La Nouvelle Athènes
The Nouvelle Athènes, or Café de la Nouvelle-Athènes, was a café located at 66 Rue Pigalle in the Place Pigalle in Paris, France.[1] It was the setting for many Impressionist paintings, as a result of being the meeting place for painters,[1][2] including Matisse, Van Gogh and Degas.
History
In 1874, a few artists met at the cafe to plan the first Impressionism painting exhibition.[2] Degas painted L'Absinthe in this place. Another notable denizen was the eccentric composer Erik Satie, who played the piano in the cafe, and was there introduced to a fifteen-year-old Maurice Ravel by Ravel's father.
After closure
During the 1940s, the café was known as the Sphynx; it was a
rock venue where Mano Negra, the French Lovers, Noir Désir, Calvin Russel, the Naked Apes of Reason, Les Wampas
, and many other groups performed.
The former café building was destroyed by fire in 2004 and demolished.[4]
See also
- List of strip clubs
- Musée de la Vie romantique, Hôtel Scheffer-Renan, Paris
- Le Rat Mort
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9822320-9-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-08689-2.
- ^ Dangerfield, Micha Barban (October 19, 2016). "1988, quand le rock dévorait les nuits de pigalle". i-d.vice.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ISBN 978-1-938450-45-7.
External links
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