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Via the rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, place Saint-Georges to the rue Saint-Georges at no.35 where RENOIR had an atelier from 1873. Via the rue Saint-Lazare to the rue des Martyrs. At no.75 used to be the famous Brasserie des Martyrs where the painter COURBET explained his new painting theories to his friends BAUDELAIRE, PROUDHON and
THEOPHILE GAUTHIER. PISSARRO and MONET where very young at that time and were so impressed by the master, that they barely had the courage to speak to RENOIR. But it was cosy and convivial. On three floors.
 According to ALPHONSE DAUDET every celebrity had his own table and here they formed whet was called a "communis opinio" about art and culture. The brothers GONCOURT named it a "cavern" for "bohemians of lower journalism" and thus " a world of frustrated liars!"
From the rue des Martyrs left into the rue des Abbesses. It changes via the rue Tholozé (with the famous view on the Moulin de la Galette painted by COROT, VAN
GOGH, TOULOUSE-LAUTREC and CEZANNE) into the rue Lepic. At no.54 THEO and VINCENT VAN GOGH had their home. Continue to the avenue Junot where RENOIR painted the world famous "Bal du Moulin de la Galette" in the garden.
Via rue Girardon, make a right into the rue de l'Abreuvoir and continue the rue Cortot with a visit to the Musee Montmartre at no.12. The house was first used by AUGUSTE RENOIR and later on by EMILE BERNARD (a great friend of VAN GOGH), RAOUL DUFY and MAURICE UTRILLO. We are now very near to the place du Tertre, thoroughly renovated during the last years. With new trees and everything. But not to remind the glorious past it's horrible kitsch.
Bibliography
The crisis of Impressionism 1878-1882, by Ann Harbor (university of Michigan)--Visions of City and Country: prints and photographs of 19th century France (Worcester Art museum and New-york, American federation of Arts), Renoir, ses amis, ses modèles, by J.Baudot (Paris 1949),
Impressionism and Journalistic Illustration, by J.Isaacson (Arts magazine, june 1982)
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