James Overton
Mexico 1900-1950
Beyond Diego and Frida: The Renacimiento Mexicano
The exhibition “Mexico 1900-1950” at the Grand Palais aims to go beyond the Diego and Frida double act and provide a taste of the explosion of creative vitality, color and innovation that occurred in Mexico in the early part of … Read More
Hergé
Not Just Comics: The ‘Ninth Art’
“Hergé,” the exhibition devoted to the Belgian graphic artist at the Grand Palais, offers some fascinating insights into the method and development of the legendary creator of Tintin. The diverse range of work on display here demonstrates the breadth of … Read More
Maximilien Luce [Re]trouvailles
Postimpressionist Cache In a Paris Suburb The French Postimpressionist painter Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) bequeathed a hefty collection of his work – over 300 pieces – to the somewhat unfashionable town of Mantes-la-Jolie, west of Paris. Today the town is very … Read More
Signac: Une Vie au Fil de l’Eau
Effects of Light and Influence of Calligraphy
The astonishingly beautiful paintings and drawings by Paul Signac (1863-1935) are less well-known than those of many of his contemporaries because they have been avidly sought by private collectors, who rarely let them go for public exhibitions. A magnificent show … Read More
Etienne Daho
Arty French CroonerHits the Road Etienne Daho deep in thought. Arty French crooner Etienne Daho has launched a new tour that will take him all over France and into neighboring countries including Switzerland, Belgium and Britain Favorite
Carrier-Belleuse: Le Maître de Rodin
A Forgotten Victorian-era Artist “Leda et le Cygne” (c. 1870). © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Image of the MMA Rescued from the oblivion of “unfashionable-ness” by the head of collections at the Palace of Compiègne, sculptures by … Read More
Sade: Attaquer le Soleil
Artworks for a Depraved Imagination “The Temptation of Saint Anthony” (1877). © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski For generations following his death in 1814, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade, was referred to only … Read More
Maurice de Vlaminck
Artist on the Move, Literally and Figuratively “Les Meules” (1943), by Maurice de Vlaminck. © Photo Archives Wildenstein Institute, Paris/ADAGP Paris 2015 The work of Frenchman Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), now on show at the Atelier Grognard in Rueil-Malmaison, just … Read More
Poussin et Dieu
The Godly Side of French Baroque Painting “The Holy Family on the Steps” (1648). © The Cleveland Museum of Art The Louvre’s remarkable exhibition of works by the French master Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) invokes divine inspiration as its theme. There … Read More
Sorolla: The Paris Years
Technical WizardryLights Up the Canvas “The Return from Fishing” (1894). © Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Photo: Gérard Blot/Hervé Lewandowski The paintings of Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923) are full of bravura technical wizardry. Even as a youngster, the Spanish artist was … Read More