Le Quai Saint – Michel et Notre – Dame

Le Quai Saint – Michel et Notre – Dame, 1901

Author: Maximilien Luce
Print Type: Original Postcard
Publisher: AMF Co., Ltd.(Rmn – Grand Palais)
Print Condition: New

In this luminous canvas, Maximilien Luce captures the grandeur of Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral rising above the bustling Quai Saint-Michel. Painted in 1901 during his transition from Neo-Impressionist pointillism toward a more expressive, human-centered style, the work balances architectural permanence with fleeting moments of daily life. Alongside the cathedral’s soaring towers, Luce depicts carriages, market vendors, and passersby moving across the bridge and riverbank, their energy conveyed through vibrant strokes of color. The interplay of warm reds and oranges with cooler blues and violets evokes both the vitality of modern Paris and the timeless presence of its Gothic landmark. Today housed in the Musée d’Orsay, the painting stands as a testament to Luce’s ability to fuse the poetry of urban life with the enduring spirit of the city’s architecture.

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