Sculpture in its own garden
Works placed in the small garden where they were made.
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Yes, because its value lies as much in the place as in the work: a house, a studio and a small garden, free, and under an hour. Even without knowing the sculptor, seeing sculpture in the space where it was made is different from a gallery.
The City of Paris museums are all free in their permanent collections: the Carnavalet for the city's history, the Musée d'Art Moderne, Cernuschi for Asian art, the Maison de Balzac and the Musée de la Vie Romantique. Together they allow whole days in Paris without a ticket.
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A small museum in the house and studio of the sculptor Ossip Zadkine, behind the Luxembourg Gardens, among the most intimate museums in Paris. Zadkine was a sculptor of Russian-Belarusian origin who reached Paris in 1910 and worked within the Montparnasse generation alongside Picasso, Modigliani and Brâncuși. His manner is Cubist at root, with human forms fragmented and carved in wood and stone. The place is what distinguishes it: a small house, a studio and a garden, kept largely as they were. The sculptures are distributed between the rooms and the garden, so you see them in the space where they were made rather than in a white gallery. The garden is among the quietest corners in this crowded quarter. An important practical point: the permanent collection is free like the other City of Paris museums, with temporary exhibitions ticketed. The museum is very small, so the visit is under an hour and folds easily into the Luxembourg Gardens or Montparnasse.
Works placed in the small garden where they were made.
Zadkine worked in the circle of Picasso, Modigliani and Brâncuși.
Among the calmest places in a crowded quarter, and free.
Rue d'Assas, near the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris