Douanier Rousseau (1844-1910)

Le Douanier Rousseau, Raden Saleh, Raoul Dufy and a world record for Georges Kars… A winning quartet in a sale dedicated to modern art. 

All eyes were on the naïve painter’s pleasingly composed bouquet of flowers.

With 100-odd paintings and drawings, this new retrospective at the Musée du Petit Palais in Paris explores different aspects of the work of this landscape painter, a forerunner and rebel in several respects.

This 1920 painting of Adrienne De Zutter illustrates the intersecting cultures that shaped the work of this unique painter.

A mature work by Félix Vallotton (1865-1925), La Seine aux Andelys, le soir, which goes up for sale soon, represents the artist's final research, returning to the classical landscape.

Henri Rousseau’s c. 1906 painting Parc Montsouris in Paris more than quadrupled its high estimate of €80,000 fetching €360,000 in Rossini’s June 29 sale “Modern & Contemporary Art”. The oil on canvas was signed bottom right and came with two certificates.

Before it closes in the first half of 2022, the Kahn library will be providing a fourth chapter full of discoveries, with Old Masters and books, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, paintings and collages from the 19th and 20th centuries.

A fine selection of furniture, tableware and curios with a focus on 19th-century faience, as well as tables and a gold box from the 18th century.

Dom Robert’s naïve, decorative world blossoms in this shimmering tapestry breathing with beautiful energy.

The Museum of the History of Paris seized the opportunity to make this model of a Chinese pagoda, a folly built in the park of the Montmorency-Luxembourg mansion, located on the Grands Boulevards of the capital, a stone's throw from Drouot their own.