The exhibition 'The Spirit of Montmartre and Modern Art' is an invitation to discover the radical and anti-establishment philosophy of the artists of Montmartre at the turn of the twentieth century. Placing the spotlight on the Arts incohérents, the Hydropathes, fumisme, the Cabaret des Quat'z'Arts and the Vachalcade, it illustrates the importance that Montmartre held as a center of the artistic avant-garde. 200 archive items and 150 works from the Musée de Montmartre and other public and private collections demonstrate the varied means used by the artists of the period (satire, caricature), their preferred media (posters, illustrations, songs) and their favorite places for expression of their art (cabarets, the circus).
The variety of works reproduced from the Montmartre Museum's own collection serve as a rich guide to the collection and to the history of the elegant buildings, the beautiful gardens and the important artists in residence: Émile Bernard, Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo