Salon du Dessin

 

Yesterday was the kickoff preview opening of 5-day  SALON DU DESSIN.  

Always held at the grand Palais Brongniart in Place de la Bourse, home to the French stock market. Fortunately, it was a sunny 🌞 Spring day.

Did all the stockbrokers stop trading… 

And decide to go art hunting?

White seems to be the de rigueur color to wear

Along with the usual black and red. I can’t resist shooting what attendees are wearing.

The small artworks are even more irresistible. A pastel sketch of Picasso’s during his early years in Montmartre.

A delicious wall of Edouard Vuillard small, quick studies. He must have done thousands.

A closeup of one of the interior gems.

How many know Victor Hugo, the author of Les Miserable & Hunchback of Notre-Dame, was a fabulous watercolorist who painted tiny, stormy landscapes? Maybe 5” wide.

There are always plenty of old master studies/études. This one, an artist’s copy from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling.

A small Delacroix Moroccan ink sketch. Travel was the show’s theme. 

Most of these treasures (a Degas) will be sold into private collections, never to be seen again.

It’s so worth visiting this 5-day salon, if you love art, especially drawings. You can get as close as possible, ask the dealer questions, examine the back etc. All impossible when visiting a museum. Another nice change this year - they served water & fruit juice to all. Most galleries had trays of excellent macarons. After eating 3, I was done ☑️ 

39 international dealers were present this year. 

Each space feels like you’ve entered a small intimate gallery.

 The galleries all have stunning flower 💐 arrangements.

Reflecting the small flower watercolor by Ernest Filliard, from Chambéry

The gallery’s name was Härb Nuti London. Prices in most galleries were upon request.

A woman artist reflecting on her flower painting by Joseph-Roger Jourdain.at the same gallery.

You can get fresh ideas how to frame your artworks and small drawings from drawing salons - how to make them look auspicious. No magnets on your fridge 🙏

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