Samedi 24 août 2019
Last update on 2/11/2016
Last update on 2/11/2016
The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the 1930's
Two French museums recently succeeded in reaching their fundraising goals to acquire important works for their collections. The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes which wanted to purchase an early work by Ribera thus raised the needed 300,000€ for (...)
We end our review of exhibitions in Paris organized around the Salon du Dessin on a late note since, their number having increased significantly this year, it took us more time to see them all. Before crossing the river to the left bank, we (...)
There are many exhibitions this year during the Salon du Dessin in private galleries around Paris. Besides the ones we mentioned earlier, here are a few more presenting some very beautiful offerings. Certainly the most outstanding is at Boquet (...)
The Musée de Valence recently launched a fundraising drive for the acquisition of a very beautiful painting by Hubert Robert representing a Mediterranean Pier from the Michel Descours Gallery in Lyon. The work had been presented in a landscape (...)
On 29 November 1789, Baron de Besenval, the military commander of the Ile-de-France region and of the Paris garrison when the first Revolutionary riots broke out (but also a great collector of Northern European paintings), was imprisoned at the (...)
Over the course of the 18th century, despite several exceptions, notably that of Venice, Italy's artistic stardom began to fade and its dominance to recede in favor of French painting. For this reason, the history of French artists who traveled (...)
Thanks to the Salon du Dessin, the number of events taking place elsewhere in the city at the same time continues to grow every year, extending the list of must-sees for visitors. 2011 was no different with even more exhibitions, from the Cercle (...)
We conclude here a series of three articles on recent acquisitions made by the Musée de Vizille, this time of works from around 1789, the date of the French Revolution.
Last 10 December the Getty Museum announced the purchase of Landscape with the Temptation of Saint Anthony by Roelandt Savery
On 26 June, Millon & Associés sold an exceptional collection of architectural drawings at the Hôtel Drouot, the whole accompanied by a luxurious catalogue.
