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Exhibition Review
Caillebotte: Painting Men
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1253–5
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Reviewer:
zelger, franz (zelger, franz; Zelger, Franz)
Subjects
artists:
Caillebotte, Gustave
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
subjects:
French art / Impressionism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Caillebotte: Painting Men Musée d’Orsay, Paris 8th October 2024–19th January 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Homme au bain, by Gustave Caillebotte. 1884. Oil on canvas, 144.8 by 114.3 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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20. Pont de l’Europe, by Gustave Caillebotte. c.1877. Oil on canvas, 105.7 by 130.8 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).
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21. Boulevard vu d’en haut, by Gustave Caillebotte. 1880. Oil on canvas, 65 by 54 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 735–8
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Reviewer:
Deutsch, Allison (Deutsch, Allison)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
subjects:
Impressionism / French art / Société Anonyme / Salon des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism Musée d’Orsay, Paris 26th March–14th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Guerre civile, by Edouard Manet. 1871. Lithograph, 39.5 by 50.2 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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13. Le Salon de 1874, by Camille Cabaillot- Lassalle. 1874. Oil on canvas, 100 by 81.5 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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14. La repasseuse, by Edgar Degas. 1869. Charcoal, white chalk and pastel on paper, 74 by 61 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Louis Janmot: Le Poème de l’âme
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1354–1356
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Reviewer:
Mulherron, Jamie (Mulherron, Jamie)
Subjects
artists:
Janmot, Louis
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
subjects:
French art / Poetry / Religious art / Catholicism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Catalogue: Louis Janmot: Le Poème de l’âme. By Servane Dargniesde Vitry, Elena Marchetti, Stéphane Paccoud, Clément Paradis and Isabelle Saint-Martin. 192 pp. incl. 187 col. + b. & w. ills. (Musée d’Orsay and In Fine éditions d’art, Paris). €35. ISBN 978–2– 38203–138–4. | :
subjects:
Louis Janmot: Le Poème de l’âme Musée d’Orsay, Paris 12th September 2023– 7th January 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Flight of the soul, from Poem of the soul, by Louis Janmot. c.1852. Oil on canvas, 112 by 143.9 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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23. Loneliness, from Poem of the soul, by Louis Janmot. 1861. Charcoal with highlights in white chalk on paper laid down on canvas, 114 by 147 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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24. Valleys and prairies in Bugey, by Louis Janmot. c.1850–54. Oil on paper laid down on panel, 25.8 by 35.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Book Review
Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899)
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1020-22
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Reviewer:
zelger, franz (zelger, franz; Zelger, Franz)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Bonheur, Rosa
museums and institutions:
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, France / Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
subjects:
French art / Animal Paintings / Women artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899) Edited by Sandra Buratti-Hasan and Leïla Jarbouai. 288 pp. incl. approx. 250 col. + b. & w. ills. (Musée d’Orsay and Flammarion, Paris, 2022), €45. ISBN 978–2–08–028096–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Rosa Bonheur in her studio, by George Achille- Fould and Rosa Bonheur. 1893. Oil on canvas, 91 by 124 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux).
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2. The horse fair, by Rosa Bonheur. 1852–55. Oil on canvas, 244.5 by 506.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. Seven studies of the head of a dog and a dog seen from the back, by Rosa Bonheur. c.1858. Oil on paper, 37 by 53.4 cm. (Musée national du château de Fontainebleau).
Exhibition Review
Van Gogh in Auvers: His Final Months
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 890–893
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
places:
Auvers-sur-Oise
subjects:
Dutch art / French art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Van Gogh in Auvers: His Final Months Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 12th May–3rd September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Adeline Ravoux, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 67 by 55 cm. (Private collection; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
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2. Blossoming chestnut branches, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 73 by 92 cm. (Kunsthaus Zürich; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
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3. Field with haystacks, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 50 by 100 cm. (Fondation Beyeler, Riehen; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Exhibition Review
Pastels: From Millet to Redon
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 790–792
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Reviewer:
Jones, Kimberly A. (Jones, Kimberly A.)
Subjects
artists:
Millet, Jean-François, 1814-1875 / Degas, Edgar / Redon, Odilon / Cassatt, Mary / Blanche, Jacques-Emile / Fantin-Latour, Henri / Lévy-Dhurmer, Lucien / Lhermitte, Léon-Augustin / Mondrian, Piet / Morisot, Berthe
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Pastels
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
subjects:
French art / Nineteenth-century art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pastels: From Millet to Redon Musée d’Orsay, Paris 14th March–2nd July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Portrait of a woman, by Jacques-Émile Blanche. 1887. Pastel on canvas, 129 by 64 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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15. Bouquet of daisies, by Jean-François Millet. c.1871–74. Pastel on beige paper laid on canvas fixed to a strainer, 68 by 83.5 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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16. Going out to fish (Zuiderzee), by Piet Mondrian. c.1900. Pastel, watercolour and charcoal on paper, 60 by 100 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Manet / Degas Musée d’Orsay, Paris 28th March–23rd July
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 638-641
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Manet, Edouard / Degas, Edgar
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
French art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Manet / Degas Musée d’Orsay, Paris 28th March–23rd July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The artist (Portrait of Marcellin Desboutin), by Édouard Manet. 1875. Oil on canvas, 195 by 131.5 cm. (Museu de Arte Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Monsieur and Madame Édouard Manet, by Edgar Degas. c.1868–69. Oil on canvas, 65 by 71 cm. (Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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3. In a café (Absinthe), by Edgar Degas. 1875–76. Oil on canvas, 92 by 68.5 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Aristide Maillol (1861–1944): The Quest for Harmony
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1020-1022
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Reviewer:
Vandenbrouck, Melanie (Vandenbrouck, Melanie; Vandenbrouck-Przybylski, Melanie)
Subjects
artists:
Maillol, Aristide
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland / Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
subjects:
French sculpture / Decorative arts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Aristide Maillol (1861–1944): The Quest for Harmony Kunsthaus Zürich 7th October 2022– 23th January 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Femme au bain, also known as Baigneuse or La vague, by Aristide Maillol. 1896. Plaster, 93 by 103 by 25 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; © RMN; photograph Jean Schormans; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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17. La vague, also known as Femme à la vague or La baigneuse, by Aristide Maillol. 1896. Needlepoint embroidery, 101.5 by 92.5 cm. (Musée Maillol, Paris; photograph J.-A. Brunelle; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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18. La nuit, by Aristide Maillol. 1909. Plaster, 106 by 108 by 57 cm. (Musée Maillol, Paris; photograph J.-L. Losi; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Obituary
Michel Laclotte (1929–2021)
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1217-1218
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Author:
Rosenberg, Pierre (Rosenberg, Pierre; R., P.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
places:
Paris
subjects:
Laclotte, Michel / Museums / Museum directors
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Michel Laclotte in 2006. (Courtesy Musée du Louvre, Paris; © Agence VU; photograph Gérard Rondeau).
Exhibition Review
Modernités suisses
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1073-1075
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Reviewer:
Deltour, Louis (Deltour, Louis)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Amiet, Cuno / Hodler, Ferdinand / Segantini, Giovanni / Giacometti, Giovanni / Böcklin, Arnold / Righini, Sigismund / Vallet, Edouard
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
places:
Switzerland
subjects:
Swiss art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Modernités suisses Edited by Paul Müller and Sylvie Patry. 256 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Flammarion and Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 2021), €45. ISBN 978–2–08–020547–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Apple tree, by Cuno Amiet. 1907. Oil on canvas, 100 by 100.5 cm. (Kunstmuseum Solothurn; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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7. Sunday morning, by Édouard Vallet. 1908–09. Tempera and oil on canvas, 105 by 105 cm. (Kunsthaus, Zürich; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
8. Swiss artists at the Académie Julian. 1891. Photographer unknown. (Zentral und Hochschulbibliothek, Luzern; exh. Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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