Art du XIXème siècle / 19th century Art

VERSAILLES - En consacrant au peintre Antonio de La Gandara sa première rétrospective depuis sa disparition en 1917, le Musée Lambinet rend hommage à un artiste de talent, injustement délaissé, et dont la notoriété refait surface avec le retour en grâce de la " Belle Époque " sur le plan artistique. Grand ami de Versailles, il y fit sa première visite à l'invitation de Robert de Montesquiou qui résidait alors au 53 avenue de Paris (aujourd'hui n°93). Le peintre ne cessa plus d'y revenir, notamment pour peindre les jardins du parc du... [Lire la suite]

Philip Rundell (1743 - 1827), The Shield of Achilles, London, 1823. Silver-giltDiameter 89.7 cm (35.8 in.)Engraved on the reverse with a cypher, coat of arms for Ernst Augustus, King of Hanover and with the inscription 'THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES/ DESIGNED AND MODELLED BY THE LATE/ JOHN FLAXMAN R.A./ EXECUTED AND PUBLISHED BY RUNDELL BRIDGE AND CO./ LONDON 1838'. © Koopman Rare Art LONDON.- The highly historic and impressive silver-gilt shield, which bears the Royal Arms of Ernst Augustus, Duke of... [Lire la suite]

J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), Bell Rock Lighthouse, 1819. Watercolour and gouache with scratching out on paper, 30.60 x 45.50 cm. Collection: National Galleries of Scotland. Purchased by Private Treaty Sale 1989 with the aid of funds from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Pilgrim Trust. © National Galleries of Scotland. EDINBURGH.- A dramatic depiction of Robert Stevenson’s engineering marvel, the Bell Rock Lighthouse, by Britain’s most celebrated artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), will shine its... [Lire la suite]

PARIS.- Le musée Marmottan Monet présente, du 13 septembre 2018 au 10 février 2019, l’exposition « Collections privées : un voyage des impressionnistes aux fauves ». Soixante-deux  peintures, dessins et sculptures conservés en mains privées (Europe, Etats-Unis, Amérique latine) et dont une importante partie n’a jamais ou rarement été vue à Paris, composent un itinéraire pictural, de Monet à Matisse. PARIS.- The Musée Marmottan Monet is presenting—until 10 February 2019—an exhibition... [Lire la suite]

 WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.- Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851) and John Constable (English, 1776–1837) rose to prominence as landscape artists in early nineteenth-century Britain. Their inspired subjects, their distinctive compositions, and their innovative brushwork combined to elevate a genre traditionally considered less important than history painting and portraiture. Turner and Constable: The Inhabited Landscape, on view at the Clark Art Institute December 15, 2018–March 10, 2019, explores the... [Lire la suite]

Fernand Khnopff, Le masque au rideau noir, 1892, crayon et pastel sur papier, 26,5 x 17 cm, collection particulière. © Christie’s Images/ Bridgeman Images. PARIS - Le Petit Palais est heureux de présenter au grand public une exposition inédite dédiée à Fernand Khnopff conçue en collaboration avec les Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. Artiste rare, le maître du Symbolisme belge n’a pas bénéficié de rétrospective à Paris depuis près de quarante ans. L’exposition du Petit Palais,... [Lire la suite]

Caspar David Friedrich (1774 - 1840), Sunburst in the Riesengebirge, oil on canvas 25.5 by 31.5cm., 10 by 12½in. Purchased 2018. Saint Louis Art Museum. ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum has acquired “Sunburst in the Riesengebirge,” a landscape painting by the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich. The museum purchased the painting today (Dec. 12) at auction at Sotheby’s in London for a total price of $2.75 million, including buyer’s premium. The painting will be on view in... [Lire la suite]

James Tissot, The Foursome, 1870, oil on canvas, 120 x 145.8 x 2 cm. Purchased 2018. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. OTTAWA.- A new acquisition for the National Gallery of Canada went on permanent display today. The Partie Carée (1870), by renowned French artist James Tissot (1836–1902) joins two other Tissot works in the collection, enriching the Gallery’s important holdings from the French Second Empire period (1852-70). Purchased privately from the Estate of David R. Graham, The Partie Carée... [Lire la suite]

Kate Bunce, Musica, ca. 1895–97. Oil on canvas, 40 3/16 x 30 3/16 x 1 3/4 in., Birmingham Museums Trust (1897P17). © Birmingham Museums Trust. An unprecedented selection of paintings, works on paper, and decorative arts—many never shown outside the UK—by three generations of revolutionary British artists and designers.  On view now through January 6, 2019, at Oklahoma City Museum of Art, and then traveling to 7 other U.S. museums through 2021. In the second half of the nineteenth century, three generations of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. Broche Art Nouveau, émail saphirs et diamants, par Boucheron , 1902. Estimate EUR 50,000 - EUR 80,000. Price realised EUR 355,500. © Christie’s Images Limited 2018. PARIS.- Christie’s Japonism sale realised a total of €1,698,938 against a presale estimate of €1,2M. Two lots realised the same top price including a pair of monumental Chinese cloisonné enamel vases on French gilt bronze-mounted stands by Ferdinand Barbedienne which sold for €355,500 against a pre-sale estimate of... [Lire la suite]