Dimanche 18 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
There is a fine line between bravery and ignorance. A contemporary artist who dares to stand alongside the old masters in any case comes across as being almost foolhardy. The Palais des Beaux-Arts wished to pay tribute to Jean-Baptiste Wicar, (...)
Paul Jeromack announced it in an article published in The Art Newspaper : the Metropolitan Museum last 29 January purchased a drawing by Jacques-Louis David at an auction held at Swann Galleries in New York for the very reasonable amount of $700 (...)
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes, currently closed due to work on an addition and general refurbishment, has not however stopped all activity, rather the contrary. The adjacent chapel of the Oratoriens (which will be accessible directly through (...)
The theme of the influence of Antiquity on the art of the second half of the 18th century, what is commonly called Neoclassicism, is treated often. This does not however detract from the fact that the exhibition at the Louvre is a resounding (...)
Should private collections be exhibited at the Louvre ? The answer is certainly yes when they are of museum quality. This was the case for the Louis-Antoine Prat’s and also the Motais de Narbonne’s which will be shown in the spring. Can one say (...)
The exhibition which opened yesterday at the Turquin Gallery consists of only three paintings. But it is sure to be at the center of an intense discussion in museum and art history circles.
Jacques-Louis David’s early career was toilsome (to be honest, so was the end). A distant relative of François Boucher, a student of Vien and occasional collaborator with Fragonard, we now know that it was only after a long shedding-off of the (...)
Many of the acquisitions made by the Metropolitan Museum in recent months have not been mentioned here and it is now high time that we take a look at the latest additions
