Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Félix Fénéon. The modern times, from Seurat to Matisse – Exhibition at the Orangerie Museum – Part 2

You can read part 1 of this article at Félix Fénéon. The modern times, from Seurat to Matisse – Exhibition at the Orangerie Museum (Part 1)

Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890 – Oil on canvas by Paul Signac 

Study for Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon – Lead pencil and oil on wood by Paul Signac

Portrait of Félix Fénéon – caricature by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Félix Fénéon – Conté pen drawing by Paul Signac 

Portrait of Félix Fénéon – Pencil drawing by Maximilien Luce

La route de Pontoise (L'embranchement de Bois-Colombes) - Oil painting on canvas by Paul Signac [Collection Art Gallery, Leeds Museums and Galleries]

Au temps d'harmonie: l'âge d'or n'est pas dans le passé, il est dans l'avenir – Oil on canvas by Paul Signac

Un Dimanche - Oil on canvas by Paul Signac

Un Dimanche (Detail) - Oil on canvas by Paul Signac

Concarneau. Pêche à la sardine. Opus 221 (Adagio) - Oil on canvas by Paul Signac

Lisière de bois au printemps - Oil on canvas by Georges Seurat

Arbres, hiver - Oil on canvas by Georges Seurat

Ruines à Grandcamp - Oil on canvas by Georges Seurat

La Banlieue - Oil on canvas by Georges Seurat

Grandcamp un soir - Oil on canvas by Georges Seurat

Courbevoie: Factories by Moonlight (1882–83) - Conté crayon drawing (23.6 x 31.2 cm) by Georges Seurat

Le dormeur - Conté crayon drawing Georges Seurat

Georges Seurat, Le marchand d'Oranges, 1881, Conté crayon on paper, Musée du Louvre, Paris

L’Anarchiste - Woodcut by Felix Valloton

La manifestation - Woodcut by Felix Valloton

Forges à Ivry - Oil on canvas by Albert Dubois-Pillet

Les Iles d'or - Oil painting on canvas by Henri-Edmond Cross

La Porte entrebâillée – Oil on cardboard by Édouard Vuillard

Joueur de banjo - Oil on canvas by Pierre Bonnard

Femme assoupie sur un lit ou L'indolente - Oil on canvas by Pierre Bonnard

Bord de mer, sous les pins - Oil on canvas by Pierre Bonnard

La Symphonie pastorale - Oil on canvas by Pierre Bonnard

The Lecture by Emile Verhaeren - Oil on canvas by Théo Van Rysselberghe

Intérieur à la fillette - Oil on canvas by Henri Matisse

Intérieur à la fillette (detail) - Oil on canvas by Henri Matisse

Intérieur à la fillette (detail) - Oil on canvas by Henri Matisse

L'Algérienne - Oil on canvas by Henri Matisse

Nu assis (1909) - Oil on canvas by Henri Matisse

Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne (1918) – Oil on canvas by Amadeo Modigliani

The Revolt (1911) – Oil painting on canvas by Luigi Russolo

Lampe à Arc – Oil on canvas by Giacomo Balla

Le Rire – Oil on canvas by Umberto Boccioni


Félix Fénéon. The modern times, from Seurat to Matisse
MUSÉE DE L'ORANGERIE
Jardin des Tuileries
Place de la Concorde
75001 PARIS



And later in 2020, the exhibition will go to New York: 
“Félix Fénéon The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde— From Signac to Matisse and Beyond”

Monday, 20 January 2020

Félix Fénéon. The modern times, from Seurat to Matisse – Exhibition at the Orangerie Museum (Part 1)

Félix Fénéon (1861-1944) was a civil servant with anarchist convictions. He was well-connected with key figures of the artistic world as an art critic and editor for the publication at the Revue Blanche.


Photograph of Félix Fénéon at the entrance of the exhibition

He was also a gallery owner and art collector.



Poseuse de profil – Oil painting by Georges Seurat

Poseuse de face – Oil painting by Georges Seurat

Poseuse de dos – Oil painting by Georges Seurat

The Mower (1881–82) – Oil painting on wood panel by Georges Seurat

Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp 1885 - oil on canvas by Georges Seurat

Seascape at Port-en-Bessin, Normandy - Georges Seurat

The Channel at Gravelines, Evening – Oil on canvas by Georges-Pierre Seurat.

The Harbour and the Quays at Port-en-Bessin (1888) – Oil on canvas by Georges Seurat

The Harbour and the Quays at Port-en-Bessin (detail)

Study for Un dimanche après-midi sur l'île de la Grande Jatte (1884) – Oil on canvas by Georges Seurat [New-York (NY), The Metropolitan Museum of Art] 

Le cirque, Esquisse (1891)– Oil on canvas by Georges Seurat



Félix Fénéon. The modern times, from Seurat to Matisse
MUSÉE DE L'ORANGERIE
Jardin des Tuileries
Place de la Concorde
75001 PARIS

And later in the year, the exhibition will go to New York: 

“Félix Fénéon The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde— From Signac to Matisse and Beyond”
March 22–July 25, 2020 MoMA