An elderly artist creates a female portrait at his easel in Place du Tertre

An experienced painter works with concentration on his portrait in Place du Tertre, the artistic heart of Montmartre. Seen from behind, the artist with the typical beret of Parisian painters traces the delicate features of a female face on canvas. The black and white photograph captures the bohemian atmosphere that still pervades this corner of Paris, where artistic tradition is passed down from generation to generation. Place du Tertre, located steps away from the Sacre Coeur Basilica, daily hosts dozens of artists perpetuating the spirit of the Belle Epoque, when Montmartre was the center of Parisian artistic life.

Paris, Montmartre, painter, portrait, Place du Tertre, bohemian, art, France