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Last update on 5/06/2013
Last update on 5/06/2013
The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the 1930's
Maurice Denis does not in any way correspond to the image of the doomed artist : not only was he Christian but he is also fashionably popular today (not always hand in hand ). After the retrospective staged by Orsay in 2007, a series of (...)
1. Flemish Anonymous Life and Passion of Christ, XVIth century Oil on panel - 221 x 253 cm Reims, Musée des Beaux-arts Photo : Christian Devleeschauwer 21/3/12 - Acquisitions, restorations - Reims, Musée des Beaux-Arts - Located in a section of (...)
The masterpiece by Maurice Denis which just joined the Musée d’Orsay is an important acquisition for French heritage. In 1982, the planners of the future museum had tried to purchase it from the Parisian gallery who owned it at the time but to no (...)
In July 2009, the Sacred Heart chapel in the church of Sainte Marguerite at Le Vésinet, painted by Maurice Denis, was severely damaged by a fire. At the time, it seemed that the marouflé canvas on the ceiling would be permanently lost : the (...)
