The Musée Jacquemart-André is hosting an interesting expo of artists in the renaissance style of Fra Angelico. It seems to be a celebration of gifted Italian artists who mastered the art of creating exquisite, intricate fresco’s. It is not quite the same as going to Florence to imbibe the spirit behind these paintings and work….
Category: Art Studios and Small Museums
Museums and monuments open in Paris on All Saints Day 2011
Tomorrow is All Saints Day an hopefully there will be enough time to profit from the museums and other things that will be open then. Luckily, I bumped into a list of options of museums and monuments that are going to be open despite it being a public holiday. So I put together a list,…
Atelier Brancusi
The past week or so has been a flurry activity – but not too busy to squeeze in time to explore this vast, beautiful city. These are images from a studio of sculptor, Brancusi’s, work. Its all about straight, clean geometric lines – and he also clearly had aprofound love for kisses, the head, facial…
Musée de la Vie romantique
The Museum gives a glimpse into the 19th Century, in the workspace of Dutch born artist, Ary Scheffer. It also acts as a befitting tribute to the artistry of the time, and the introduction of stunning painting techniques during the Romantic period. Several pieces of memorabilia are also housed here – in the form of…
Jean Jacques Henner Museum
Jean Jacques Henner Museum from George on Vimeo. These are images from the Jean Jacques Henner Museum, possibly my favourite so far. It’s a tribute to one of the city’s greatest artists – who was respected as such at the beginning of the 20th century. It is clear why he built up such a reputation…
La Conciergerie
La Conciergerie, Paris from George on Vimeo. These are images from the “conciegerie” , the (in) famous site where Marie Antoinette and several other French faced the “Revolutionary Tribunal” – and their tragic fates where decided. In more recent times, it has become the set of many period pieces and movies. These aspects combined make…
A history of looted Parisian Art
The New York Times recently carried a fascinating piece on some of the city’s famous art pieces that were seized as wartime booty in the past. Focusing particularly on the Louvre and Identifying Paris as the most significant victim of Hitler’s art theft during the second world war t “Hunting for looted Art in Paris”…
Paris month of photography – catching the tail end
Dutch photographer Ellen Kooi makes her debut Paris exhibition between the 17th of November and the 22nd of December at the Dutch Institute. Her work is usually surrelaistic, thought provoking and quite stunning indeed. Can’t wait to see her work over this weekend! But, in the meantime will have to make do with paging through…
The House of Eugene Delacroix
Unlike the more tour-isty museums of Paris, the House of artist Eugene Delcroix is an intimate, hidden artwork collection that is out of the way of the many visitors that make going out on Sunday afternoons, well, not a relaxing experience. If you prefer to have a bit of space to think as you go…
Anon's Paris 