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Paris in the year 2000, viewed from 1900
It seems that humans cannot resist dabbling in predicting the future. We have an innate need to ignore Yogi Berra’s clear warning, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” So what did the year 2000 look like from a … Continue reading
Pierre Lelong: The search for a 20th-century Post-Impressionist painter
“Is there a library or museum in Paris that will research a painting/artist for you? This is the painting Pop said he bought off a street artist in Paris in 1934 when he was at the Sorbonne. It’s oil on … Continue reading
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Tagged Atelier Julien, Bertrand Duplessis, Henri Curtil, Ivan Bettex, Jacques Ibert, Jean Minet, Jean-François Lelong, Marie Rose Salvatori, Mutualité Agricole, Peintres Témoins de leur Temps, Perre Lelong, Pierre-Emile Lelong, Post-Impressionism, Salon Comparaisons, Une Vie de Camp
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Pugin’s Picturesque Paris
For us, no trip to Paris is complete without time browsing through racks, boxes or bins of old engravings of Paris. We find them at antique fairs, flea markets, galleries, book stores and many other places. Quite a few were … Continue reading
Posted in Paris art, Paris history
Tagged Alexander Books, Andrea Quinlan, Augustus Charles Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Canal de l’Ourcq, Charles Heath, Fontaine de l’éléphant, Gordon Russell, Henry IV, Jennings and Chaplin, Kate Murdoch, L.T. Ventouillac, Lead shot, Marie de Medici, Napoleon Bonaparte, Paris and its Environs, Place Vendôme, Pont Neuf, Robert Jennings, Taylor-Murdoch-Beatty bookbinders, Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair, Tour St. Jacques, William Watts
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A little mystery solved
Curiosity, plus an interest in Paris, has led us to many surprising finds and some unusual encounters. A recent purchase at the Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair is a case in point. It was a one-of-a-kind object: a handmade, illustrated, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Godde Bedin, Art-Goût-Beauté, Baltimore Sun, Cora Stewart, Henri Rouit, Hutzler Brothers, Jacques Kelly, Joseph Kelly, Kelmscott Bookshop, La Mode Féminine, Richard Sheridan, School for Scandal, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Stewart Monaghan, Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair
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An artist finds life among the tombs
When I look at Pamela Williams’s photographs of sculptures, I feel I am seeing real people. This photo, which she calls “Glance,” was taken in 2010 in Passy Cemetery. It is so realistic, one almost does a double-take. The once-lustrous … Continue reading
Michael Caine: an English traditional typographer in the heart of Paris
One evening in 2007, we left our rented apartment on rue Charlemagne for a walk in the Marais. On the rue de la Cerisiaie, we peered at a small poster on the glass door of a narrow workshop. Suddenly, the … Continue reading
Posted in Paris art
Tagged Ecole de Beaux Arts Nancy, Ecole Superieure Estienne des Arts et Industries Graphiques, Finn's Hotel, Ithys Press, James Joyce, Jean-Luc Lerbourgh, letterpress printing, Librairie des Argonautes, London College of Printing, Louis Aragon, Michael Caine, Paul Valéry, rue de la Cerisiaie, The Cats of Copenhagen, type fonts, typography
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The forgotten fashionista
There are not a lot of private houses in Paris. Let alone private houses with a direct view of the river and the Eiffel Tower. So 34, avenue New York, home of the Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and … Continue reading
Posted in Paris art, Paris museums
Tagged Balenciaga, Cecil Beaton, Chanel, Eddie von Bismarck, Emily M. Banis, fashion, Harrison Williams, Henry James Schlesinger, James Irving Bush, Laura Curtis, mary cassatt, Mona Bismarck, Salvador Dali, Sotheby's London, Syrie Maugham, Umberto de Martini, Vogue
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Berthe Morisot, an artist ahead of her time
Dear Parisian Fields subscribers, If you enjoy our postings about art, we hope you will enjoy an article on the Impressionist artist Berthe Morisot that Philippa wrote for the website Girls’ Guide to Paris. The article begins: “It is said … Continue reading
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Richard Ewen: A Texas Artist Whose Watercolours Capture Paris
Richard Ewen is a talented watercolour artist who lives in Austin, Texas. He loves Paris, visits it regularly, and then, back in Texas, creates marvellous paintings of Paris, many of which are based on reflections in shop and café windows. … Continue reading
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