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The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the 1930's
The sculpture stand occupied at TEFAF by David and Constance Yates in association with Trebosc & van Lelyveld always offers the highest quality. The Sterling & Francine Clark Institute made no mistake in choosing them to purchase a (...)
Several late 19th century sculptures, most of them French, joined the collections at the Metropolitan in 2012 and 2013. Three profiles stand out in this ensemble, each in a different material. Purchased in 2013 by Eugene V. Thaw from the (...)
The Musée du Second Empire at the château in Compiègne owns several works by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, including a large plaster sculpture representing the group of Ugolino, surrounded by his children. The subject, drawn from Canto XXXIII of Dante's (...)
Since our last article highlighting acquisitions at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes, the museum has added several more important works, thanks to both donations and purchases. The Carpeaux holdings have thus expanded with a drawing (...)
As if a reminder were needed, the importance of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's graphic work, long overshadowed by his sculpture, is once again center stage at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes, the artist's hometown. After "Daumier-Carpeaux : (...)
Since 2011, the exhibition which Talabardon & Gautier offer annually takes place in March, instead of in the autumn. Except for this modification in dates, the tradition has not changed otherwise : the publication of a beautiful and well (...)
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes purchased, without preemptions, three works by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux at the Fabius auction, thus consolidating its already extensive holdings of the artist. The most important of these purchases is a (...)
Pursuing a dynamic acquisitions policy over the last four years, the Clark Institute has enriched its collections with art objects, sculptures, drawings and paintings. First off, in ceramics, a cup and saucer in hard-paste porcelain (acquired in (...)
The Galerie Fabius Frères was founded by Elie Fabiu, one of the most important antique dealers in the early 20th century. It was then taken over by his three sons, finally by his grand-son François Fabius who had worked with them for a long time. (...)
Some museums, despite particularly low acquisition budgets, at times manage to make purchases or else receive donations, thus continuing to enrich their collections, albeit in a modest way. We have not yet mentioned (except perhaps on one (...)
