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Maillol, Musée

( Highly Recommended )

This atttractive museum, situated in the rue de Grenelle next to a beautiful 18th-century fountain, is interesting on two accounts: it displays a great many works by the French painter and sculptor Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) as well as a private collection of works by Ingres, Cézanne, Dufy, Matisse, Bonnard, Degas, Picasso, Gauguin, Rodin, Kandinsky, Poliakoff etc.
Maillol's obsessive theme was the nude, upon which he conferred an allegorical meaning; he produced smooth rounded figures, some of which can be seen in the Jardin des Tuileries.


Address: 59-61 rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris
Phone: 01 42 22 59 58
Hours: 11-6; closed Tue and bank hols
Restaurant: Cafeteria (Inexpensive)
Bus: 63, 68, 83, 84
Metro: Rue du Bac
Accessible: Good
Admission: Moderate
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