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Marseille: Summer Exhibition of Provencal Art

Posted in Art on May 26, 2022| 3 Comments »

The summer show at the Musée Regards de Provence in Marseille is dedicated to two local painters, Antoine Ponchin (1872-1933) and Jos-Henri Ponchin (1897-1981), father and son in a family of 4 generations of artists.

I have written a book, ‘Art in the South of France’, to celebrate the work of some of these little-known Provencal painters and would have loved to be at the opening this week;  since I couldn’t be there, let’s take a virtual tour.  By the way, if you are new to these parts, make a trip to this gallery a priority as it’s special; interesting art, great building conversion, rooftop cafe overlooking docks and Mediterranean….

Jos-Henri PONCHIN, Marseille, Huile sur panneau 42 x 51 cm, Collection particulière

 

Antoine PONCHIN, Calanque de Carry le Rouet, Huile sur toile 73 x 92 cm, Collection particulière

Jos-Henri PONCHIN, Cabanon dans la calanque, Huile sur toile 49 x 65 cm, Collection particulière

Jos Henri PONCHIN, Villa Kérylos, Huile sur papier 32 x 41 cm, Collection particulière

Antoine PONCHIN Maison sur l’eau, Huile sur toile 120 x 98 cm, Collection Musée des Beaux-arts de Nîmes

Jos-Henri PONCHIN, Venise, Santa Maria de la Salute, Huile sur papier 41 x 33 cm, Collection particulière

The gallery is open 10-17:30, Tues – Sun.

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Cézanne’s Paints Go from Aix to Chicago

Posted in Art on May 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »

A Paul Cezanne retrospective, just opened in Chicago and then travelling to London, is the artist’s largest individual exhibition since the 1990s. The two venues are the Art Institute of Chicago (15 May-5 September) and Tate Modern (5 October-12 March 2023).

In Chicago, there will be 90 oil paintings, 40 watercolours and two sketchbooks, with a slightly smaller selection in London.

One loan, a rather special one, is Cezanne’s palette and box of watercolour paints which were bought four years ago from the artist’s great-grandson, Philippe Cezanne by the Musée Granet.  They were displayed at the time and were I thought delightfully messy.

The shows, and catalogue, will also illustrate the influence that Cezanne had on his contemporaries and 20th-century artists. One interesting example is his Still life with Fruit Dish (1879-80), on loan from New York’s MoMA. It was once owned by Paul Gauguin, who described it as “an exceptional pearl, the apple of my eye”.  Gauguin included the painting in the background of Woman in front of a Still life by Cezanne (1890). This pair of pictures by the two artists will be shown alongside each other in Chicago. Tate Modern has decided to present only works by Cezanne. But the artist’s Still life with Fruit Dish will be shown in London for the first time, along with 20 other Cezannes never previously exhibited in the UK.

 

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Aix: Colourful Dufy Show Enchants

Posted in Art on May 19, 2022| 2 Comments »

Dufy loved to paint races – boats, horses – anything with lots of movement.

This year’s summer show at the Hotel de Caumont exhibits over 90 works by Raoul Dufy, a French artist who produced oils and watercolours as well as prints and ceramics. (more…)

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David Hockney Meets Matisse in Nice

Posted in Art on March 25, 2022| 1 Comment »

Musée Matisse

I am indebted to the Uk Sunday Times for a  heads-up on a forthcoming expo at the Musée Matisse.  David Hockney’s assistant was playfully describing a series of exhibitions featuring the artist – firstly in Amsterdam ‘Dave and Vince’, then in Paris ‘Dave and Claude’ and this summer his still-lifes are off to Nice for ‘Dave and Henri’.

No info on the museum website, but I found the catalogue is in print.  It says the expo is called ‘Matisse/Hockney un paradis retrouvé’ and runs 2 June – 18 Sept.  A treat in store for us all.

For more on visiting this museum: https://aixcentric.com/2020/03/05/musee-matisse-highlights-his-sculptures/

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Happy Birthday to Cezanne

Posted in Art, Book, Film on January 19, 2022| 1 Comment »

Happy Birthday Paul Cezanne…183 today!

An event today in Aix will celebrate this birthday. Painter and writer Jacky Chabert who has published several books on Aix and Cezanne with Editions Desbaumes, will be signing his latest works ‘P.Cezanne aquarelliste’ and ‘Paul Cezanne, le temps d’un Abécédaire’. The great-grandson of the painter, Philippe Cezanne will attend. Today, 15h – 18h, Hotel des Augustins, rue de la Masse, Aix.

If you are new to Aix and seek further acquaintance with the town’s most famous artist, here are some suggestions. (more…)

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Summer Show at Hotel de Caumont

Posted in Art on January 13, 2022| 2 Comments »

Aix is in for a treat in May when the Hotel de Caumont opens its summer show

 

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Italian Theme in 2022 for Aix Museums

Posted in Art on December 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

At the Musée Granet, Italy is the theme for the coming year.

‘Italia Discreta’ is a photographic exhibition of the work of Bernard Plossu. There will be 100 photos on the theme of Italy and these will be shown alongside 60 watercolours painted in Rome by Granet himself. 29th of April to the 28th of August.

There will be a second exhibition with an Italian theme featuring the work of the Neuf Pinakothek of Munich, a group of painters and photographers who worked in Rome in the 19 century. ‘ Lumiere Brumen’ will be at the Granet from the 11th of June to the 2nd of October.
In the meantime, there is the current exhibition at the Caumont Centre d’Art, ‘Tresors de Venise, la Collection Cini’, which runs til 27th March.

 


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Italian Theme for 2022 Les Baux Show

Posted in Art on December 27, 2021| 2 Comments »

News from the Carrieres des Lumières about the 2022 program:
Venise la Serenissima is going to whisk us to the Grand Canal, over little bridges and through the shady walkways between beautiful buildings and churches. The 45 minute image and music show will immerse visitors in Byzantine art and the golden mosaics of Saint Mark’s Basilica, as well as focusing on the masterpieces of Tintoretto, Bellini and Canaletto. The usual short film (12mins) will provide a contrast with the work of Yves Klein.  ‘L’Infini Bleu’ promises to be stunning as his works were executed mainly in his beloved Mediterranean blue – they will surround the visitor on the 16m high walls of to the ancient quarry.
The new show begins on the 4th of March 2020 and runs until the 2nd of January 2023.
If you haven’t seen the current Cézanne/Kandinsky show, it is on until the 16th of January and is well worth catching before it ends.
Details here: https://www.carrieres-lumieres.com/en

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Immersed in Cézanne/Kandinsky at Les Carrieres de Lumieres

Posted in Art, Event on October 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »

A visit to Les Carrieres de Lumieres is a must for art-lovers in Provence.  The disused quarry walls provide a brilliant backdrop for projecting massive paintings simultaneously in a head-spinning display, accompanied by specially-chosen music which can add another layer of meaning.

The themes this year, 2021 to Jan 16 2022, are Cézanne for the 30 minute programme, with Kandinsky for the shorter session.

 

Looking forward to the Cézanne, I was amazed that it was the Kandinsky show that blew my socks off.  His brightly coloured abstract motifs whirled out of their frames, spinning across the rough surfaces like constellations. (more…)

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Arles : New Show at Fondation Vincent Van Gogh

Posted in Art, News, Patrimoine on June 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Laura Owens & Vincent van Gogh

from 19 June to 31 October 2021

Opening next weekend, the Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles will present an exhibition bringing together new works by the American artist Laura Owens with seven paintings by Van Gogh, most made in and around Arles.

Van Gogh hardly needs an introduction but here’s what the gallery writes about Laura Owens:

“Owens is one of the most celebrated American artists working today. For twenty-five years she has asked probing questions about the parameters of painting. She has expanded painting’s possibilities by breaking through the boundaries between painting and other fields of visual and material culture such as embroidery, design, children’s illustrations and digital drawing. In this exhibition, Owens’s works will host and respond to Van Gogh’s paintings. Owens spent most of 2020 living in and around Arles, and her new work comes out of meticulous research into the history of the city and of Van Gogh’s connections here”.

The seven Van Gogh paintings to be shown at the Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles include loans from museums with which Owens has a deep connection. Hospital at Saint-Rémy (1889) comes from the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the city where she lives when not in Arles. Other key loans include The Fields, painted in Auvers-sur-Oise shortly before Van Gogh died.

“Laura Owens has often addressed the spaces where she has exhibited. For this exhibition she has created a vast painting, in the form of a unique hand-painted and silkscreened wallpaper installation, which will cover the entire walls of the rooms where the Van Gogh works will be exhibited.

Van Gogh’s interest in setting up an artists’ community in Arles is echoed in Owens’s career-long efforts to create spaces for other artists to exhibit. In collaboration with Maja Hoffmann and LUMA Arles, Laura Owens has also started a parallel project in Arles. She has turned an apartment building, located in the town centre, into a studio and living quarters for artists who will spend short residencies there; this space will slowly be filled with their, and her art.”

Details: http://www.fondation-vincentvangogh-arles.org/en/expositions/laura-owens-vincent-van-gogh/

Vincent van Gogh, Hospital at Saint-Rémy,
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, October 1889
Oil on canvas, 92.2 × 73.4 cm (36.3 × 28.9 in)
Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation
Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles
© The Armand Hammer Collection

 

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