20 Surrealist

1. Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, 9e
2. Square Laurent Prache homage to Guillaume Apollinaire, 6e
3. Théâtre de la Huchette, 5e
4. Essaion, 4e.
5. Centre Pompidou, 4e.
6. Place Dauphine, 1er
7. Le quartier Saint-Merri, 4e
8. Marie-Laure de Noaille's hôtel particulier now Maison Baccarat, 16e
9. Le Studio 28, 18e
10. Le Meurice Hotel, 1er.
11. The passage between rue du Faubourg-Montmartre to the Jardins du Palais Royal
12. La Place Blanche and 9e
13. Les Buttes Chaumont, 19e
14. La porte Saint-Denis and porte Saint-Martin, 10e
15. La Tour Saint-Jacques, 1er
16. 42 rue Fontaine, 9e
17. Espace Dali, 18e 18. L'Hôtel des Écoles, 14e
19. Puces St Ouen
20. The pont-levis in rue de Crimée between bassin de la Villette and the canal de l’Ourcq, 19e

Comments

[Michael Kurcfeld]

Fun list, but it would be great to get some detail on each entry... what's the Surrealist link?

[Ana]

1. Théâtre de l'Oeuvre: The opening word 'Merde' in Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi 1896 provoked a riot here in 1896. Not strictly 'surrealist'- only because the term had not been invented. 55 rue de Clichy, 9e

2. Square Laurent Prache gives homage to Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet who coined 'surrealism'. His bust sculpted by Picasso entitled "La Poésie" is in this garden. Rue de l'Abbaye, 6e

3. Eugene Ionesco's "La Leçon" and "La cantatrice chauve" is regularly on show at Théâtre de la Huchette. 23 rue de la Huchette, 5e

4. And Jean Cocteau's "L'école des veuves" is now on at the Essaion. 6, rue Pierre au Lard, 4e.

5. The Pompidou for its collection of Antonin Artaud's sketches, as well as Man Ray's photo portraits of him, 4e.

6. André Breton mentions Place Dauphine in his surrealist novel Nadja, as Paris' "sexe féminin". 1er

7. Once home to poetic anagrams for Robert Desnos, also inspired artists Max Ernst and Gérard de Nerval. 4e

8. Once housed parties for high society, intellectuals and artists such as Henri Laurens and Jacques Lacan for 50 years. 11 Place des Etats-Unis, 16e

9. Where riots broke out at the premiere of Bunuel's L'Age d'Or in 1930. rue de Tholozé, 18e

10. Where Dali once stayed. Their restaurant is now named after him, 228 rue de Rivoli, 1er.

11. For its mysterious qualities that Aragon describes in "Le Paysan de Paris", (1924)

12. Another meeting point for the movement's artists.

13. Considered a "legendary paradise" by the surrealists.

14. and 15. were considered objects of fascination for the surrealists. Both are mentioned in Breton's Vases Communiquants.

16. Where André Breton once lived.

17. An unexpected space full of the artists' creations exhibited under an ever changing light, guided by the voice of the artist himself.

18. Man Ray's old photo studio where Kiki, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein and Jean Cocteau would model for him.

19. A place to find an objet trouvé - an object that suddenly attracts you while you stroll around in a dreamlike state.

20. Photographed by Brassai in 1933-1934 (now at the Pompidou).