Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges
Articles
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Pastels. From Millet to RedonNo, blurring is not the essence of pastel. It would be absurd to consider that this coloured stick is only good for reproducing "anything pink, silk or gauze". And the landscape painter Camille…
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The Louvre preempts a drawing by DegasDegas était-il un peintre impressionniste ? Une exposition au musée de Giverny avait posé la question en 2015 (voir l’article). Car non seulement il ne peignait pas en plein air, mais il se forma…
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Corsica wants to acquire Madonna of BrandoThe Corsicans are mobilising to acquire Brando’s Madonna, estimated at between 200,000 and 300,000 euros. It will face the auction fire at Drouot on 31 March, put up for sale by De…
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Two exhibitions in Parisian galleriesFrom Bourdon and Buffon, Christian Le Serbon displays a diversity of portraits in his gallery in the rue de Penthièvre, in collaboration with the Galerie de Frise. Painters, scholars, publishers,…
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Three exhibitions of drawings in Parisian galleriesDelacroix was obsessed by Rubens. He mentioned him many times in his diary and in his correspondence, and never tired of admiring his genius, evoking for example The Flagellation in Antwerp: "On…
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Upcoming Sotheby’s sales in ParisSotheby’s is offering an exceptional set of six works by Théodore Géricault for sale on 23 March. They have remained in the same family to this day, held by the descendants of Adam Elmore, who…
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Drawings for sale at Christie’s Paris"There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions." Three other preparatory drawings for The Raven are known, one in the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in…
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Giovanni Bellini. Cross-influencesHow can you recognise the genius of a painter without seeing the diversity of his work? It is true that the Madonnas and the Child were Bellini’s stock in trade, and he not only multiplied his…
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Fontainebleau restores the cartoons of Oudry’s Royal Hunts"You will never be anything but a painter of dogs", Nicolas de Largillière is said to have laughingly predicted to Jean-Baptiste Oudry, admiring his pupil’s gift for rendering the animal "with such…
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A new Thomas Couture for Senlis"If you take models, [...] surprise them; let them not know that you are looking at them. A few quickly drawn lines, your observations and a few notes taken on the fire of your impressions will…