The Boulevard de Clichy () is a famous street of Paris, which lends its name to the

Place de Clichy The Place de Clichy, also known as "Place Clichy", is situated in the northwestern quadrant of Paris. It is formed by the intersection of the Boulevard de Clichy, the Avenue Clichy, the Rue Clichy, the Boulevard des Batignolles, and the Rue ...

, resulted from the fusion, in 1864, of the roads that paralleled the Wall of the Farmers-General, both inside and out. It extends from the

to the

Rue des Martyrs The Rue des Martyrs is a street that passes through the 9th and 18th arrondissements of Paris, France. The street is an old historic route in Pigalle leading up to the village of Montmartre, linking the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette with Sa ...

, nearly a kilometre away. During its tenure, the street has been known as the ''Boulevard des Martyrs'', then the ''Boulevard Pigalle'', and, finally, the ''Boulevard de Clichy''. It is equally well known as the Boulevard Clichy.

Notable buildings on the Boulevard de Clichy

*No. 6, Boulevard de Clichy: The painter,

Edgar Degas Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionism, Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas also produced bronze sculptures, Printmaking, prints ...

, lived here; he also died on the fifth floor of this house, in 1917, aged 83. *No. 11: This house was occupied by Théophile Delcassé, for many years the French Foreign Minister, and it was also the rented quarters of many artists, among them

Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

in 1909. *No. 12: This was studio of French painter William Didier-Pouget, and the ''pied-à-terre'', in 1910, of the painter, Francis Tattegrain. *No. 18, Boulevard Pigalle: Here, the American painter,

James Abbott McNeill Whistler James Abbott McNeill Whistler (; July 10, 1834July 17, 1903) was an American painter active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading pr ...

, executed the portrait of Joanna Hiffernan, a painting known as ''La Fille Blanche'', during the winter of 1861–1862. *No. 34: Cabaret du Néant *No. 36: Now the Paris headquarters of the Lebanese comedy troupe, the ''

Théâtre de Dix-Heures Le Théâtre de Dix-Heures (English: The 10 O’clock Theater) was a Lebanese comic theatrical group which functioned between 1962 and 1978 before being revived in 1986. They specialized in comedy. History in 1962, le Théâtre de Dix-Heures w ...

'', this building was the home of

Honoré Daumier Honoré-Victorin Daumier (; February 26, 1808February 10, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second N ...

, the characaturist and painter, from 1869 to 1873. *No. 53: Location of the old cabarets Le Ciel and L'Enfer. *No. 62: The site of the

Café du Tambourin Café du Tambourin was a restaurant in Paris, France. Owned by Agostina Segatori, it was first located at 27 rue de Richelieu, and then in March 1885 reopened at 62 Boulevard de Clichy. Famous painter, Jules Chéret, made a poster for the Cabare ...

, the restaurant owned by

Agostina Segatori Agostina Segatori (Ancona 1841–1910 Paris) was a famous model who posed for celebrated painters in Paris, France, such as Édouard Joseph Dantan, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Eugène Delacroix, Vincent van Gogh and Édoua ...

associated with Vincent van Gogh and other painters. *No. 65: The painter,

Jean-Léon Gérôme Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living artist by 1880." The ra ...

, had his studio here from 1884 to 1900;

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in th ...

may also have lived in the building at some stage. The Sainte-Rita Chapel has occupied the ground floor since 1956. *No. 68: This is the second, and ultimate, home of the old cabaret, ''

Le Chat noir Le Chat Noir (; French for "The Black Cat") was a nineteenth-century entertainment establishment, in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. It was opened on 18 November 1881 at 84 Boulevard de Rochechouart by the impresario Rodolphe Salis, ...

'' (The Black Cat), which originally opened around the corner at 84 Boulevard Rouchechouart. This place was esteemed for its excellent (and surprising) entertainments. *No. 72: Musée de l'Erotisme (

Museum of Eroticism Museum of Eroticism (French: Musée de l'érotisme) was a sex museum in Paris devoted to the erotic art collections of antique dealer Alain Plumey and French teacher Jo Khalifa. It closed its doors on November 7th, 2016. Founded in 1997, the museum ...

). *No. 75: The Italian painter Fausto Zonaro rented a studio in 1888. * No 77: Lycée Jules-Ferry (secondary school). opened in 1913 after the property was rebuilt. *No. 82: Beginning in 1889, this is where the Moulin-Rouge (Red Mill), the home of the Can-can, opened its doors. It was founded by

Joseph Oller Josep Oller i Roca (1839–1922) was a Catalan entrepreneur who lived in Paris for most of his life. He co-founded the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge with Charles Zidler and was the inventor of the parimutuel betting. Biography Born in Terrassa, Jo ...

. *No. 100: Now the ''Théâtre des Deux Ânes'' (Two Donkeys Theatre), this building was once the cabaret known as the ''Cabaret des Truands'' (Cabaret of Truants).

Métro stations

The Boulevard de Cichy is located near the

Paris Metro Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

stations

, Blanche, and

Pigalle Pigalle may refer to: Places ;Paris, France *Quartier Pigalle, an area in Paris around the Place Pigalle, on the border between the 9th and the 18th arrondissements *Place Pigalle, public square in the Quartier Pigalle at the foot of the Montmartre ...

, served by the Paris m 2 jms

, and

lines.

References

Sources

* ''Dictionnaire des rues de Paris'' * ''Paris Guide'' 1807 – Librairie Internationale {{Authority control 9th arrondissement of Paris 18th arrondissement of Paris

Clichy Clichy may refer to: In Paris Region, France * Canton of Clichy, an administrative division of the Hauts-de-Seine department, in northern France * Clichy-sous-Bois, commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis ''département'' * Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, comm ...