Montmartre is an area of historic Butte, home to the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur in the form of a hill (Butte Montmartre) as high as 130 meters, north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is known as Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and the white domed as a nightclub district. And now Montmartre became one of the most famous places in France even in the world. This is due to Montmartre to be one place that has a history of high art culture. So many world travelers who come to this place for day trips. In addition, Montmartre is also often used as the setting for several hit movies.
Many artists working studios and settled around Montmartre, such as: In the mid-19th century, artists such as Johan Jongkind and Camille Pissarro came to inhabit Montmartre. But only at the end of the century it became a major art center district in Paris. A restaurant opened near the old windmill near the top, the Moulin de la galette.
Association of artists such as Les Nabis and Incoherents formed and individuals including Vincent van Gogh, Pierre Brissaud, Alfred Jarry, Gen Paul, Jacques Villon, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Suzanne Valadon, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Maurice Utrillo, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Théophile Steinlen, and African-American expatriates such as Langston Hughes worked in Montmartre and a few poor artists like Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani.
