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Hôtel de la Marine – Paris’s Best-Kept Design Secret

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The Hôtel de la Marine, located on Place de la Concorde in Paris, is an 18th-century neoclassical masterpiece and twin to the Hôtel de Crillon. Originally built to house the royal furniture repository and later to become the naval headquarters, it now offers visitors access to lavish apartments, a breathtaking Hall of Mirrors, and immersive, interactive tours using modern technology. Meticulously restored and reopened in 2021, it also features

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Monet: The Early Years

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An unprecedented, international loan exhibition of one of the most famed artists of all time is at Fort Worth’s Kimbell Museum until January 29, 2017. This groundbreaking exhibition is the first ever devoted to the young genius of Claude Monet, featuring approximately 60 paintings from the first phase of the artist’s career, from his Normandy debut in [Read more…] about Monet: The Early Years

First Retrospective of Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

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Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, Paris 1755–1842 Paris) Self-portrait 1790 Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Corridoio Vasariano, Florence (1905) www.CourtneyPrice.com http://wp.me/p2e5e8-4WI

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun,Self-portrait, 1790
Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm.
Galleria degli Uffizi, Corridoio Vasariano, Florence (1905)

First Retrospective of Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, France’s Last Great Royal Portraitist, Opens on February 15

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) is one of the finest 18th-century French painters and among the most important of all women artists. An autodidact with exceptional skills as a portraitist, she achieved success in France and abroad during one of the most eventful, turbulent periods in European history. Vigée Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary France is the first retrospective and only the second exhibition devoted to this artist in modern times. The 80 works on view at the Metropolitan Museum will be paintings and a few pastels from European and American public and private collections. [Read more…] about First Retrospective of Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

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