What was the name of the café where Impressionists regularly met in Paris?

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The Impressionists regularly met at Café Guerbois in Paris.

The café stood on the avenue de Clichy in the Batignolles area, near Édouard Manet’s studio. During the 1860s and early 1870s, Manet became the central figure in lively gatherings there. Painters, writers and art enthusiasts debated modern art, realism, the official Salon and the direction French painting should take.

Regular participants included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley, Frédéric Bazille and Émile Zola; Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro sometimes joined them. The circle became associated with the Batignolles Group, a precursor to the organized Impressionist movement.

Café Guerbois is sometimes mixed up with Les Deux Magots or Café de Flore, which are better known for later literary and artistic circles on the Left Bank. The artists eventually shifted toward the Café de la Nouvelle Athènes, especially after their studios moved closer to Pigalle.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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