning, Sunlight painting (1897) by Camille Pissarro at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Boulevard Montmartre on a Winter Morning painting (1897) by Camille Pissarro at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
The Avenue de l'Opera, Place Théâtre-Français by Camille Pissarro at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France.Avenue de l'Opera: Morning Sunshine by Camille Pissarro at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, PA.The Louvre, Morning Rainy Weather painting by Camille Pissarro at Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Le Pont-Neuf painting by Camille Pissarro at Beaux-Arts Museum. Lyon, France.
The Avenue de l'Opera, Place Théâtre-Français (1898) by Camille Pissarro at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France.Avenue de l'Opera: Morning Sunshine (1898) by Camille Pissarro at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, PA.The Louvre, Morning Rainy Weather painting (1900) by Camille Pissarro at Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.Le Pont-Neuf painting (1902) by Camille Pissarro at Beaux-Arts Museum. Lyon, France.
Le Grand & le Petit Palais under construction for 1900 Universal Exposition painting by Georges Souillet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Construction of Grand Palais & Alexander III bridge prior to 1900 Universal Exposition painting by Georges Souillet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Construction of Alexander III bridge prior to 1900 Universal Exposition painting by Georges Souillet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Night Enchantment: World's Fair, Paris 1900 painting by Maxime Maufra at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France.
Le Grand & le Petit Palais under construction for 1900 Universal Exposition painting (1899) by Georges Souillet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Construction of Grand Palais & Alexander III bridge prior to 1900 Universal Exposition painting (1899) by Georges Souillet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Construction of Alexander III bridge prior to 1900 Universal Exposition painting by Georges Souillet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Night Enchantment: World's Fair, Paris 1900 painting by Maxime Maufra at Museum of Fine Arts. Reims, France.
Arrival of Locomotives to Batignoles painting by Ernest-Jean Delahaye at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Working on Metropolitain Line 1 at Place de l'Etoile painting by Gaston Brun at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Working on Metropolitain at Place Saint-Michel by Georges Souilletat Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Paris, le pont de la Tournelle painting by Albert Marquet at Beaux-Arts Museum. Lyon, France.
Arrival of Locomotives to Batignoles (1891) painting by Ernest-Jean Delahaye at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Working on Metropolitain Line 1 at Place de l'Etoile painting (c1900) by Gaston Brun at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Working on Metropolitain (Line 4 crossing the Seine) at Place Saint-Michel (1906) by Georges Souilletat Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Paris, le pont de la Tournelle painting (1902) by Albert Marquet at Beaux-Arts Museum. Lyon, France.
A Soirée at Pré-Catelan Restaurant painting by Henri Gervex at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.The German standard transported to Invalides painting by Jean Béraud at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Defense Against the last WWI Zeppelin Raid on Paris, Night of Aug 29/30, 1916 painting by Maurice Bourguignon at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Victory parade in front of Arc de Triomphe on July 14, 1919 by Françoise Flameng at Army Museum at Les Invalides. Paris, France.
A Soirée at Pré-Catelan Restaurant painting (1909) by Henri Gervex at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.The German standard transported to Invalides painting (c1914) by Jean Béraud at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Defense Against the last WWI Zeppelin Raid on Paris, Night of Aug 29/30, 1916 painting (1916) by Maurice Bourguignon at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Victory parade in front of Arc de Triomphe on July 14, 1919 by Françoise Flameng at Army Museum at Les Invalides. Paris, France.
Victory Parade, Place de la Concorde July 14, 1919 painting by William Horton at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Victory Parade in front of the St Denis City Gate Nov 11, 1918 painting by Jean Leprince at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Night Celebration for the Second Anniversary of Victory Nov 11, 1920 painting by IWILL aka Marie-Joseph-Léon-Clavel at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Parisians Pulling the Devil by the Tail painting by Jean Véber at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Victory Parade, Place de la Concorde July 14, 1919 painting (1919) by William Horton at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Victory Parade in front of the St Denis City Gate Nov 11, 1918 painting (1918) by Jean Leprince at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Night Celebration for the Second Anniversary of Victory Nov 11, 1920 painting (1920) by IWILL aka Marie-Joseph-Léon-Clavel at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Parisians Pulling the Devil by the Tail painting (c1920) by Jean Véber at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.
Spring in Paris - First Holy Communion painting by Jules Adler at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.


Spring in Paris - First Holy Communion painting (1923) by Jules Adler at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.


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