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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
Pauline Viardot was a well known figure during the Romantic period in Paris. Initially a pianist, she turned to singing after the death of her sister, Maria Malibran, also composing melodies and operas for private circles. In 1863, following the (...)
The Musée de Picardie is very active as concerns its 19th century collection. A few days ago, it inaugurated its new hang in the Grand Salon and last 15 November, the museum pre-empted at the Hôtel Drouot, Thierry de Maigret auctioneers, a drawing (...)
The descendants of Louis Philippe have been slowly selling off the furniture over the past few years... Last 2 December, the auctioneers Delorme & Collin du Bocage organized yet another sale at the Hôtel Drouot of "royal souvenirs from the (...)
Now that Daniel Marchesseau, director here since 1999, will soon be retiring in February 2013, the Musée de la Vie Romantique is taking stock of the acquisitions made during this period, a particularly impressive record. The curator's wise (...)
The Musée de la Vie Romantique, a setting for the works and souvenirs of Ary Scheffer and George Sand, recreating an atmosphere and a period, continued to enrich its collections in 2011 and 2012 thanks to donations from the Société des Amis of the (...)
The Musée de la Vie Romantique does not always stay on the beaten path. This time, it is offering a very instructive exhibition on Russian Romantic artists, a subject which is still relatively unknown in France. All of the works come from the (...)
