Galerie Maeght, Art gallery in 7th arrondissement, France

Galerie Maeght occupies a building at 42 rue du Bac, in the 7th arrondissement, with a bookshop on the same site selling lithographs, etchings, bibliophile books and issues of the review Derrière Le Miroir. The gallery opened in 1956 with an exhibition of Alberto Giacometti. A sign photographed on a nearby post reads "Francois FIEDLER" above "GALERIE MAEGHT" and "13 rue de Téhéran Paris 8", the address of the original Paris gallery opened in October 1945.

Aimé and Marguerite Maeght ran a Cannes decoration shop from 1936 that grew into a gallery; in 1943 they moved to Saint-Paul-de-Vence. The Paris gallery opened in October 1945 at rue de Téhéran with a Matisse exhibition, followed in 1946 by Bonnard, Braque, Marchand, Rouault and Baya, and in 1947 by Le Surréalisme. In 1956 Paule and Adrien Maeght opened a second gallery at 42 rue du Bac with a Giacometti show.

The gallery showcases work by French and Spanish artists focusing on painting, sculpture, and printmaking. You encounter pieces by established creators whose work has shaped Paris's art world over many decades.

The gallery occupies 42, rue du Bac in the 7th arrondissement, while the sign photographed hangs at 13 rue de Téhéran in the 8th, the address of the original 1945 Paris gallery. At rue du Bac a bookshop sells lithographs, etchings and the review Derrière Le Miroir. The gallery belongs to the Chambre Syndicale de l'Estampe, du Dessin et du Tableau.

The gallery operates a publishing arm called Maeght Editeur that has produced thousands of art books and prints since its start. These publications not only document exhibitions but also shape how artworks circulate and are understood globally.