Posted by on October 02nd 2007 to
Food & Beverage,
History & Information,
Night Life Tagged
1800s,
Antoine-Heerah,
artist,
b5media,
Bal-du-Moulin-de-la-Galette,
Blute-fin,
caviar-daubergine,
charlottes,
Chefs,
couscous,
creams,
dance-hall,
dessert-menu,
desserts,
Food & Beverage,
French-cuisine,
French-food,
French-restaurants,
glaced-fruits,
History & Information,
ice-cream,
Jérôme-Bodereau,
lamb,
le-Chamarré,
le-Moulin-de-la-Galette,
le-Radet,
Montmartre,
Moulin-de-la-Galette,
Moulin-Rouge,
Musée-dOrsay,
music-hall,
Night Life,
paris,
Paris-Traveler,
Picasso,
Pigalle,
Renoir,
restaurants,
restaurants-in-Paris,
sorbets,
tarts,
the paris traveler,
Toulouse-Lautrec,
Van-Gogh,
windmills
Back in the 18th Century Montmartre was filled with more than thirty windmills. Today, however, only two are left. (And no, I’m not talking about the Moulin Rouge in Pigalle!) The Blute-fin and the Radet make up the Moulin de la Galette which has been immortilized by some of the most famous artists in the world, Van Gogh and Picasso to name two!
Renoir’s famous painting of the Bal du Moulin de la Galette, which is in the Musée d’Orsay and Toulouse-Lautrec’s Moulin de la Galette are among some of the most well-known paintings depicting Paris in the era of the …read more