Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768-1826)

In Bordeaux, the woman who painted Les Adieux de Psyché à sa famille (Psyche Bidding Farewell to Her Family) enjoys well-deserved success.

The museum purchased Psyche Bidding Her Family Farewell (1791) by the French Old Master. This work was one of the first history paintings by a woman shown at the Paris Salon. Having studied with Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun and David, Benoist was one of the rare women accepted into the Royal Academy with full membership.

Leading French royal figures are the guests at a sale of historical mementoes.

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

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

The Musée d’Orsay is hosting a groundbreaking exhibition that stretches its temporal boundaries to explore the role of black figures in the birth of modernity.

The Chateau of Versailles preempted a painting of the dauphine of France by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis.

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

Few women have been so often represented. Over the centuries, the last Queen of France has become what we call an icon. This exhibition sheds a new light on her, this time from a highly original angle: that of her image and the media coverage she has...

Mary Cassatt was not only a great artist, but also played a crucial role in the Franco-American dialogue and the promotion of French art across the Atlantic.