President

I am absolutely thrilled to present you with the first edition of Number 12 - a collaborative publication between the American Friends and the Musée de Montmartre. We wanted to create something that allows those who do not live in France or speak French to experience the Musée and the magical world it unlocks. As our editor, Sophie Evans, describes in her piece, Montmartre is a layered city. The ebullient, artistic world of the turn of the century is still there, hidden beneath the Montmartre of present day, but we need the Musée to access it.

The name Number 12 is a reference to the Musée’s address on the Rue Cortot. We chose it because it encapsulates the neighborhood’s layered nature, housing the studios of Renoir, Utrillo, and Valadon long before it became the Musée. It is my hope that this publication can be a guide for our friends – a guide to the Musée, its exhibitions, its gardens ... a guide to Montmartre as it existed over a century ago. Turn the page to hear fin de siècle expert, Phillip Dennis Cate, address the birthplace of modern art and Sophie Evans describe the storied nature of Montmartre. Learn about the “destroyer of paintings,” Charles Camoin, and take in the gorgeous works of Number 12’s own Utrillo, scattered throughout the pages.

Future editions will also include exclusive invitations to Museum events, and contact details and membership information can be found on the back cover.

We’re so excited to share this first copy of Number 12 with you, and I welcome any and all of your thoughts about what’s to come.

Jacqui MICHEL

AFMM PRESIDENT