FRENCH LANGUAGE
"All Parisians know the boutique on rue la Boétie where an always picturesque storefront brought together Negro masks, Ethiopian jewelry and paintings by Kwapil, Derain, Vlaminck, Chirico, Utrillo. » La Femme de France , 1934
Charmer, ambitious, visionary, passionate about painting...
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FRENCH LANGUAGE
"All Parisians know the boutique on rue la Boétie where an always picturesque storefront brought together Negro masks, Ethiopian jewelry and paintings by Kwapil, Derain, Vlaminck, Chirico, Utrillo. » La Femme de France , 1934
Charmer, ambitious, visionary, passionate about painting but also the arts of Africa and Oceania: who really was Paul Guillaume? A young man from a modest background, he became one of the most important dealers and collectors of modern and African art in Europe from 1914-1934, living surrounded by works by Modigliani, Soutine, Matisse or even Picasso.
Three meetings were decisive in the meteoric rise of this formidable businessman: that of the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, the American collector Albert Barnes, and his wife Juliette Lacaze.
Through its history, discover the destiny of major works from the 19th and early 20th centuries that can be admired at the Musée de l'Orangerie.
French language
288 pages
Établissement public des musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing / Éditions Flammarion
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