Paris, Musée d’Orsay
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Orsay acquires a work by Georges de FeureSiegfried Bing played a leading role in the revival of the decorative arts. In 1895, he opened his shop "L’Art nouveau" in Paris, which gave its name to the famous artistic movement that…
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A masterpiece by Émile Bernard for the Musée d’OrsaySome collections appear to be inexhaustible, despite decades of varied sales: Christie’s was thus able to play it safe by announcing yet more Josefowitz sales this autumn, several years after the…
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Louis Janmot. The Poem of the SoulLouis Janmot was born on 21 May 1814. According to the rules laid down by the Ministry of Culture, he therefore belongs to the Musée du Louvre. Fortunately, the Musée d’Orsay, to which all artists…
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Two new Swedish paintings for OrsayAs we recently pointed out when Carl Forsberg’s superb watercolour entered the Musée d’Orsay’s collections, Scandinavian art is one of the main focuses of the Musée d’Orsay’s current acquisitions…
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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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Manet and Degas, from the Musée d’Orsay (and the Met) to the Bibliothèque nationaleWith its hand on its heart and its mind preoccupied with soaring insurance and transport costs, the Musée d’Orsay swears that we won’t be seeing such a collection again any time soon, brought in…
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A third Millais for OrsayAcquired from the London gallery Bagshawe Fine Art, a third portrait by John Everett Millais has joined the Musée d’Orsay collections. A welcome addition to the British art collection, which until…
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A painting by Adrìa Gual acquired by OrsayHighly acclaimed last November at Paris Fine Arts & La Biennale, where it was presented by the Mendes gallery, Adrià Gual’s large canvas of Joan of Arc has been acquired by the Musée d’Orsay.…
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Orsay acquires a bust by MaillolOn private loan, it was presented during the first two Parisian and Zurich stages of the remarkable Maillol retrospective exhibition which will end in Roubaix in a few days. The terracotta bust…
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Two paintings by Sartorio acquired by OrsayA protean Roman artist who was a painter, sculptor, illustrator, architect, photographer, writer and film-maker, Giulio Aristide Sartorio was largely ignored by French critics and remained a…
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