This beautiful watercolor by Benjamin Ulmann, still in pristine condition, is a smaller version of a large oil on canvas (154x89cm) that the artist had just made in 1878 and was bought by the French State at the Salon for the Musée Guéret. At this time, Benjamin Ulmann was an acclaimed and institutionalized painter: he … Continue reading “Benjamin Ulmann”

As the son of the sculptor Joseph-Louis Supéry (1867-1944), Jean Joachim got his training, from a very young age, in the workshop of his father in Malakoff, in the suburbs of Paris, before going to finish his artistic education at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Between the two WW’s, he acquired a strong reputation as … Continue reading “Jean Joachim Supéry, dit Jean Joachim”

Beautiful and symbolist oil on paper by Charles Guilloux, which faithfully abides to the name of “painter of light” awarded to the artist. It is one of the best examples of the artist’s prowess to render luminous atmospheres with a remarkable economy of means and limited to one shade of color. From 1892, he limited … Continue reading “Charles-Victor Guilloux”

Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpãna was born in Piteşti (Romania) in 1886 into an ethnically German family. In 1904 he went to Berlin to attend the Royal Academy of Arts, studying under Erich Hancke, Arthur Kampf and Anton von Werner. At this time, he was influenced by German expressionism as well as impressionism and the Wiener Secession. As … Continue reading “Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpãna”

Paul Iribe, a graphic designer and satirical illustrator, has influenced both top-end fashion designers as well as the public’s opinion in times of political disenchantment. Satire, simplicity and aesthetic design can best describe his oeuvre, which illustrates the fiascos of the French politics, the distress of WWI and the elegant flamboyance of the following années folles.   Inspired … Continue reading “Paul Iribe”

In four different scenes, people of all conditions are united around one object: the fan, central point of the composition. We see a gathering on a Spanish square on a hot afternoon, a stroll through the market, a venture in an Asian sedan chair, or a reclination in an Oriental harem. Beyond its primary use, … Continue reading “Ernest Meissonier”

Eugène Lami signed with the present sheet a wonderful example of his work as an illustrator of Walter Scott’s stories.   Referring to the narrative poem The Lady of the Lake (1810), the present sheet could be linked to two different moments in the story. It could be an interpretation of the beginning of the … Continue reading “Eugène Lami”

It is a brilliant example of Charles-Auguste Edelmann’s interest for nudes and eroticism, through classical themes and scenes. Formed at the École des Beaux Arts de Paris in Jean-Léon Gérôme and Ferdinand Humbert’s studios, at the turn of the finishing 19th c., the artist started his career with scenes of misery and poverty. Later, he … Continue reading “Charles-Auguste Edelmann”

An impressive red and black chalk figure of the newly reappraised Georges Dorignac. This monumental drawing is one of the key figure of Dorignac’s work from 1911-1914. The gypsy-like aspect of this head may have been inspired by the Spanish painters and friends of Dorignac at La Ruche, a city of artists in Paris, where … Continue reading “Georges Dorignac”

Hermann Wöhler work is one the best rediscoveries made from the German art of the 1920’s. Die Sonne is part of the virtual series Der Paraklet. Sieben Bilder aus den Tagen des Retters un zum Gedächtnis an den frühe Heimgegangenen [The Paraclete. Seven images from the Days of the Saviours to the memory of the … Continue reading “Hermann Wöhler”

The image is after the Venetian painter Jacopo Ligozzi and represents the Virgin and Child, with Saint John the Baptist as a child, Saint Francis on the right and Saint Catherine of Siena on the left. This is a simplified version of the classical representation of the holy relationship of Jesus which usually also included Anne, … Continue reading “Andrea Andreani”

“C’est vraiment de l’art, parce que cela sort d’un rêve et d’un cœur” [“It’s really art, because it comes out of a dream and a heart”], said a critic about Danguy . This delicate and superb portrait is one of the best pieces by the symbolist painter Jean Danguy. His symbolist oeuvre – in painting … Continue reading “Jean Danguy”