Vendredi 13 décembre 2013
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Last update on 12/12/2013
The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the 1930's
A Painting Stolen from the Musée de Picardie Found at Public Auction 26/11/2013
Last 8 December, a large landscape by Pierre Thullier, dated 1843, estimated at a modest 3,000 to 4,000€, was supposed to go on the block at the Reims auction hall. Quite fortunately for the Musée de Picardie, Stéphane Grodée, a dealer in old (...)
The Exhibition "L’Héritage de van der Weyden" : the Opaqueness of the Musées Royaux 22/11/2013
We received the official press release from the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts today announcing the definitive closing of the exhibition "Les suiveurs de Roger van der Weyden". But the story behind this statement is not quite as clear as the (...)
The Exhibition of Roger van der Weyden’s Followers in Brussels Closes Two Months Early 21/11/2013
Our collaborator Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges saw it and was soon going to write a review on it. She will now be spared the task ! The retrospective "L’Héritage de Roger van der Weyden. Peinture à Bruxelles 1450-1520" was remarkable according to (...)
Recent Acquisitions by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes 21/11/2013
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes has made four interesting 19th century additions to its collections in the course of 2013. The first is a painting which qualifies as Ossianic only in its subject since its execution does not at all convey the (...)
Purchase of an Emile Peynot Cast by La Piscine in Roubaix 18/11/2013
At the Artcurial auction on 13 November when the Musée Delacroix pre-empted the Portrait of Jérôme Bonaparte by Géricault, La Piscine in Roubaix (Musée d’Art et d’Industrie André Diligent) purchased a cast of a sculpture by Emile Peynot for 9,743€ (...)
Pre-emption of a Géricault for the Musée Delacroix 15/11/2013
At the Artcurial auction on 13 November, the Musée Delacroix purchased an Equestrian Portrait of Jérôme Bonaparte painted by Théodore Géricault after Jean-Antoine Gros, for 94,734€ (including charges) thanks to a (...)
Two Rare Paintings by Giovanni Boulanger on the Block in Paris 13/11/2013
These are not the highest estimates at the Artcurial auction which is to take place this evening, Wednesday 13 November in Paris, but these two works are without question among the most interesting for art (...)
A New Authentic Replica of Ingres’ La Grande Odalisque 12/11/2013
We are always quick to point out the pseudo-discoveries announced by the media in sensational articles so this time have carefully measured our steps before speaking out on a previously unknown work, all the more so as it is attributed to a (...)
A Canvas by Ernest Bordes Donated to the Musée Jeanne-d’Albret in Orthez 07/11/2013
A portrait of Paul Reclus by Ernest Bordes was recently donated by the great-granddaughter of the surgeon, Odile Pagezy-Buisson, to the Musée Jeanne-d’Albret in Orthez. The model is staring at the viewer in a position which is both self-confident (...)
A Ramón Casas and a Hans Thoma Acquired by the Dallas Museum of Art 07/11/2013
This American museum recently acquired a painting by a major Catalan artist from the early 20th century, Ramón Casas, purchased at the Mathieu Néouze Gallery in Paris. The work is particularly striking due to its composition which is in fact (...)
The Hornstein Donation in Montreal (5) 06/11/2013
We continue our series of articles highlighting the exceptional Hornstein donation in Montreal with three landscape paintings. In connection, we would like to point out also that construction on the future extension to the Musée des Beaux-Arts (...)
A Portrait by Constable for the National Galleries of Scotland 04/11/2013
What is the connection between Corot’s Italian Woman and Constable’s portrait of Laura Moubray ? Lucian Freud. Both these paintings belonged to the artist who donated them to Britain through acceptance in lieu after his death in 2011 : the (...)
A Tapestry after Vouet for the Amiens Museum 30/10/2013
The Musée de Picardie was the highest bidder at the Koller auction in Zurich on 22 March 2013, paying 38, 400 Swiss Francs (including charges) for this tapestry piece after Simon Vouet which has now joined the collections. This illustration of (...)
A Delft Vase Acquired by the Dutch Ceramics Museum 28/10/2013
The work had been on deposit for thirteen years at the Dutch Ceramics Museum ; the owner finally decided to part with it and the museum was able to purchase it with the help of the Ottema-Kingma Stichting and the Vereniging (...)
Charity by Van Delen Exhibited at the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts in a Controversial Presentation 28/10/2013
When it was acquired, the Fondation Roi Baudouin had announced its intention to replace this newly discovered group, Charity, by Jean Van Delen in its original location, that is the superb funerary chapel of the Tour et Taxis family in the (...)
Two Matisses for the Musée national d’art moderne 25/10/2013
Two works by Matisse have just joined the Centre Pompidou, thanks to a donation from Barbara Duthuit, wife of Claude Duthuit, the artist’s grandson, who passed away in 2011 : a 1910 oil entitled Marguerite with a Black Cat along with a large (...)
A Terracotta by Godecharle for the Louvre 25/10/2013
The Département des Sculptures at the Louvre recently purchased a terracotta by the Belgian sculptor Gilles-Lambert Godecharle representing Charity from the Patrice Bellanger Gallery in Paris. Signed and dated 1795, this very accomplished study (...)
Parisian Churches in Distress : Two Associations Give Numbers 24/10/2013
Two associations, SOS Paris and the Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux today published a press release in reaction to the listing of two churches as part of imperilled world heritage monuments, entitled "Cri d’alarme pour les églises de Paris" (...)
A Painting by Nathaniel Dance Acquired by Cincinnati 17/10/2013
The Art Museum in Cincinnati has just acquired a painting by Nathaniel Dance from the Richard Green Gallery in London. The painting is in good condition, quite naturally after all since it remained for two centuries in the same family until its (...)
A Goya Portrait Acquired by the Meadows Museum 14/10/2013
After remaining unsold at a Sotheby’s auction last 31st January 2013 in New York where it was estimated at between $6 and 8 millon, the portrait of Mariano by Goya was finally acquired by the Meadows Museum which already owns five works by the (...)
Valérie Guillaume Appointed as Head of the Musée Carnavalet 13/10/2013
The appointment of Valérie Guillaume as head of the Musée Carnavalet starting 1st December 2013 does not come as a surprise as we had known about it for several weeks, though the recruiting procedure was still in progress. However, the news might (...)
The Desk of Prince Murat by Riesener Acquired by Richmond 13/10/2013
In our review of the last Maastricht Fair on this site, we had reproduced a "bureau plat" by Jean Henri Riesener presented by the Perrin Gallery from Paris. This piece of furniture, which belonged to the collection of Prince and Princess (...)
The State of Parisian Churches : the World Monument Fund Denounces the Scandal 08/10/2013
The mission of the World Monument Fund is to help safeguard architectural masterpieces from serious threat, by contributing to their restoration in association with the official institutions in charge of their conservation and by publishing on a (...)
Camille Claudel Comes out of Hiding 07/10/2013
She died twice in a way : locked up in 1919, then passed away in 1943 ; she never sculpted again for the last thirty years of her life. The Musée Rodin in Paris is paying tribute to Camille Claudel, who died seventy years ago, by staging an (...)
A 2010 Tissot Donation to the Met Sold in 2013 03/10/2013
On 16 June 2010, barely three years ago, we announced the donation by Mrs. Wrightsman of two small paintings by James Tissot to the Metropolitan Museum. Today, one of them is to be resold by the institution at Christie’s New York on 28 (...)
The Exhibition, "Signac, les couleurs de l’eau" at the Musée Fabre 30/09/2013
After Giverny, the exhibition Signac, The Colors of Water, is now being presented at the Musée Fabre until 27 October 2013. We will not return in detail to this show and refer our readers to Julie Demarle’s article already published on this (...)
A Portrait by Wright of Derby Acquired by Birmingham 27/09/2013
The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery has just purchased a portrait of Erasmus Darwin (ill. 1), the grandfather of Charles Darwin, painted by Joseph Wright of Derby, from the Philip Mould & Co. Gallery in London. The work had been sold on (...)
Beaubourg-Metz To Show Works outside Exhibitions 24/09/2013
The announcement might have appeared to be hastily made but the idea had been in the pipeline for some time : the Centre Pompidou Metz will present works from the Parisian collection, outside of formal exhibitions, for at least two years (and (...)
A New Gallery Specialized in 19th century Painting Opens in Paris 24/09/2013
While the Musée de la Vie Romantique is presenting a beautiful exhibition on Romantic studies (an article will soon appear), a new gallery devoted exclusively to the 19th century has opened its doors just a few yards away from the (...)
A Painting by Michel Corneille for the Château de Maisons 24/09/2013
Three décors by Michel Corneille, the elder, a student of Simon Vouet, are still preserved, a rare case for a French artist of this period. One is religious (a painted chapel in the church of Saint Nicolas des Champs in Paris), the two others (...)
The Fontainebleau Halle Destroyed 23/09/2013
There was no second miracle. As announced, exactly one week after the Heritage Weekend and the solemn statements pronounced by the French Minister of Culture concerning 20th century heritage, the mayor of Fontainebleau, Frédéric Valletoux, had (...)
Rennes Launches a Fundraiser to Purchase a Ribera 20/09/2013
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes has launched a fundraiser, from 15 September to 31 December 2013, a public appeal in order to acquire a painting by Jusepe de Ribera which resurfaced last year in an exhibition organized by the Tarantino Gallery (...)
A Fernand Léger Painting Acquired by the Metropolitan 20/09/2013
He promised to donate 78 Cubist works to the Metropolitan Museum, among them some masterpieces ; over the years, the collector Leonard Lauder assembled creations by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger and Juan Gris which are to be (...)
The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm Acquires a Painting by Nils Andersson 17/09/2013
The subject is drawn from Norse mythology. Heimdall Returning the Brisin Necklace to Freyja was painted by the Swedish artist, Nils Andersson in 1846. Sold at the Auktionskammare in Upsala on 13 June 2013 for 22,000 crowns, it now resides at (...)
A Sargent Portrait Acquired by the Amon Carter Museum 13/09/2013
Sargent did not only apply his talents as a portraitist to women, as shown by this likeness of Edwin Booth (1833-1893), which the Amon Carter Museum in Forth Worth, specialized in American art, acquired recently. Booth was a famous American (...)
Still-lifes Acquired by the National Gallery in Washington 10/09/2013
Several still-lifes from the 17th and 18th centuries joined the collections at the National Gallery in Washington in 2012 and 2013. One, Wild Strawberries and Carnation in a Wan-Li Bowl was painted on copper around 1620 by the Flemish artist, (...)
Discovery of an (almost) Unpublished Van Gogh 10/09/2013
Hidden away in an attic, a painting by Vincent Van Gogh was recently rediscovered and was just unveiled at the Van Gogh Museum. This Sunset at Montmajour painted in 1888 dates from the artist’s period in Arles. It belongs to a private collector (...)
The Tate Britain Acquires a Constable 10/09/2013
One of England’s most emblamatic artists almost left the country recently. Fortunately, the painting will simply be moving from one English museum to another. Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, on deposit since 1983 at the National Gallery, (...)
A San Giovannino Attributed to Michaelangelo Reconstructed 10/09/2013
Rarely a year, even a month, goes by without the discovery of a so called Michelangelo, be it Buonarroti or Merisi ! The readers of The Art Tribune are well aware as we regularly denounce these media scoops, often concerning works where an (...)
The Clark Institute Receives a Donation of Sixteen Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings 10/09/2013
A couple of private collectors, Frank and Katherine Martucci, recently donated sixteen late 19th and early 20th century works to the Clark Institute. Among these, eight paintings by George Inness join the two canvases once acquired by Sterling (...)
The Destruction of the Church in Gesté : the "Error" in the Letter of the Prefect of Maine-et-Loire 09/09/2013
Can a prefect knowingly lie to a national non-profit association of public utility ? This is of course impossible. A high ranking official representing the French government could never lose himself in this way. If not, how best describe what (...)
The Lyon Museum Finally Acquires Two Landscapes by Fragonard 03/09/2013
2/9/13 - Acquisitions - Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts - The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, which had launched a fundraising appeal in December 2012 in order to acquire two paintings by Fragonard, The Rock and The Watering Hole, owned by a private (...)
A 15th century Triptych Acquired by the Boijmans Museum 30/08/2013
The collection at the Boijmans Museum was enriched in July 2013 with the addition of an anonymous triptych, probably painted in Bruges around 1410, illustrating The Lamentation, surrounded by Saint Anthony and Saint John the Baptist. The work (...)
A Panel by Pietro Lorenzetti Stays in England 29/08/2013
The work, practically unknown, came up for auction at Christie’s London on 3 July 2012, selling for £5,081,250 to a New York dealer who chose to await its export licence before paying. The English government stepped in, issuing a temporary export (...)
Some 19th century Sculptures Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum 29/08/2013
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 (...)
Four Paintings Acquired by the Metropolitan 29/08/2013
Several paintings recently joined the collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world’s most active in its acquisitions policy. An oil on copper from the early 17th century representing a cardinal and his suite was donated to the (...)
Two Appointments for Heads of Department at the Louvre Submitted to the French Minister of Culture 18/06/2013
The directors of the departments at the Louvre are appointed by the French Minister of Culture based on proposals made by the President of the Museum. He has now submitted two names to Aurélie Filippetti to head the Département des Arts (...)
The Students at the Ecole du Louvre Take Up Fund Raising 17/06/2013
About four months ago we had pointed out the launching of a fundraising operation to find money for restoring art works residing in churches, initiated by La Sauvegarde de l’Art Français and the Junior Entreprise de l’Ecole du Louvre. With the (...)
The Metropolitan Acquires a 12th century Enamelled Plaque 17/06/2013
Estimated at between 150 and 200,000 euros, an enamelled plaque from the late 12th century soared to 680,000 euros at the auction organized by Etienne de Baecque and Géraldine d’Ouince in Lyon on 27 May 2013. The happy buyer is none other than (...)
Donation of a {Christ on the Cross} of Michelangelo Influence to the Louvre 17/06/2013
A small Florentine Christ on the Cross, made of wood, most likely linden, which can probably be dated back to around 1500, has been generously donated to the Musée du Louvre by Peter Silvermann and Kathleen Onorato. The Département des Sculptures (...)
