Jean Paulhan (1884-1968)

This cement sculpture from the collection of Chana Orloff’s friend Jean Paulhan attests that portraiture was her favorite genre.

Painted when the artist was not yet famous, this seaside subject puts people at the center of the composition.

This Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) painting found in an antique dealer’s collection recalls that, despite his academic reputation, he was a bold artist with no peer when it came to creating powerful images.

In cherry red, Jean Royère's iconic "Ours polaire" (Polar Bear) is even softer and more cozy, making you want to curl up on it.

Sculptures by the protean artist who created Hourloupe and Coucou Bazar have reappeared, recalling his controversial unfinished work Salon d’été (Summer Salon).

Two works by famous artists achieved the highest bids: Jean Royère’s polar bear sofa and Auguste Rodin’s Saint John the Baptist.

In this sale at Drouot, top names in modern art rub shoulders with less famous ones, like the Armenian painter and sculptor Ervand Kotchar.

The reappearance of a previously unknown work by Jean-Honoré Fragonard is in many ways the answer to an enigma, one that we can only guess at but never fully grasp.

Although remembered mainly for his chinoiseries, Jean Pillement also left us some fine landscapes halfway between Classicism and Romanticism.

The historic gallery on the rue du Bac announced the death, at the age of 87, of its president Jean-Marie Bonnet, which occurred on December 23 in Paris. The latter has notably contributed to maintain the activity of gallery to the death Jean Fournier in 2006.