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The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Age to the 1930's
The BRAFA opens in Brussels 22/01/2011
The BRAFA opened its doors on 20 January in Brussels. This art fair assembles almost all of the various specialties from Asian art to comic strips, from Greek antiquity to contemporary painting. Western art from the Middle Ages to the 30’s, The (...)
A Beautiful Painting by Beinaschi Joins the Louvre 23/01/2014
The Musée du Louvre has just acquired a very beautiful 17th century painting, an unusual addition as this had not happened for a very long time. This is of course not a purchase as the museum had abandoned any attempt at adding to this (...)
Two Paintings by Alexandre Roslin for Versailles and Stockholm 06/12/2013
A Swedish artist who arrived in France around 1752 where he lived the rest of his life, Alexander Roslin (whose name is often written in French as Alexandre) was one of the major portraitists active in Paris in the second half of the 18th (...)
Turner Inspired : In the Light of Claude 16/03/2012
The trend in double exhibitions, even sometimes triple is becoming a bit wearisome. It appears easier - but is this really true ? - to attract crowds using two famous names instead of one, regardless of the actual artistic value of the (...)
Acquisition, restoration : an update for the Musée Cognac-Jay 01/12/2010
Exhibiting, publishing, restoring and acquiring are a museum’s basic missions. Cognac-Jay accomplishes them all. In another article, we discuss the exhibition on Tivoli and the accompanying publication. Here, we will just mention a very recent (...)
A Petition to Save the Dutch Institute in Paris 26/07/2012
We announced it in our news item of 19/7/12 : the team at the Institut Néerlandais, now facing the total elimination of its funding as of 1st January 2015 (thus meaning purely and simply that it will disappear), has decided to actively oppose the (...)
Acceptance « in lieu » adds five major Bouguereau paintings to Musée d’ Orsay 20/05/2010
Five important paintings by William Bouguereau were acquired through acceptance “in lieu” in 2009, directly from the artist’s family. We could not discuss them previously as their final destination (should they be placed on deposit in different (...)
Majolica. Italian Ceramics in the Humanist Age 03/02/2012
One of the best exhibitions this winter has fortunately been extended until 27 February, providing us with the possibility of making up for lost time and discussing it here at last. There is almost a month left for visitors to go see it in (...)
The Halle Freyssinet Saved 05/03/2012
After much hemming and hawing, the Paris Prefect finally made the decision awaited by all Parisian heritage supporters : the halle Freyssinet has been entirely listed as a historical monument just a few weeks after the SNCF (French national (...)
The Brueghel Recently Acquired by the Prado Is Now Hanging 15/12/2011
The painting by Pieter Brueghel, the Elder, Saint Martin’s Wine, recently rediscovered by the Prado and which the museum was finally able to acquire, is now hanging in the galleries, having joined the other works by the artist already there, (...)
The Curious Tribulations of a Bust of Christ by Joseph-Marcellin Combette 13/02/2012
Ignorance and foolishness can sometimes be more devastating than greed. How many art works have disappeared from churches because of this, destroyed or sold illegally amid general indifference without leaving any trace of their existence ? This (...)
Donation of a Wax Model by David d’Angers to the Cabinet des médailles at the Louvre 03/01/2012
The Cabinet des médailles has received a donation from Francesco Tuzio of a wax model by the sculptor representing Jean-Baptiste Kleber shortly before the opening of the exhibition David d’Angers, les visages du romantisme. When creating his (...)
A Francisque Millet painting donated to the Louvre 07/11/2010
A very beautiful canvas by Jean-François Millet, known as Francisque Millet, one of the most important 17th century French landscapists, has just been donated to the Musée du Louvre, as a promised gift, by Mr. Antoine (...)
Theft of a painting by Frans van Mieris from the Art Gallery of South Wales 15/06/2007
Last Sunday, June 10, 2007, a painting by Frans van Mieris, representing a Cavalier, probably a self-portrait, was stolen from this Australian museum.
No colour, just nuance ! Trompe l’œil and grisailles from Rubens to Toulouse-Lautrec 25/05/2008
Strangely enough, grisaille, the technique by which an artist works without colour, using only the resources of white and black, has been rarely studied. And yet the subject is fascinating, raising many questions about the very act of painting. (...)
Vincent Droguet Appointed Director of Heritage and the Collections at the Château de Fontainebleau 31/12/2013
Following the departure of Xavier Salmon for the Département des Arts Graphiques at the Musée du Louvre, his successor as director of heritage and collections at the château in Fontainebleau was recently appointed. Vincent Droguet, Conservateur (...)
Several drawing auctions in Paris 30/03/2011
Among the different auctions of drawings in Paris over a two-week period, Artcurial’s definitely stood out for the extensive number of important sheets on offer. Two collections were sold, one of old masters assembled by a collector who wishes (...)
Versailles preempts a portrait of Mme du Barry by Francois-Hubert Drouais 07/05/2011
At the Boisgirard auction on 4 May at the Hotel Drouot, the chateau of Versailles preempted a Portrait of Mme du Barry as Flora painted by Francois-Hubert Drouais, for the amount of 98.000 euros (without (...)
Guimard up for sale 25/02/2008
The Castel Henriette, the hôtel Nozal, the Villa la Surprise, the entrance to the Bastille metro station and many others : these works by Hector Guimard constitute a sorrowful litany of destroyed (...)
A painting and a “dessin-empreinte ? by Gauguin acquired by the Getty Museum 15/03/2008
The Getty Museum has just announced the purchase of The Royal End (Arii Matamoe) by Paul Gauguin
Saint Martina by Pietro da Cortona acquired by the LACMA 01/08/2007
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art recently announced the acquisition thanks to funding from the Ahmanson Foundation of a unknown painting by Pietro da Cortona representing
A painting after Primatice acquired by the Centre des monuments nationaux for Azay-le-Rideau 27/02/2009
The Centre des monuments nationaux has just acquired a painting representing Andromache Faints after Hearing the Death of Hector
Fundraisers Increasing in French Museums 25/10/2012
Private individuals interested in contributing to national heritage will soon have a hard time choosing. First off, the Musée du Louvre has launched another fundraising drive just a year after acquiring, partly thanks to this practice, a (...)
Two Paintings by Michel-Ange Challe Donated to the Louvre 23/12/2013
Thanks to the help of the Société des Amis du Louvre, the museum recently received a donation made by Christian and Nathalie Volle and by Marie-Catherine Sahut consisting of two canvases painted by Michel-Ange Challe (or Charles-Michel-Ange (...)
Two XVIIIth century French paintings for museums in Normandy 28/12/2007
The Musée d’Evreux has once again surprised us with a first : after organizing a major exhibition with The School of Philippe de Champaigne
Recent Acquisitions at the Musée de la Révolution française in Vizille 21/02/2012
Since our last article highlighting this establishment, the museum in Vizille has made some significant acquisitions. The first notable purchase (which has just been finalized) concerns a painting by Antoine Dubost, a neo-Classical painter from (...)
A Degas painting stolen from a French museum found at a Sotheby’s auction 05/11/2010
A painting was withdrawn from the Impressionist auction held at Sotheby’s New York on 3 November 2010 before the sale. Number 142 was in fact identified a few days earlier as being the Laundresses Suffering from a Toothache by Edgar (...)
Picasso and the Masters 10/10/2008
Pablo Picasso Yo, Picasso, 1901 Oil on canvas - 73.5 x 60.5 cm Private collection © Succession Picasso, 2008 Picasso et les maîtres has been calibrated to beat all attendance records and elicit the most extravagant claims (the biggest (...)
A Portrait of Benedict XIV by Subleyras joins the Met 29/03/2009
The Metropolitan Museum has just acquired a work by this major French painter active in Rome during the first half of the 18th century and rediscovered by the public thanks to the exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris in (...)
Three Drawings by Loutherbourg Donated to Strasbourg 12/02/2013
The beautiful retrospective on Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg organized by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg elicited the generosity of two private lenders who have decided to part with their works, a gouache and two drawings, for the (...)
A fragment of Charles V’s tomb acquired by the Louvre 15/06/2009
The tomb of Charles V and Jeanne de Bourbon in Saint Denis was destroyed in 1793 and its layout is only known today thanks to the watercolour by Gaignières
Another Heritage Scandal at the Hôpital Laënnec Site 08/01/2013
Almost two years ago, in our last article concerning the Hôpital Laënnec, we wrote that various associations were ready to fight the project. Alas, so far, nothing has happened. The hospital chapel, which we showed here had never left the public (...)
The Buren columns are being restored while the Victor Louis colonnade is collapsing… 14/02/2009
Whether or not one appreciates the Buren columns, the sight at the Palais-Royal is absolutely surrealistic.
A David Drawing Purchased by the Met for $840 11/03/2013
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 (...)
Some Useful Internet Websites 05/03/2013
More and more English and American art historians (as well as some enlightened art enthusiasts) are opening fascinating blogs. These either point out specific news, often on a precise point, or else present previously unpublished art history (...)
December Art Auctions in London 06/12/2011
Although most of the auctions appear to be less attractive than usual, the December sales in London are nonetheless a good opportunity to see some fine paintings and sculptures and will no doubt provide museums the chance to make some (...)
James Cuno appointed as head of the J. Paul Getty Trust 13/05/2011
The Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust, which manages the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, the Getty Foundation and the Getty Conservation Institute, announced it had appointed James Cuno as President and Chief (...)
Bronzes français de la Renaissance au Siècle des Lumières 22/02/2009
Like the exhibition, of transient quality by its very nature, the catalogue which accompanies this retrospective on 16th to 18th century French bronzes is to be generously commended. It is the result of years of research allowing the detailed (...)
A Claude Vignon painting acquired by the Louvre 29/01/2008
The Paintings Department has just acquired a work that appeared at the last Maastricht Art Fair from a French art dealer.
Free Online Access to 250 Publications at the Getty 09/03/2014
Recently, the Metropolitan Museum offered its out of print publications free of charge for downloading. Now, the Getty is doing the same with its publications, also at no cost, whether out of print or still available on paper. For the moment, (...)
Two Works by Louis-Nicolas Lemasle Acquired by the Musée Antoine Lécuyer 13/04/2012
The heading " Research Announcements" is open to both students or dissertation candidates working on a subject as well as art historians preparing a book or even museums organizing an exhibition. These ads - which are free - are often extremely (...)
Three Louvre miniatures recently attributed to Isaac Oliver 20/09/2008
The current events room of the Departément des Arts Graphiques at the Louvre is offering an exhibition devoted to 16th century and early 17th century miniature portraits.
The Imbroglio Concerning Nicolas Tournier’s Christ Carrying the Cross 07/11/2011
Libération today revealed an affair about which we ourselves had been preparing an article in the last few days. A painting by Nicolas Tournier currently being shown by Mark Weiss at the Salon Paris, which had been presented at two Maastricht (...)
Recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum : Gérôme and Tissot 21/06/2010
We continue our presentation here of recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum with three 19th century French paintings donated by Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Domenichino’s Saint John Evangelist on loan to the National Gallery in London 21/06/2010
Last September, we spoke of two important Old Master paintings which English museums would have liked to see remain on British soil. The first was a Saint Sebastian by Cornelis van Haarlem
Two paintings by Léon-Marie-Joseph Billardet acquired by Nantes 04/03/2011
During the last Biennale des Antiquaires, we pointed out a pair of paintings representing respectively Abelard Instructing Heloise and Abelard and Heloise Surprised by Fulbert
A Louis Anquetin painting joins the Van Gogh Museum 01/06/2010
At the forefront of modern pictorial trends, close to the art of Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh and Gauguin, Louis Anquetin underwent a conservative revolution towards 1894 returning to decorative historical painting influenced by the Old (...)
The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci restored in London 19/07/2010
he National Gallery in London has just finished restoring the Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci which is now once again on display to the public since Wednesday, 14 July 2010.
Hispanic Art History Journals on Internet (2) 10/04/2012
Following our first news item published two months ago, we continue our review of Spanish art history journals available on Internet. Boletín del Seminario de Estudios de Arte y Arqueología : published by the Universidad de Valladolid, this (...)
The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Geneva buys a Corot 08/06/2010
Last 2 June the Swiss museum made the final bid at a Sotheby’s auction in London for a painting by Camille Corot, Young Girl at the Fountain, for £ 1,609,250. The painting had formed part of the collections at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, (...)
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