Friday 30 August 2019

Outside sculptures in Le Havre - France


Narrow House by Erwin Wurm - Located Avenue Foch, Le Havre, France. 

The Austrian artist Erwin Wurm likes to distort reality. The Narrow House has been squished and is only 1 meter wide. The notice for this work explains that “the artist has reproduced inside the house of his parents, where he grew up. It highlights the notion of deprivation of resources and our ability to adapt.”






The location of the Narrow House is far from random. It has been erected Avenue Foch in the heart of the area of Le Havre designed by Auguste Perret, the wide avenue that connects the Town Hall to the beach.

The Narrow House modeled on a traditional pavilion of the 70s contrasts with the pure and very distinctive style of the Perret ensemble (which is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites).


Fat Car by Erwin Wurm in front of the Hôtel Dubocage de Bléville, 1, rue Jérôme Bellarmato 76600 Le Havre 

Fat Car – Die cast aluminium lacquer - by Erwin Wurm 







Erwin Wurm has created several Fat Cars between 2001 and 2005. 


Both Narrow House and Fat Car are part of “A summer in Le Havre 2019”.


Catène de Containers – Sculpture by Vincent Ganivet 




Vincent Ganivet created two monumental arches made of 36 shipping containers intertwine. This installation is 25 metres high. 

This permanent installation, sponsored by VINCI Construction France, is in placce since May 27, 2017 and is located Quai de Southampton, Le Havre, France (not far from the MuMa - Museum of Modern Art André Malraux) 



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Wednesday 28 August 2019

19th century paintings at the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art



Champ d’avoine aux coquelicots (circa 1890) – Oil on canvas 65 x 92 cm by Claude Monet


Champ d’avoine aux coquelicots (detail) – by Claude Monet


Champ d’avoine aux coquelicots (detail) – by Claude Monet


Champ d’avoine aux coquelicots (detail) – by Claude Monet

This painting is one of a series of five painting that Monet did during the summer of 1890 in Giverny to capture the changing light at different moments of the day.

You can see another work in this series on Christie’s site. Another one is in the collection of the Harn Museum of Art in Florida.



Bords de Seine ou du Loing – Oil on canvas (38.5 cm x 46.5 cm) by Alfred Sisley (Collection Musée d'Orsay on loan to MAMCS)



Les coteaux de La Celle vus de Saint-Mammès, après-midi de septembre – Oil on canvas by Alfred Sisley


Les coteaux de La Celle vus de Saint-Mammès, après-midi de septembre (Detail) –  by Alfred Sisley


Les coteaux de La Celle vus de Saint-Mammès, après-midi de septembre (Detail) –  by Alfred Sisley



La petite fabrique – Oil on canvas (26.5 cm x 40.2 cm) by Camille Pissarro



Autumn in Bavaria – Oil on paper mounted on cardboard – by Wassily Kandinsky


Parc de Saint-Cloud – Oil on cardboard – by Wassily Kandinsky 


Parc de Saint-Cloud (detail) – by Wassily Kandinsky


Autoportrait / Self-portrait (circa 1901)- Oil on canvas by Eugène Carrière



Autoportrait / Self-portrait (detail) - by Eugène Carrière


Antibes, le soir - Oil on canvas by Paul Signac


Antibes, le soir (detail)- Oil on canvas by Paul Signac



Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMC)   
               
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Monday 26 August 2019

A nice bunch of flowers

A nice bunch of flowers - Inkpen and watercolour by Benoit PHILIPPE

Thursday 22 August 2019

Elisabeth (Nana) by Niki de Saint Phalle at the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art



Elisabeth (Nana) [1965] – Sculpture (resin on metallic structure) by Niki de Saint Phalle






Further information


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Tuesday 20 August 2019

Sketches from the North of France

A few sketches I did in the North of France earlier this year.

Two shops in Valenciennes.

Au Fil du Temps - inkpen and watercolour by Benoit Philippe

Cafe the 36 - Inkpen by Benoit Philippe

Two sketches done at the Lewarde Mining Historical Centre.

Busts of Charles Tauchon and Jules Marmottan - Inkpen by Benoit PHILIPPE

On the stove - inkpen by Benoit PHILIPPE

I did this last sketch literally in 5 minutes.

Thursday 15 August 2019

Le Salon de musique by Vassily Kandinsky –Strasbourg Museum of Mordern and Contemprorary Art











Le Salon de musique (the Music Room) 1931 - Three walls with ceramics by Vassily Kandinsky (Moscow, 1866 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1944)

This is a replica of the Artcurial galery in 1975 from a model from 1931. Provenance: Donation from L'Oréal in 2006.

Three Studies for the Music Room.







The Museum
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Tuesday 13 August 2019

Picasso –Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art



Personnage ceuillant des fleurs – Oil on panel by Pablo Picasso 



Personnages debout – Oil on panel by Pablo Picasso 


Buste de femme – Charcoal ond oil on canvas 



Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMC)
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