The Bucket List # I Didn’t Know I Had
It was a metro ride away from our Paris hotel and a highlight of our three days in Paris.
And by highlight, I mean a light show like I’ve never seen.
Gustav Klimt at the Atelier des Lumières was a digital immersion installation that I first learned about when someone posted a video of it on Facebook.
This well known Klimt, The Kiss, has hung in my house for over 4 decades and the flowers I’m standing in front of in the picture above this one shows how the French impressionists, like Claude Monet, influenced Klimt.
Klimt was Austrian.
“Is that the painting from Woman in Gold?” I asked Joe, which was a movie starring Helen Mirren as an elderly Jewish woman who attempts to reclaim family possessions that were seized by the Nazis. Among them is a famous portrait of Maria’s beloved Aunt Adele who sat for Klimt and is pictured in “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Klimt did a lot of portraits and paintings of mothers and babies.
Everything was set to music. There was even a bar in the back of the show that included a light show (worthy of a whole post if I can get to it as my computer is being wonky) and a mirror room that was fun to play in.
In Givenchy we immersed our feet in Monet’s Lily Pond. Here we soaked up the colors and shapes. Soon our feet will be immersed in the Mediterranean Sea on the coast of Italy. Ciao!
See our visit to Monet’s Garden HERE.
August 10th, 2018 8:00 pm
Thank you for sharing your amazing (to me) travel experiences. Love that it is OK now to take pictures in the galleries.
August 10th, 2018 9:58 pm
Great pics, Colleen. To take pictures in the galleries has been liberalized? That would be fun!
Hank
August 11th, 2018 2:47 am
It was very freeing and like a giant playground of color and images. Everyone was taking pictures.
August 11th, 2018 3:35 am
Oh my, on my! Magnificent. I want to be there at this very moment. Thank you for sharing. Love that you have these extraordinary images to add to what must be the most splendid memories you will carry with you.
August 11th, 2018 5:49 am
Wow. What a brilliant way to see those masterworks!
August 13th, 2018 7:50 am
My Beloved Sandra and I have a good-sized The Kiss hanging over our fireplace.
Your travels are enthralling, CR! Soak up every detail!
August 13th, 2018 8:55 am
This is a great post! One of my favorites! I should of came here before going on Facebook to see that the pictures are from Gustiv Klimt – The KISS is the best!
August 13th, 2018 9:00 am
I forgot to add – how much I liked the short video you put here. This place is amazing and wish I was there as I wish I was going to Italy with you all.
August 13th, 2018 2:16 pm
We want to come back with you and Nelson!