Jean-Baptiste Boulard, chair for the Marquis de Talaru, 1787. Charles Hooreman Collection.
Organized by second-year Old Master Art Market students, under the guidance of their lead professors, Luis Belhaouari in art history and David Brouzet for decorative arts, the exhibition entitled Dans le cabinet d’un amateur d’art (In an Art Lover’s Cabinet) will be held from May 18 in the IESA Gallery.
It follows another exhibition in March 2021, organized by the 2nd-year Heritage and Tourism old master art students on the cabinet of curiosities.
From Tuesday, May 18 to Thursday, May 27, 2021 (closed Sunday, May 23 and Monday, May 24, Whit Monday)
Hours: 14:00 to 18:00
IESA Gallery, 1 cité Griset 75011 Paris
In an Art Lover’s Cabinet.
The works.
The exhibition focuses on the interest that 17th- and 18th-century French art continues to arouse today. The works presented, even if they are not signed by the greatest names, nonetheless have real scholarly interest. The paintings by Simon Guillebaud and François Eisen allow a better understanding of their body of work. The chair by Jean-Baptiste Boulard was delivered for the royal château of Fontainebleau. All these works are being shown to the public for the first time.
The lenders.
Above all, the students were keen to honor the owners. Their profiles reveal the variety of motivations that drive art buyers in 2021. Two of them are genuine collectors. One, the happy owner of the Leda… who wishes to remain anonymous, is passionate about 17th- and 18th-century French painting. The other, Richard Pech, has built a true museum related to the history of his profession as a puppeteer, with the aim of opening it to visitors soon.
The art market is represented by one of its most renowned players: Charles Hooreman, one of the best experts on French seating furniture, who exhibited at the last Biennale des Antiquaires.
Art historians could not be absent: Catherine Arminjon has curated prestigious exhibitions both in France and abroad. She teaches at IESA, as does David Brouzet. Author of reference works, Renaud Serrette works for the Centre des Monuments Nationaux.
Emmanuel de Monteynard, whose training at IESA ended in 2020, is already an appreciated professional, a specialist in, among other techniques, goldsmithing.
Clément Thomas, Vincent Djeziri and Maxime Ducatte are currently students at IESA. In 2019, Clément and Thomas brilliantly identified and acquired at public auction a secretaire and a chest of drawers from the Château de Saint-Cloud. Maxime shows a preference for rare objects. Finally, a drawing was lent by Elliott Joffre, who is part of the class in charge of the exhibition.
Thus, seniors, collectors, professionals, professors, former students, Master’s students and Bachelors 3 students sponsor the Bachelor 2 students who organized the event. This work fosters the transmission of knowledge and analytical methods between professionals and enthusiasts, between experts and young talents. All the works were thoroughly researched.
The title: In an Art Lover’s Cabinet
The presentation in the gallery aims to recreate the atmosphere in the cabinet of a fictional art lover, an ideal collector who would be the sum of all the lenders combined. Only the refinement of his taste and his curiosity guided his choices. He simply sought balance and harmony between the paintings and objects. His goal is delight, the pleasure of the eye and the intellect.