A Divisionist painting acquired by Orléans

8/3/23 - Acquisition - Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts - Acquired from the Terrades gallery in Paris, the painting by Orléans-born Louis Bouglé (ill. 1) has taken its place on level -1 of the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans. Linked to the city by its creator but also by its subject, The Loire in Orléans, it fills out the 1870-1940 rooms, currently being redeveloped, with an early Divisionist work, as Post-Impressionism and Impressionism are not represented in the museum’s collections. For the past few days, the Portrait of Louis Bouglé by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (ill. 2), on loan from the Musée d’Orsay as part of the celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, has been on show alongside it. Alongside the exhibition Paris 1874. Inventing Impressionism, which opens at the…