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With a moniker like ‘The City of Light’, it’s no wonder that Paris has inspired so many notable artists to pull out their palates. What have they created?

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Here are some painterly examples from the twinkling river banks to the humming back streets of Paris…

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Edgar Degas. Dancer in Front of the Window. 1873

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Gustave Caillebotte. Man at the Window. 1875

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Pierre-Auguste Rodin. Bal du moulin de la Galette. 1876

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Gustave Caillebotte. Rue de Paris, temps de pluie. 1877

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Claude Monet. Gare Saint-Lazare. 1877

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Édouard Manet. The Rue Mosnier with Flags. 1878

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Vincent van Gogh. Belvedere Overlooking Montmartre. 1886

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Mary Cassat. In the Loge. 1878

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Maurice Prendergast. The Tuileries Gardens, Paris. 1895

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Edward Hopper. Two Figures at Top of Steps in Paris. 1906

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Giorgio de Chirico. The Melancholy of Departure. 1914

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Agnes Goodsir. The Parisienne. 1924

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Raoul Dufy. Spirit of Electricity Excerpt. 1936/37

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Piet Mondrian. Place de la Concorde. 1938-43

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Header Art: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Woman with an Umbrella. 1889