Gods and Foolish Grandeur
Life And The Arts...From A Retrograde Perspective
Sunday, December 18, 2016
The gilding of perfection - the work of Pierre Gouthière
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"Each to his own taste", as the saying goes. And the designs of the rarefied objects that Gouthière contributed to are certain...
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Friday, December 16, 2016
Gently polished ladies - six portraits by Jacques de Lalaing
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Countess Louise de Baillet, 1902. Better remembered as a sculptor - if, frankly, remembered at all - the Belgian Lalaing also produced...
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Sunday, December 11, 2016
L'Ange noir aux Folies Bergère - dancer Féral Benga
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These first images are all by Waléry, Paris, circa 1930. Féral (François) Benga (1906, Dakar - 4 June, 1957, Paris ), Senegalese dance...
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