Red apples

Red apple - Oil on canvas board (6" x 8") by Benoit Philippe

Art in the Christian Dior exhibition

This is the end of the Christian Dior exhibition in Paris (Musée des Arts Décoratifs – “Christian Dior, Couturier du rêve”) to celebrate the 70 years since the creation of the Maison Dior Couture.

Portrait of Christian Dior by Bernard Buffet

It featured dresses created by Christian Dior and the creative directors who followed since: Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons et very recently Maria Grazia Chiuri.

Early in the exhibition, there was a room with art from Dior’s time.

Buste de Femme Rétrospectif (Painted bronze and mixed media) – Salvador Dali 

The three Poets (A.Salmon, G. Appollinaire, M. Jacob) – Oil on canvas by Louis Marcoussis

Perpetual Motive (Metronome and photo collage) by Man Ray

Femme (Bronze) by Alberto Giacometti

Objet Désagréables à jeter (Patinated bronze) by Alberto Giacometti

Solitude (Oil and pastel on canvas) by Mario Tozzi

Portrait of Emiliano Terry (Oil on wood) by Salvador Dali

Imaginary landscape (Ink and gouache) by Eugene Berman

Maquette de la maison en colimaçon (Painted cork, wood, sandpaper) by Emilio Terry y Sánchez

The exhibition cleverly mixed the art of the dresses with pieces of art that influenced their creators. 

LU-LEE-SAN – Gazar origami cocktail dress, by Christian Dior – John Galliano

SUZARKA-SAN – Embroidered and painted linen coat, by Christian Dior – John Galliano

La Carmencita – Oil on canvas by John Singer Sargent

The artist’s garden at Giverny (Oil on canvas) by Claude Monet

Printed faille bustier cocktail dress – by Yves Saint Laurent (circa 1960)

Rose dans un coupe – Oil on canvas by Henri Fantin=Latour

Jardin Fleuri – Christian Dior – Maria Grazia Chiuri (2017)

Portrait of Madame de Bonnières (Oil on canvas) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Reclining Figure by Henry Moore

This sculpture is displayed in the Tuileries Garden in Paris, not far from the Orangerie Museum.

Reclining Figure - Bronze by Henry Moore (1951)

Pebbles and Shells

Pebbles and Shells - Oil on canvas panel (6" x 8") by Benoit Philippe

Art on Sainte-Adresse beach near Le Havre

Not far from Havre (France), Sainte-Adresse is a former fishing village, which became later a seaside resort.

Monet, Corot or Raoul Dufy came to paint the sea at Sainte-Adresse.

Claude Monet stayed in Sainte-Adresse in the home of his aunt, Sophie Lecadre, from June 1867 until near winter and painted many canvasses there. Just search on the Internet for “Sainte-Adresse Monet” and you will be rewarded with a good collection of Monet’s works.

The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, 1867 - Oil on canvas (75.8 x 102.5 cm) by Claude Monet – Collection Art Institute of Chicago

There is today a nice (and sometime windy) walk along the coast. The beach is full of pebbles of various size and some artists have made the most of it.