Paris and Romanticism, a major exhibition at the Petit Palais

Paris continues to live as it always has throughout history despite conflicts and tragedies. It is a city capable of always rising again and soon we will also see Notre-Dame shining again. At the same time, the Petit Palais opens with a special exhibition entirely dedicated to the period of Romanticism.

After “Paris 1900, La Ville spectacle”, the Petit Palais presents "Paris romantique 1815-1848″ from 22 May to 15 September which continues its evocation of the great founding periods of the identity of Paris.

This exhibition-event offers a vast panorama of the capital during the romantic years, from the fall of Napoleon to the revolution of 1848. More than 600 works – paintings, sculptures, costumes, objets d'art and furniture – immerse the visitor in the artistic, cultural bubbling and politician of this period. Thanks to an engaging scenography, the route invites you to take a walk in the capital to discover the emblematic districts of the period: the Tuileries, the Palais-Royal, the New Athens, the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral by Victor Hugo, or the Grands Boulevards des Theaters. A section dedicated to the literary and social fairs presented at the Romantic Life Museum completes the exhibition.

Léon Cogniet, Les Drapeaux, 1830, huile sur toile, Orléans, musée des Beaux-Arts
Photo musée des Beaux-Arts/Ville d'Orléans

Pendule de Notre-Dame, 1835-1845, wood incrusté de filets de laiton, bronze engraved and doré, Paris, musée Carnavalet
Photo Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet

Etienne Bouhot, Le jardin et le palais des Tuileries vus du Quai d'Orsay, 1813, huile sur toile, Salon de 1814, Paris, Musée Carnavalet
Photo Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet

Eugène Lami, Scène de carnaval, place de la Concorde, 1834, huile sur toile. Paris, Musée Carnavalet
Photo Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet

Thomas Shotter Boys, Le carrefour des rue Bailleul et Jean Tison, actuel 1er arrondissement de Paris, 1831, aquarelle with gouache rehauts, Paris, musée Carnavalet
Photo Musée Carnavalet/Roger-Viollet

Désiré Court, Femme à mi-corps, couchée sur un divan, 1829, huile sur toile, Montpellier, musée Fabre
Photo Musée Fabre, Montpellier/Frédéric Jaulmes

Henri Decaisne, Portrait de Maria Malibran-Garcia dans le rôle de Desdémone, 1830, huile sur toile, Paris, musée Carnavalet.
Photo Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet

General commission of the exhibition:
Christophe Leribault, director, Petit Palais, Jean-Marie Bruson, Honorary General Curator, Carnavalet Museum Cécilie Champy-Vinas, Heritage Curator, Petit Palais

Curating the exhibition:
Gérard Audinet, director, Victor Hugo Houses, Paris and Guernsey Yves Gagneux, director, Maison de Balzac
Audrey Gay-Mazuel, Heritage Curator, Museum of Decorative Arts Sophie Grossiord, General Curator, Palais Galliera Maïté Metz, Heritage Curator, Carnavalet Museum
Cecile Reynaud, director of studies, EPHE Gaëlle Rio, director, Museum of Romantic Life.
Exhibition organized with the exceptional support of the Museum of Decorative Arts and the Carnavalet Museum.

Cover image: Charles-Édouard Leprince (baron de Crespy), Promenade de Julie et Saint-Preux sur le lac de Genève, 1824, huile sur toile, Montmorency, musée Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Photo Didier Fontan