Parisian Art

When anyone is asked to think of the capital of art, Paris is usually the first city that comes to mind, and it's little surprise – Paris has been at the forefront of many of the world's most famous art movements and even today it is renowned for producing world class artists.  Although France was a participant on some of the earlier post-Ancient art movements (Romanesque, for instance), it has really been the last few hundred years that have really marked out Paris as being one of the most serious art capitals.  The Modern and Contemporary Art Movements in particular have been popular in Paris.

Modern Art styles such as Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism and Surrealism were all explored in great detail by artists based within or showcasing in Paris.  Impressionism in particular is associated with Paris, in part because of the struggle the Impressionist artists experienced to have their work exhibited in the established Parisian galleries and museums.  Artists that are recognised for belonging to the movements mentioned include Pablo Picasso, Eugene Delacroix, Gustave Courbet, Jean-Francois Millet, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin and Henri Matisse, amongst others.