La parade des humbles (Petit Palais)

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(maybe one of our personal-favorite paintings in Paris)

Grimaces et misère – Les Saltimbanques
Pelez, Fernand (Paris, 18–01–1848 – Paris, 07–08–1913), peintre

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This WIDE painting contrasts young acrobats with old musicians and CLOWNS

Petit Palais Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

This free museum has clean public restrooms in the basement

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    Step away from the Video games: 5 unsung Paris museums to go to throughout the Olympics | Liliana News said:
    July 24, 2024 at 1:41 pm

    […] Pelez devoted himself to portray the lives of the common-or-garden and destitute. His sombre La Parade des Humbles is a crucial depiction of circus performers, portraying the circus as a joyless affair of fatigue […]

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