Category Archives: Art

Les palais de Saint Petersburg

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Patricia Gilbert

I have a very nice husband. Not long after we moved to the States in the mid-90s, I saw an article about an exhibit dedicated to Russian Imperial treasures. Having been fascinated by the Romanovs for many years – even … Continue reading →

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Art Nouveau

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Patricia Gilbert

At the end of my summer job in Paris last hear, my team game me a lovely coffee table book, Art Nouveau: Posters, Illustration & Fine Art from the Glamorous Fin de Siècle, by Rosalind Ormiston & Michael Robinson. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Rousseau et l’école de Barbizon

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Patricia Gilbert

Théodore Rousseau was born in Paris on April 15, 1812. This French landscape painter, hailed as the leader of the Barbizon school, came from a family with no connection to the art world. Rousseau developed a deep love of the … Continue reading →

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Les Peintures

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Patricia Gilbert

I finished another book I’d been slowly working my way through, thanks to the necessity of staying at hime for social distancing. Les Peintures, by Thérèse Burollet, provides a description of every painting, listed by the artists’ last name, in … Continue reading →

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C’est fini!

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Patricia Gilbert

I just finished what may be the longest, and certainly heaviest, tome of my life. Paris, City of Art, by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos, was an anniversary gift from my very nice husband in about 2008. Since the book weighs … Continue reading →

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Napoleon visitant les pestiférés à Jaffa

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Patricia Gilbert

French classical painter Antoine-Jean Gros was born on March 16, 1771 in Paris. The son of a painter of miniatures, he studied under Jacques-Louis David. Following the death of his father in 1791, he went to Italy, and it was … Continue reading →

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Georges de la Tour

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Patricia Gilbert

Georges de la Tour was born in Vic-sur-Seille, France, on March 13, 1593. If you’ve never heard of this town in northeastern France before, I am unsurprised; being de la Tour’s birthplace is its only claim to fame. He moved … Continue reading →

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Fernand Léger

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Patricia Gilbert

French artist Fernand Léger was born on February 4, 1881 in Argentan, France. Beginning in 1903, he studied architecture in Caen and painting at the Académie Julien in Paris. Through Braque and Picasso, he was introduced to Cubism in 1910, … Continue reading →

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Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Patricia Gilbert

  French painter Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson was born on January 29, 1767. A versatile painter and illustrator, Girodet was probably the illegitimate son of Dr. Trioson and he adopted his surname in 1806. After a false start in architecture, … Continue reading →

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Un livre d’heures

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Patricia Gilbert

French Primatives painter Jean Fouquet was born in 1420, but there is no exact record of when exactly. Since 2020 represents his six hundredth birthday, I decided to just pick a random day to give him a shout out. So, … Continue reading →

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