Marin-Marie (1901-1987)

Marin-Marie, an outstanding seascape artist, appears once more at auction with a timelessly appealing work from 1947.

The specialist in scientific instruments and marine antiquities passed away on October 30, at the age of 72. For the auction houses of Drouot, he appraised both Dieppe ivories and the paintings of his beloved painter Marin-Marie, whose work he helped to promote.

On April 23, collectors will have a chance to eye some sailing instruments, globes, half-hulls and boat models, engraved sperm whale teeth and paintings by Marin-Marie (1901-1987), whose work was championed by the expert, Bruno Petitcollot.

Vincent Bouat-Ferlier has been appointed scientific director of the Musée National de la Marine. The chief cultural heritage curator had been in charge of the Paris institution's museographic project since 2017. He previously worked for the FrencNational Archives and the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture.

The announcement of its opening date was long-awaited. The Cour d'Honneur, the Cour de l'Intendant with its glass roof designed by architect Hugh Dutton and the Hôtel de la Marine bookshop will be open to the public starting on June 12. In the fall, the Al Thani collection will open its doors.

A hundred firefighters were mobilized on December 31, Place de la Concorde, to deal with a fire threatening the eighteenth-century building, just renovated. The fire broke out in a room on the fourth floor of this former French Navy headquarters. The collections on display were not affected.

With this portrait of a young woman, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), offers a condensed version of the best that Impressionism has given to art.

The Parisian establishment had been forced to close to the public after a fire broke out on December 31 in a technical room on the fourth floor, which was not a historically protected section of the building. The exhibition galleries of the Al Thani Collection will reopen in the coming days.

Three first-rate works dazzled at this auction, starting with a watercolor by the American Impressionist.

Starting November 18, the museum will present "Treasures of the Al Thani Collection", a temporary exhibition featuring 120 objects covering 5,000 years of history. It inaugurates a 400 m2 path devoted to the presentation of the collection, and including 4 galleries, one of which is reserved for temporary exhibitions.