Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898)

Millet and Puvis de Chavannes were ambassadors of the 19th century through their drawings.

Precious snippets of this collection, from Delacroix to Rodin and Puvis de Chavannes, relate the passion of a learned family linked to the history of France and the art of its time.

Cherished by its aesthete owner, Pierre Guénant, the Château de Beaulieu plays on its Provençal charm while cultivating the air of a Venetian palace.

Son of antique dealer Didier Aaron and brother of Hervé Aaron, who chaired the Syndicat national des antiquaires and the Salon du dessin, Olivier Aaron was a leading figure on the Paris market. He died on 25 November 2018.

Coming directly from her family, a dozen paintings by Maria Wiik provide a chance to rediscover this artist, little known in France but famous in her own country, mainly for introducing modern movements there.

The collections of the leading art historian, which he recently donated to the Hauts-de-Seine département for the future Musée du Grand Siècle in Saint-Cloud, remain as secret as they are astonishing. But the collector now lifts a corner of the veil...

The radical architect and designer of the 1930s created a set of eight pieces, whose simplicity contrasted with the design of Artisans de Marolles.

Do you want to feel like the former French President (1969-1974) and great art-lover Georges Pompidou? Would you like to sit in the comfort of his dining room in the Elysée Palace? Thanks to these chairs, your fantasy could come true!

Among 30-odd architectural drawings from the collection of a private mansion in Binic, this project for the Louvre by Pierre Fontaine is worth a look.

A 1981 painting by the magician of black (who has just died aged 102) will shine alongside a group of works by Bernard Buffet.