February 13 - 17, 2012

This week we have two programs.

This is our last week of classes before the winter vacance scolaire.

Classes resume the week of March 5, 2012.

To register please call or email.

Paris Art Studies telephone: 06 86 58 98 09  

Email 

Paris Special Exhibitions* with Chris Boïcos

Henri Cross and Neo-Impressionism from Seurat to Matisse

at the Musée Marmottan (until 19 February 2012) 

Thursday 16 February 10 – 11:30 am.

Place: Meet in front of entrance to Musée Marmottan - 2, rue Louis-Boilly 75016.

Métro: La Muette (line 9).

Time: 9:45 for 10 am start. Please bring 10 € for exhibition ticket.

Course Fee: 25 €.

Friday: The History of Paris 

  continues with Part 10: Paris at the turn of the century (1900-1920)

Friday, February 17, 10:30 – 12:00 noon – Gallery –  Paris Fashions 1900-1920. With couturier and costume historian Dimitri Papalexis.

A revolution is effected in Paris fashions. The bell shaped skirts and picture hats of the Edwardian era will be replaced after 1909 by the “hobble” skirt, the cloche hat, and the short hairdos signaling women’s increasing independence. Poiret, Doucet and of course Gabrielle Chanel are the great modern couturiers of the era.  The trauma of World War I will further accelerate the cultural and social changes of the immediate prewar years and announce the modern revolution of the 1920’s – les années folles.

Place: Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos - 1, rue Jacques Cœur 75004 Paris. Métro: Bastille (lines 1,5,8) exit boulevard Henri IV

Course Fee: 25 € for one session.

To register please call or email.

Paris Art Studies: 06 86 58 98 09 

Paris Art Studies – January-February 2012

Fridays: The History of Paris with Chris Boïcos and Dimitri Papalexis for fashion

Architecture, Urbanism, Society - Part 10: Paris at the turn of the century (1900-1920)

The Paris World’s Fair of 1900, the greatest to date, was organized to celebrate France’s entry into a new century. In many ways, however, it spells the end of a period rather than a beginning. Its triumphant beaux arts architecture and its celebration of a French Empire belong more to the preceding period of economic and colonial expansion than to a future that will turn out to be much more turbulent and uncertain than predicted.

We will study first the Paris architecture of 1900, the bourgeois apartment buildings in the Louis XV or Louis XVI styles reflecting the influence of the world’s fair. Art Nouveau remains the dominant decorative style up to 1908. Guimard and Sauvage are its great practitioners in decoration, architecture and the design for the new Paris Metro. The arts will be impacted by the birth of Modernism with an avalanche of new styles and movements: Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, which will completely revolutionize the Paris art world under Matisse and Picasso. Another revolution is effected in Paris fashions. The bell shaped skirts and picture hats of the Edwardian era will be replaced after 1909 by the “hobble” skirt, the cloche hat, and the short hairdos signaling women’s increasing independence. Poiret, Doucet and of course Gabrielle Chanel are the great modern couturiers of the era.  The trauma of World War I will further accelerate the cultural and social changes of the immediate prewar years and announce the modern revolution of the 1920’s – les années folles.

Course Schedule: Varies depending on museum reservations. Coffee and tea served at gallery sessions at 10 am.

13 Jan.  10:30 – 12 noon – Gallery – Paris 1900. End of an era: the World’s Fair, bourgeois architecture and decoration.

1               20 Jan.  1:30 – 3 pm – Musée d’Orsay –Toulouse-Lautrec, the Nabis and Art Nouveau.

2               Meet by group entrance B at 1:15 pm. Métro Solférino (line 12) or RER Musée d’Orsay (RER C).

27 Jan.   11:30 – 1pm – Musée Carnavalet – Paris of the Belle Epoque and the early 1900s.

Meet courtyard of Musée Carnavalet at 11:15 am. 23 rue de Sevigné 75003. Métro Saint Paul (line 1) or Chemin Vert (line 8).

3 Feb. 10:30 – 12 noon – Gallery – Paris 1910-1920. Modernism and the First World War.

10 Feb. 10:30 – 12 noon – Walk – Passy: Guimard and Art Nouveau architecture.

Meet in front of 14 rue Jean de la Fontaine 75016. Closest Métros: Ranelagh and Jasmin (line 9).

17 Feb. 10:30 – 12 noon – Gallery – Paris Fashions 1900-1920. With couturier and costume historian Dimitri Papalexis.

Students will receive from the instructor a bibliography, printed chronologies and a list of historical figures.

Course fee: 120 € for the 6 sessions or 25 € for one session. Payable by check made out to:  Galerie B.O.B.  Museum fees are additional to course fees.

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Paris Special Exhibitions* with Chris Boïcos

Henri Cross and Neo-Impressionism from Seurat to Matisse

at the Musée Marmottan (until 19 February 2012)  Thursday 16 February 10 – 11:30 am.

Henri Edmond Cross (1856 – 1910) was one of the most talented followers of Georges Seurat and practitioner of the revolutionary new style of “Neo-Impressionism” also known as “Pointillism” or “Divisionism” pioneered by Seurat and Signac in the 1880’s. In 1892-1910, Cross moved to the Riviera at St Clair, next to Signac established at St Tropez. The Mediterranean coast become in this period an important artistic center for modern art and the generation of Henri Matisse who will be introduced to Pointillism by the two older artists. More than a 100 works from international public and private collections offer a full vision of the interaction between the Divisionists of the 90’s and early 1900’s, including Seurat, Signac, Angrand, Dubois-Pillet, Pissarro, Luce, Van Rysselberghe, Camoin, Manguin, Matisse and Derain. A special section is also devoted to Cross’ celebrated watercolors.

Place: Meet in front of entrance to Musée Marmottan - 2, rue Louis-Boilly 75016. Métro: La Muette (line 9).

Time: 9:45 for 10 am start. Please bring 10 € for exhibition ticket.

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Course Fee: 80 € for the 4 museum sessions, 25 € for one museum session, 5 € for one gallery session.

Payable by check made out to:  Galerie B.O.B.  Museum fees are additional to course fees.

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*Please register for classes in advance to ensure that group visits are not full.

Paris Art Studies at Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos - 1, rue Jacques Cœur 75004 Paris.

Métro Bastille – exit boulevard Henri IV.  Paris Art Studies telephone: 06 86 58 98 09

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 A full course schedule for upcoming programs will be posted and emailed soon.

   Special Exhibitions and Gallery lectures with

   Chris Boïcos on Thursdays:

    March-April 2012:

   8 Mar. 12 – 1:30 pm: Berenice Abbott visit, Jeu de Paume

   15 Mar. 12 – 1:30 pm: Jews in Orientalist Art

                                         visit, Musée de l’histoire du  Judaisme

    22 Mar. 10 – 11:30 am: Gallen Kallela – Finnish artist

                                                                visit, Musée d’Orsay

    29 Mar.  9:45 – 11:15 am: New Impressionist galleries

                                                                visit, Musée d’Orsay

    5 Apr. 10:30 – 12 noon: Henri Matisse

gallery lecture on Centre Pompidou exhibition                             

    10 Apr. (Tuesday) 12:30 – 2 pm: Degas and the Nude

visit, Musée d’Orsay

    12 Apr. 12:30 – 2 pm: Leonardo da Vinci

visit, Musée du Louvre

Course fee: 140 € for 7 sessions, 120 € for 6 sessions, 25 € for one session. Payable by check made out to: Galerie B.O.B. Museum fees are additional to course fees. 

  Coming up in May and June:

2   May: Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton

visit to Musée des art décoratifs with Dimitri Papalexis

4   May: American Fashion icons Dimitri Papalexis lecture

10 May: Josep Maria Sert, Petit Palais.

11 May: Henri Matisse, gallery lecture on Pompidou exhibition.

24 May: Berthe Morisot, Musée Marmottan.  

31 May: Cima da Conegliano, Musée du Luxembourg.

5   June: Artemisia Gentileschi, Musée Maillol.

14 June: Montparnasse exhibition, Pinacothèque.

21 June: Misia Sert, Queen of Paris, Musée d’Orsay.

Gallery lectures held at:

Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos, 1 rue Jacques Cœur 75004 Paris

Métro: Bastille (lines 1,5,8) exit boulevard Henri IV.

Fridays: The History of Paris with

Chris Boïcos and Dimitri Papalexis

Architecture, Art, Urbanism, Society - Part 11:

Paris of the “années folles” 1920-1930

  Course Schedule: Fridays 10:30 am – 12:00 noon.

  Coffee and tea served at gallery sessions at 10 am.

9 Mar.  10:30 – 12 noon – Gallery – Art Deco Paris.

16 Mar. 10:30 – 12 noon – Walk –Montparnasse, 1920’s archtiecture

23 Mar.  10:30 – 12 noon – Gallery – Art and Bohemia of the 1920’s.

30 Mar.  10:30 – 12 noon – visit – Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris. Art of the 1920’s

6 April. 10:30 – 12 noon – Gallery – Coco Chanel and fashion of the 1920’s. Lecture by Dimitri Papalexis

13 April. 10:30 – 12 noon – Visit and walk – Corbusier Foundation and modern architecture in Auteuil.

Students will receive from the instructor a bibliography, a printed chronology and a list of historical and artistic figures.
   

Course fee: 120 € for the 6 sessions or 25 € for one session.

Payable by check made out to:  Galerie B.O.B.

Museum fees are additional to course fees.

Exact change is appreciated.

To register for these classes, please call, email or send us a note

with a check payable to Galerie BOB 1, rue Jacques Coeur

75004  Paris.

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Website: www.parisartstudies.com

Tel: 06 86 58 98 09