Agathon Léonard (1841-1923)

Mankind's most magnificent conquest was Alfred de Dreux's chief source of inspiration. A passionate horse lover, the artist celebrated them with some of his finest works.

As this portrait attests, Léonard Limosin was an enameler to great statesmen and kings, starting with French King, Francis I (r.1515-1547).

In French-speaking Switzerland, Martigny, where Julius Caesar covered himself in glory, there lives another conqueror: Léonard Gianadda, who set up a foundation that hosts memorable exhibitions. the next one is “Caillebotte”, the tale of a remarkable adventure.

The 87-year-old Swiss collector, who La Gazette interviewed in 2021, revealed the new bronze sculpture by artist Auguste Rodin. Representing the standing figure of Victor Hugo, the sculpture is the latest edition to the expansive sculpture garden which surrounds his Art Foundation in Martigny, Switzerland. (Le Figaro)

The line is both controlled and sensual; the eye dances all along this voluptuous female figure. The signature, clearly visible, unsurprisingly reveals the name of the Japanese-born painter Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968). Women were one of his...

Founded in 1740, the Sèvres Manufacture is the custodian of a priceless intangible heritage—centuries of French know-how in the ceramic arts, passed from generation to generation of artisans.

Worthy of dukes, popes and queens, narwhal tuks and enamels by Léonard Limosin rival each other in terms of prestige.

Combining spontaneity and sophistication, this work by Léonard Foujita reflects his love for the worlds of childhood and nature.

It is only fitting that this work by Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine has returned to the museum for which it was made: the Louvre.

Two lovely works by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon and Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita achieved their rightful prices at this sale, which also included a portrait of pirate Barbarossa.