1887 -1930 · Rue Cortot, rue des Saules, cobblestones and Parisian panorama

Luce looks at Montmartre as a district in transformation: slope, paving stone deposit, houses and industrial horizon unite the poetry of height and the reality of work.

Born in Paris into a family of artisans, Maximilien Luce knows Montmartre as a lived space rather than a bohemian setting. Its views from rue Cortot open the eye towards Saint-Denis and the industrial plain. The high point allows you to juxtapose first plans of land, houses on the hillside and urban horizon. Montmartre, rue des Saules on the contrary follows the steep axis of a road still lined with walls and modest constructions. In Pavement Depot in Montmartre, the street material becomes the main subject. The accumulated blocks recall the transformations of Paris and the work necessary to modernize the city. Paris seen from Montmartre, the material of the street becomes the main subject. The accumulated blocks recall the transformations of Paris and the work necessary for the modernization of the city. Paris seen from Montmartre finally expands the district to a panorama where chimneys, roofs and atmosphere merge. Luce adopted neo-impressionism in 1887 with Pissarro, Seurat and Signac, then gradually broadened her touch after 1897. This development suited the Montmartre motif: the divided colors made the air and the distance, while the freer material described floor, wall and construction site. His anarchist commitment distances him from a folkloric vision. He sees in the mound a place where inhabitants, workers, roads and landscape coexist at the very moment when the capital transforms them. The "Montmartre de Maximilien Luce" selection takes him away from a folkloric vision. He sees in the mound a place where inhabitants, workers, roads and landscape coexist at the very moment when the capital transforms them. His anarchist commitment distances him from a folkloric vision. He sees in the mound a place where inhabitants, workers, roads and landscape coexist at the very moment when the capital transforms them. The "Montmartre de Maximilien Luce" selection notably compares Montmartre, rue Cortot. View towards Saint-Denis and Montmartre, rue des Saules. Its reading favors the story.

Luce's Montmartre is not just about cabarets: it is made of slopes, cobblestones, walls and a horizon where Paris works.