Pierre-Georges Deraisme (1865-1929)

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!

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

The sale of about 50 George Papazov works by his descendants provides an opportunity to rediscover the Bulgarian artist. The dreamlike quality of his paintings links him to the Surrealist movement.

An appeal for donations was launched to finance the restoration of the rose garden at the Sand’s house in Nohant, France, which was an undeniable source of inspiration for the writer. Scheduled for this fall, €180 000 is needed for the replanting of thousands of shrubs and the rearrangement of the paths.

This masterpiece of tenebrism is the last of Georges de La Tour's nocturnal scenes still in private hands, and one of his rare signed paintings. It comes from the outstanding collection of Hinrich Bischoff, a German entrepreneur who acquired it in 1975.

Anna Boch, the only woman who exhibited at the Salon des XX in Brussels, was an artist, musician and collector of paintings by Paul Gaugin, Vincent Van Gogh, Georges Seraut, Paul Signac and Lucie Cousturier

The painter and interior designer played with materials to his heart's content, choosing red to dress up a fur salon.

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.

On Tuesday, October 11, two wing chairs by Pierre Guariche  (1926-1995) will be presented in Grenoble.

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