![]() ![]() Clemenceau's cross-dressing son, Bonheur, invites Julien to a surprise party for his eighteenth birthday on Friday evening. Julien is desperate to view this lost treasure, so as an incentive, his mother tells him if he does well in his literature class he will be able to see the painting before it goes up in the gallery.Ī few days later, Julien's mother takes him to see the long lost Renoir at the Clemenceau's home on Montmartre. ![]() This painting surfaced a month ago in a family of high fashion designers, the Clemenceau's, who claim to have had the painting in their family for over a hundred years. Meanwhile he is anxiously awaiting the arrival of Auguste Renoir's lost painting, The Girl In The Garden to the Musee d'Orsay. Julien is not sure just yet what is happening to the art so he keeps what he has seen a secret. ![]() The art coming alive continues for several weeks before the beginning of his story. Dancers from the Degas paintings step out and pirouette, a peach rolls out from Cezanne and a black cat slinks down from Manet's Olympia. ![]() One night he sees a most astonishing sight - subjects in the paintings come alive before his very eyes. Because of that he is allowed into the building whenever he wants. He works at the Musee d'Orsay where he runs tours after school. Julien has a deep connection to art his mother runs the Musee d'Orsay, an art museum that displays works from 1884 to 1914 and he also sketches. Julien Garnier lives in Paris with his parents where he attends the Lycee d'Aile. ![]()
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