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Jaap Gardenier

Author of a powerful, intense and bewitching work, the Dutch painter, drawer, etcher, lithographer Jaap Gardenier was born in Delft in 1930. He never attended any Art School or Art academy.
He will study Art History at the University of Amsterdam.
Towards the end of his studies, during a University class on artistic materials he discovers his passion for drawing and painting. He gets more . . .

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Pierre Courtin

Sorry this section is only available in french for now.Le peintre et graveur français Pierre Courtin est né à Rebréchien (Loiret) en 1921. Dès 1939, le jeune homme prend des leçons de gravure à l'Ecole régionale des beaux-arts d'Orléans. Il s'installe à Paris en 1942, il est élève de Lucien Pénat à l'Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, puis travaille, dès l'année suivante, à l'Académie Julian et chez

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Jean-Paul Huftier

Sorry this section is only available in french for now.Le peintre français Jean-Paul Huftier est nè à Lallaing (Nord) en 1944.Sa profession de foi : « Surtout ne pas faire une image du monde traitée par des moyens picturaux, mais je l'espère une vision, un rapport au magma qui ferait que chaque tableau serait comme un petit big-bang, » dit beaucoup de sa conception particulière de l'art et, donc, de son . . .

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New elements

Artists' childhood photograph, stamps, posters, tributes recently added.

Catalogues raisonnés

8 new catalogs in our library.

Events and exhibitions

Events or exhibitions we visited

Events and exhibitions

During the last few months, the world health situation being what we know and the very complicated travel arrangements, we have of course only been able to visit a few rare exhibitions, many galleries and most museums being either closed or with very restricted access.
We hope that the situation will gradually improve and that, in a few months, we will be able to revive our passion!

CHRISTINE BOUMEESTER - LA MALMAISON - CANNES

Affiche de l'exposition Christine Boumeester à Cannes.

From December 5, 2020 to April 25, 2021. « To the darkest of the finest deserted garden »

postponed from January 7, 2021 to June 15, 2021.

To the darkest of the finest deserted garden. The forever moving life of Christine Boumeester was ponctuated by exile, retreats and a personal Odyssey, flavoured with the Orient where she was born when Europe occupied the world, engraved with adventures directed by her great life story and their meeting with ow legendary and sacred monsters. Nourished by a long-lasting love affair with a whimsical and demonstrative painter, Henri Goetz, with whom she formed a pardoxical couple - the silences of one, the outbursts of the other - and their undoubted inseparability, her existence was punctuated by secret and fascinating writings, guided by a personal longing for freedom which portended the aspirations of a generation who wished to be freed from restraint. Her life could be considered one of the most romatic of any artist of the 20th century.

French painter of Dutch origin, wife of Henri Goetz, muse of Francis Picabia and friend of Picasso and Hartung, Christine Boumeester frequented the surrealists before plunging into abstraction. To escape the Gestapo, she took refuge in Cannes during part of the Second World War. Beyond her own work and the extraordinary character of her life, this exhibition addresses her relationship with Picabia.

A very nice exhibition, which unfortunately received very few visitors because of the health situation.

THE GARDENS - MAEGHT FOUNDATION - SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE

Les Amoureux, mosaïque de Marc Chagall à la Fondation Maeght.

Since February 8, 2021. « The gardens of the Maeght Foundation ».

In mid-April, only the gardens of the Rodin Museum in Paris, which houses nearly 200 works by the father of modern sculpture, and those of the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, were able to benefit from a special dispensation to welcome the public again. This was made possible because their collections are open-air and compatible with current health protocols.

Inaugurated in 1964, the Maeght Foundation houses the works of the greatest artists, painters, sculptors and architects of the 20th century in an idyllic setting. The garden, which reopens today, houses, among other things, a monumental stabile by Alexander Calder, the wind sculpture by Takis, stained glass windows by Georges Braque, a fountain by Pol Bury, a mural of engraved slates by Raoul Ubac, as well as a mosaic wall by Pierre Tal-Coat and, of course, « Les Amoureux », a mosaic by Marc Chagall integrated into the wall of the bookshop.

But if tourists from all over the world come to the Maeght Foundation, it is also to visit the Miró labyrinth, an in situ tour created between 1961 and 1981 by the Catalan artist and the ceramicist brothers Josep Llorens Artigas and Joan Gardy Artigas.

A visit as magnificent as ever!

THE CRUCIFIXION - LOUIS BREA - MASSENA MUSEUM - NICE

Le retable de la Crucifixion, Ludovicus Bréa, Musée Massena, Nice.

The altarpiece of the Crucifixion, dated 1512 and signed in Latin Ludovicus Brea, underwent several restoration campaigns in the second half of the twentieth century. They took place in situ, in the Franciscan church, or in specialized laboratories.

In 2015, the work was dismantled and transferred from the church of the Franciscan monastery in Cimiez to the workshops of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Heritage Conservation and Restoration (CICRP) of Marseille for the realization of a diagnostic study and a complete restoration by various specialists.

From April 18, 2021, the various restored elements that make up the altarpiece of the Crucifixion of Louis Brea are unveiled to you at the Massena Museum in Nice. Come celebrate his return and discover the fabulous chronicle of his restoration.

DISAPPEARANCE OF GERARD SASSIER

And also a very sad news:

We have just learned of the death of our friend Gérard Sassier, on the eve of his 75th birthday. He had visited us a fortnight ago, at the end of March, and we had spent, as always, an extremely pleasant time. He seemed to have great energy, was very happy and told us he still wanted to « enjoy life ». There is so much to say about his life and his career. We would like to mention his kindness, his permanent good humour, his smile that hangs on both his lips and his eyes. From all our encounters, we will keep from him, in Mougins, at his place, as in Cannes, at our place, our discussions, the thousand anecdotes that he knew so well how to offer you. No doubt, he is at this time with Mona ! Our thoughts are of course with their daughter, Laura.

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News of the gallery

A new website !

After working several months, we are happy to present you the new website. Very different in the structure from the last one (which was 15 years old), you will find again most of the sections you used to consult. Very contemporary, the conception corresponds to the new technologies. We hope you will be interested to visit the new sections, and specially, the very rich « Media Library » and a « Live contact » to provide a direct and personal service.
Furthermore, we wished you could create your online costumer space, easy to access each time you visit the site; so, you could save the access to the artworks you like and eventually order them.
Opening up the new site, Michelle Champetier wants to thank all the translators (Marie, Sara, Françoise, Gilbert and Caroline) who worked hard, so that you can access to a lot of pages (in particular biographies) and a considerable amount of information in English, Italian, Spanish, and German language.
Furthermore, because of its structure, you can access and consult the site on all types of digital medias: computer, tablets and cell phone.

Since few months, we created the possibility of proposing you a vision of the works in their details by a « hover over the image to zoom in » or by an « enlarge image » by a simple click.

Complete works books

Patrick, Michelle Champetier’s husband, up to now, already achieved three catalogues raisonnes (Complete works books ) :
1 . « L'oeuvre graphique de Pierre Cayol - 1959-2015 » is available for consultation on Internet : CR Pierre Cayol.
2 . « Roger Platiel, L'oeuvre graphique 1956-1978 », after numerous working months, is also available for consultation on Internet : www.rogerplatiel.com/. This catalogue raisonné, with 200 references, is published in a paper version. This original edition is of 210 copies (10 Deluxe copies + 200 copies). Do not hesitate to obtain the catalog by an order in our gallery.
3 . « Jim Monson, L'oeuvre graphique 1966-2016 » is available on Internet ; established in association with the artist, the catalog contains 178 références (etchings, lithographs and woodcuts). Bilingual (French-English), you can consult it, in english language, by clicking the following address:
http://www.jim-monson.com/Jim-Monson-catalogue-raisonne-complete-work-prints.html
Also, you can consult the new website of the artist:
http://www.jim-monson.com/

Couverture virtuelle du catalogue raisonné des estampes de Pierre Cayol, en consultation libre sur notre site. Couverture de la version papier du catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé 1956-1978 de Roger Platiel, Ed. Les Amis de Roger Platiel, 2015.

Our first edition

Gravure de Renaud Allirand, - Nuit d'été II -, éditée en 2016 par la Galerie Micelle Champetier. Our first edition of prints was produced two years ago: two original engravings by Renaud Allirand. Each one was printed in 12 copies. These two beautiful etchiings, « Nuit d'été I » and « Nuit d'été II » are put forward on our site.
« Nuit d'été I » was awarded by the Price of the Curator of the exhibition at the Portland Print Fair in 2017.

In 2018, « Nuit d'été I » was also selected for the 4th edition of the « Triennale de gravure de L'Isle sur Tarn » (Museum Raymond Lafage)

Sections

Most of the sections which were on our website before are saved, but they have been thought again to give you a best way, easier and more effective to access.
Do not hesitate to visit:
* « Ladies of my street » (You can access from the section « Works and artists »). This section suggests to support, with your help, some old people.
* « Between us » gathers different items, in particular « The amazing story of M. Petitchamp », a comic strip !
* « Complete works » (You can access from the section « Services »). It presents, up to now, 554 references belonging to the gallery.
* And many other things !
We draw your attention to the section « See & discover » in « Media Library » ; this one should be considered a rich database for the artworks. It presents up to now more than 8167 references.

Errors or malfunctions

Our site is made of several ten of thousands pages! Despite our best and continuing attention and or our rechecking, you might find some errors, malfunctions and omissions on our new website.
We really appreciate receiving notification of it, so that this can be promptly remedied. Be sure that your comments are welcome as a friendly wave.
Thanks in advance!
Michelle Champetier and her staff.

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New artists

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Catalogues raisonnés

8 new Catalogues raisonnsé

Events and exhibitions

Events and exhibitions

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