"Paris Passages: The Changing Faces of Paris in 19th Century Prints and Paintings" Exhibition

Artizon Museum

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In the latter half of the nineteenth century, Paris underwent a series of expansions and alterations through the "grands travaux de Paris," a comprehensive redevelopment program directed by Hauts-de-Seine Governor Eugene Haussmann. City water and sewage systems were laid and street lights installed, and dimly-lit and unsanitary Paris was thereby transformed into the elegant city of today. Painters and printmakers such as Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Charles Meryon, Rodolphe Bresdin, and Constantin Guys roamed the city’s old "passages" (arcades) and newly-reborn streets, capturing fleeting moments of a changing city, each from his own distinctive, modernist perspective. Whether bourgeois or bohemian, these artists' wide range of interests were reflected in their work: some expressed feelings of nostalgia for the old Paris, while others discovered new themes and inspirations in the modernization of Paris.

Schedule	Oct 25 (Sat) 2008-Jan 18 (Sun) 2009  Opening Hours Information Hours 10:00-18:00 Fridays closing at 20:00 Closed Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Year holidays and in between exhibitions.
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Venue	Artizon Museum https://www.artizon.museum/en/
Location	1-7-2 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031 Open with a Map App
Access	5 minute walk from the Yaesu Central exit of JR Tokyo Station, 5 minute walk from exit 6 at Kyobashi Station on the Ginza line, 5 minute walk from exit B1 at Nihombashi Station on the Ginza and Tozai lines or Toei Asakusa line.
Phone	050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial)
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