Rue Ampere

Research Status: Moderate Last Updated: 2026-02-10 Diary Coverage: Paris years (1877-1884)

Overview

The Rue Ampere is a street in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, in the Batignolles-Monceau quarter. It is referenced in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary in connection with the family's Parisian residences. The 17th arrondissement, particularly the area around the Parc Monceau and the Plaine Monceau, was a fashionable residential district in the late 19th century that attracted wealthy families, including the Bashkirtseffs.

Historical Context

The 17th arrondissement in the 1870s-1880s:

• A relatively new and fashionable residential area
• Developed during the Second Empire and early Third Republic
• Attracted bourgeois and upper-class families
• The nearby Avenue de Villiers (where the Bashkirtseffs' main Paris residence at number 206 was located) was in the same general area
• Good access to the artistic quarter and to the Bois de Boulogne

Significance for Marie

The Rue Ampere was part of Marie's Parisian neighborhood:

• Near the family's residence on Avenue de Villiers
• In the quarter where the family lived and socialized
• Part of the daily geography of Marie's Paris life

Related Entries

• #Paris - The city
• #Bois_de_Boulogne - Nearby park