Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges

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  • A representation from the 1874 Salon donated to Orsay

    Seven artists collaborated on this painting of elegant visitors to the 1874 Salon. The author of the composition, Camille Cabaillot-Lassalle, asked several painters to reproduce on his canvas the…

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  • Leighton House acquires the sketch of a major work

    Although Frederic Leighton’s masterpiece Flaming June is not in its possession, the museum dedicated to the artist, housed in his astonishing London home, does have several preparatory studies. In…

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  • A Christ after Velázquez for the Museo Sorolla

    Sorolla se considérait lui-même comme un «enfant de Velázquez». Il commença par regarder ses œuvres au Prado lors d’un premier séjour à Madrid en 1881 ; non seulement il conserva une trentaine de…

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  • The Musée Rodin buys an early work by the artist

    An exhibition devoted to Carrier-Belleuse at Compiègne in 2014 recalled - even in its title, to attract visitors - that this great sculptor of the Second Empire was Auguste Rodin’s master. Their…

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  • The Getty buys a self-portrait by Elena Luksch-Makowsky

    Elena Makowsky-Luksch’s fear of abandoning her art to take on the role of wife and mother can be seen in her work throughout her career. After much hesitation, she finally married the Viennese…

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  • The "Semaine du Dessin" in Paris galleries (3)

    Elle fut représentée par les portraitistes les plus recherchés de la cour, mais parce qu’on n’est jamais aussi bien flatté que par soi-même, la duchesse de Montpensier ne ce contenta pas de ces…

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  • A sale of drawings at Christie’s

    It’s only a short step from the allegory of Glory appearing in the sky brandishing crowns to the crouching Polichinelle defecating in front of his comrades. Lovers of the graphic arts can choose…

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  • The "Semaine du Dessin" in Paris galleries (1)

    "Oh you who leaf through these pages, having in your soul the unhealthy hope of finding in them the supreme power of Evil, be disappointed!" Be disappointed, because Mathieu Néouze is less into…

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  • Tefaf : a Chinard for the Virginia Museum of Art

    With their sharp eyes and nimble chequebooks, museum curators from all over the world were out in force at Tefaf, as they are every year. Michael R. Taylor, Chief of Conservation, accompanied by…

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  • A Van Gogh for Rotterdam

    «En ce qui concerne le travail, j’ai été occupé à peindre des natures mortes ces derniers temps, comme je l’ai déjà écrit, et cela me plaît énormément. Je t’en enverrai quelques-unes. Je sais qu’elles sont…

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