Vintage Paris is located in front of Picasso Museum in Paris, Cute !
Our shop is located in the marais district, just in front the Hotel Salé, dedicated to the work of the artist Pablo Picasso. The museum collection includes more than 5,000 works of art, paintings, sculptures, drawings, ceramics, prints, engravings and notebooks and tens of thousands of archived pieces from Picasso’s personal repository, including the artist's photographic archive, personal papers, correspondence, and author manuscripts.
The hôtel particulier that houses the collection was built between 1656 and 1659, The architect was Jean Boullier, also known as Boullier de Bourges; sculpture was carried out by the brothers Gaspard and Balthazard Marsy and by Martin Desjardins. It is considered to be one of the finest historic houses in the Marais.
The hôtel particulier that houses the collection was built between 1656 and 1659, The architect was Jean Boullier, also known as Boullier de Bourges; sculpture was carried out by the brothers Gaspard and Balthazard Marsy and by Martin Desjardins. It is considered to be one of the finest historic houses in the Marais.
Picasso once said "I am the greatest collector of Picassos in the world." He had amassed an enormous collection of his own work by the time of his death in 1973, ranging from sketchbooks to finished masterpieces. The Musée Picasso including works on paper, ceramics, sculptures in wood and metal, and paintings. This is complemented by Picasso's own personal art collection of works by other artists, including Renoir, Cézanne, Degas, Rousseau, Seurat and matisse. It also contains some Iberian bronzes and a good collection of African art.
