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Pierre Alexandre Morlon, art in the service of the RepublicTaking an interest in artists of local origin is one of the missions of French provincial museums, and we can only congratulate those who do so. Those born in Paris are often much less fortunate…
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A portrait of Lessing by Hübner for CincinnatiThe Cincinnati Art Museum is adding to its rich collection of nineteenth-century European paintings a portrait of the German painter Karl Friedrich Lessing by his fellow painter Rudolf Julius…
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Two George Minne for ChicagoIt was undoubtedly one of the most striking sheets on offer at the last Salon du Dessin: on the stand of the young gallery owner Ambroise Duchemin sat a large drawing by George Minne, which was…
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The Musée Fragonard acquires two MalletThe subject of these two compositions is almost identical: in both cases, a young woman - one in white, the other nude - prepares to receive a man - one standing, dashing and undoubtedly…
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Orsay acquires its first Fernand PelezJean-Léon Gérôme’s tondo was not the only work to attract the attention of the Musée d’Orsay on the stand of Gallery 19C at the last Tefaf in Maastricht. The Musée d’Orsay also acquired Fernand Pelez’s…
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Tate Britain’s rehang and acquisitions (1/2)The new museum-wide presentation of works at Tate Britain clearly has a thoughtful subtext in which colonial issues, gender and everything else that constitutes the alpha and omega of today’s…
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Two panels by Adriaen Brouwer reunited at the MauritshuisAdriaen Brouwer remains one of the most colourful figures of 17th-century Flemish painting, famous for the debauchery that led to his premature death: it is probably no coincidence that a range…
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News from BayeuxLe Parisien informed us in an article dated 11 July that Nicole Paolini, a resident of Bayeux who died in March at the age of 86 and had no children, had bequeathed assets worth an estimated 2…
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Leuven acquires a painting by Michaelina WautierShe was a 17th-century painter whose works were often attributed to her brother, Charles Wautier, or to other male artists such as Jacob van Oost the Elder. However, Michaelina Wautier gained…
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A new drawing by Émile Schuffenecker for Pont-AvenIt was one of a number of museum acquisitions that punctuated the second part of the sale of the Talabardon & Gautier gallery collection organised by Ader on 23 March, a session that was…
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