Henri Riviere - Between Impressionsim and Japonism   Bibliotheque National Paris Richelieu site - Mazarine gallery 7 April - 5 July 2009   "Henri Riviere, who began his career making drawings for the magazine published by the "Chat Noir" Cabaret, also contributed to set up the famous shadow theater. A talented watercolorist, he emerged as a major figure in the history of printmaking because of his passion for colour.  On the sidelines of the artistic currents of the age, he found his inspiration in Brittany landscapes where he used to spend some time and in the Japanese prints that he collected. Through a recent bequest, the BnF benefited from a major collection of works that had never been shown publicly. A selection of watercolours, etchings, wood engravings and lithographs shows the variety of artistic avenues explored by Riviere in the filed of printmaking as well as the artist's taste for the changing effects of light that is characteristic of his whole work."  (Website description) Exhibition organised in the context of the 40th anniversary of the 31 December 1968 law instituting payments in kind.      For more information, click here.... Henri Riviere. Matin de brume a Longuivy. Lithograph in colors. 1908.

	Pierre Bonnard: the late interiors          Metropolitan Museum of Art January 27 through April 19, 2009 Lehman Wing   "The first exhibition to focus entirely on the radiant late interiors and still lifes of Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), the 80 paintings, drawings, and watercolors on display date from the artist’s later years, when he centered his painting activity in his pink stucco house overlooking the Mediterranean in the village of Le Cannet. Working in a converted upstairs bedroom, Bonnard transformed the rooms and objects that surrounded him into iridescent subjects, remarkable in color, light, and vision. Compelling metaphors for a range of sensations, the late paintings convey a disquieting effect. It is these luminous late interiors that define Bonnard’s modernism and prompt a reappraisal of his reputation in the history of 20th-century art."   Catalogue.     Also, please take a look at our French Print page on this site to see many works representative of this time period.    For more information, click here.... Please click on the image for more information. Pierre Bonnard. La Femme au Parapluie. Lithograph in 2 colors. 1894.

	Toulouse-Lautrec and Paris   Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Williamstown, Massachusetts   Through April 26, 2009   Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) was, in the words of one prominent critic, "the quintessential chronicler of Paris, as it is understood by those who come here seeking bright lights and wild pleasures." Over the course of twenty years, he produced works in a wide range of media depicting dance halls, theaters, circuses, and the celebrities who performed in them—images that have come to define our vision of the era. Sterling and Francine Clark began collecting Toulouse-Lautrec's lithographs in the 1920s, when they lived in Paris. They acquired their first painting by the artist in 1938, adding three more over the next thirteen years. Shortly after the Clark opened in 1955, these works were complemented by the purchase of an exceptional group of prints that had been collected by Dr. Herbert L. Michel of Chicago, including a complete set of Toulouse-Lautrec's series Elles. Toulouse-Lautrec and Paris celebrates the Clark's extensive collection of the artist's work, exploring the themes and sites that inspired him and his contemporaries and providing a vibrant picture of Paris at the end of the nineteenth century.           Also, please take a look at our French Print page on this site to see many works representative of this time period. For more information, click here.... Please click on the image for more information. Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Jane Avril.

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