FOUJITA HONORED AT THE PUSHKIN MUSEUM
From July 17 to October 12, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow is dedicating an exhibition in its wing for 20th-century painting and sculpture. This exhibition is dedicated to the women muses and women artists of the great Montparnasse era, accompanied by the male artists in their circle, for whom they served as muses and inspirers. […]
FLOWERS INSPIRED BY 17TH CENTURY FLEMISH ART IN THE PARIS ART MARKET.
The end of the season is remarkable for Foujita, whose works continue to enjoy great success among collectors at auctions around the world, and particularly in Paris, at Drouot. This bouquet of anemones was exhibited in 1956 at the Galerie Paul Pétridès, 56 rue La Boétie. Its exhibition number is written on the back, on […]
FOUJITA: ALL SUMMER AT THE MUSÉE FAURE, IN AIX-LES-BAINS
The Artistic Archives and Sylvie Buisson are pleased to have participated in the exhibition that the Musée Faure is dedicating to Foujita, from June 18 to October 31. Often described as the “most charming museum” in Rhône-Alpes, the Musée Faure was founded in 1949 to house the legacy of Doctor Jean Faure, inventor of L’élixir […]
Page from a Golden Book
Casimir and I had the pleasure of discovering, studying, and confirming the authenticity of a gouache of great delicacy and exceptional sensitivity, dedicated by Foujita in 1950 to the son of his principal dealer, Paul Pétridès, Gilbert Pétridès. The child was only three years old when his father compiled a “Golden Book” for him, which […]
When “ESTP – Club des Dirigeants” explores the world of Léonard Foujita, the Japanese Don Juan of the School of Paris…
The following article is the report of the video conference held on March 16, 2021 by Sylvie Buisson for the ESTP Leaders’ Club [alumni of the École Supérieure de Travaux Publics]. It is signed by Ms. Zélie Gauthier – Head of the Maintenance and General Resources Department (S2MG), Real Estate and General Services Directorate and […]
Gentleness and Melancholy
“Melancholy is a disease that consists of seeing things as they are”; it is with this relentless lucidity, so characteristic of him, that Gérard de Nerval penned this sentence. Foujita, in his own way, also expresses himself on the subject of melancholy through drawing; and the power of his calligraphic line, of his thought-sculpting, magnificently […]
A Foujita masterpiece, soon to be offered for public sale in London.
The large painting “Nude with Crossed Hands”, Oil on canvas, 25 F, 81×65 cm The work, created in 1924 in Paris after one of the many models who posed in Foujita’s studio, was on display in Paris, at Bonhams, 4 rue de la Paix, on Wednesday, September 11, Thursday, September 12, and Friday, September 13, […]
Restoration of the Foujita works at the Cercle de l’Union interalliée in Paris, Faubourg Saint-Honoré
After their exhibition (four panels out of eight) at the Musée Maillol as part of the exhibition FOUJITA PEINDRE DANS LES ANNÉES FOLLES between February and July 2018, the paintings on canvas that Foujita had conceived and created in 1929 for the Cercle de l’Union interalliée in Paris were entrusted to the restoration workshop Arcanes […]
FOUJITA / SANYU Muses & Models Hong Kong
The exhibition Foujita / Sanyu Muses and Models, which took place at Phillips from March 19 to 30 in Paris, continues in Hong Kong, also at Phillips, from May 18 to 31, 2019.
PHILLIPS PARIS – 46 rue du Bac in Paris (Bac metro station) FOUJITA and SANYU, March 22 at 7 PM, two heavyweights of the Asian market
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Foujita and Sanyu: Debate and Exhibition Just steps from the Maillol Museum, one year after the highly successful Foujita exhibition, which left a lasting impression on the neighborhood, the renowned auction house Phillips invites Sylvie Buisson to present Foujita’s muses and models. It’s a vast program to summarize in 25 minutes, but the exercise is […]
