I walked by this street on my warrior trails of my eternal Paris, One of the off the beaten path monuments in the city, such as this museum, that brings a nice architectural and historical perspective on sculptures, This is my luck to find me this picture in my cd rom vault that should be in my blog for you and me. Therefore, let me tell you about the atelier Musée of Chana Orloff in Paris !!! Hope you enjoy this post as I.
The villa Seurat is located in the quartier/neighborhood of Parc de Montsouris in the heart of the 14éme arrondissement of Paris, The building at No 7bis houses the largest collection of sculptures by Chana Orloff, who lived and worked there from 1926 to 1968. A visit allows you to discover nearly 200 sculptures displayed in the exhibition and working studios and to appreciate the qualities of these spaces designed by Auguste Perret in 1926. From 1926 until her death in 1968, Chana Orloff lived and worked at Villa Seurat. She received her painter friends there, such as Soutine, Georges Kars, Lucy Krog, Moïse Kisling, Hermine David, Otto Rank, Anaïs Nin, Jakovlev, Foujita, and others as well as her clients. The house has retained its original atmosphere, despite the loss of furniture by Pierre Chareau and Francis Jourdain during WWII. On the ground floor,(1er fl US) the exhibition studio is used for displaying sculptures and receiving Chana’s clients. On the first floor,(2 fl US), the staircase leads to the mezzanine gallery, a large, open space allowing clients to view the sculptures from above.
Two brothers, the painter Jean Lurçat and the architect André Lurçat, were the driving force behind this veritable artists’ colony located behind Montparnasse, the heart of artistic creation between the two World Wars. The sculptor Chana Orloff, for her part, commissioned the architect Auguste Perret in 1926. On the scale of an artist’s residence, this was the first time Perret implemented a post-and-beam structure in exposed reinforced concrete. The second floor (3 fl US) was reserved for the sculptor’s living quarters: a gallery serving as a living and dining room facing the street, a kitchen and bathroom in the center, and two bedrooms at the rear. From 1950 onwards, this apartment was inhabited by Chana Orloff’s son and his family, with the artist residing on the ground floor of the neighboring house at No 7. You can reach the shop museum on metro Alésia line.
The villa Seurat is located in the quartier/neighborhood of Parc de Montsouris ,the street starts at 101, rue de la Tombe-Issoire and finish at a dead end, The street is name after Georges Seurat, who was a French painter and draftsman. The street was opened, subdivided, and built upon by Schreibmann between 1924 and 1926, under the name “Cité Seurat,” and conceived as an artists’ colony, bringing together several studios and private residences for different artists. Notable buildings here are at No 1: the house of the writer Frank Townshend, built by André Lurçat in 1926; the painter and friend of the Surrealists, Eugene McCown, moved in in 1927. In 1929, he hosted the American poet Hart Crane there. At No 1 bis: the house of the sculptor Robert Couturier, At Nos 3 and 3bis: the studios of the painters Marcel Gromaire and Édouard Goerg, built in 1925 by André Lurçat. At No 4: the Lurçat house-studio, built in 1925 by André Lurçat for his brother Jean Lurçat. At No 5: the house of the painter Pierre Bertrand by André Lurçat. At No 6: the house of sculptor and ceramicist Émile Just Bachelet, designed by André Lurçat, At No 7bis, (see pic) and around the same time, the architects Auguste and Gustave Perret designed the studio-house of the Russian sculptor Chana Orloff , Dispossessed as “Jewish property”, the artist bought it back in 1945 and resided there alternately with her stays in Israel. At No 8: the house of Mademoiselle Quillé by André Lurçat. At Nos 9 and 11: the studios of Madame Bertrand and the sculptor Arnold Huggler, built by André Lurçat in 1926. At No 13: the studio of the painter Lise Le Cœur. At No 16: from 1934 to 1937, the home of the composer Maurice Thiriet , known for his film scores, including that of Marcel Carné’s *Les Visiteurs du soir* (1942). At No 18: from 1934, Henry Miller lived there in a studio apartment that Anaïs Nin found for him. Joined for a time by Michael Fraenkel, he finished Tropic of Cancer there.[The painter Mario Prassinos also lived in this house, as did Chaïm Soutine and Antonin Artaud. At No 20: residence of the Italian painter Alberto Magnelli.
The official Musée Dana Orlof in Paris : https://www.chana-orloff.org/
The Paris tourist office on the Villa Seurat : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/transport/villa-seurat-p2026
There you go folks, you are set to go to a lovely area of Paris and a nice interesting museum. It’s always a find this eternal Paris of mine of many years working and visiting that each time brings back many memories for me and my family, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the atelier Musée of Chana Orloff in Paris !!! as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
