Robert Tatin (1902-1983)

Provence, an oil painting dated 1957, joins the museum dedicated to the artist, located in his house in Cossé-le-Vivien following his death. It was acquired from a gallery by the departmental council of Mainz and was painted during Robert Tatin's stay on the Côte d'Azur.

A group of tapestries with amazingly fresh colors opens the door to the wonderful world of the cartoon artist, then at the peak of his powers.

As the creator of this scholarly drawing citing both Roman and Egyptian mythologies was none other than Hubert Robert, its estimate was roundly crushed.

Dom Robert’s teeming tapestry lived up to expectations, along with an armchair by Charlotte Perriand and a flowering planter by Minton.

At this sale in Mayenne, the fantastical figures of the first artist vied with the paradisal scenes and cosmogonies of the other two.

Key works by two outstanding painters dominated this auction, but the decorative arts also made a fine showing.

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.

The co-founder of Figuration libre (Free Figuration) celebrates film, one of his favorite sources of inspiration, in a dreamlike display that is heading to the prestigious Martinez Hotel in Cannes.

The estate of Robert Motherwell is set to be managed and represented by Kasmin. The Abstract Expressionist painter, who died in 1991, is perhaps most celebrated for his works from the postwar era, particular his Elegy to the Spanish Republic series. Kasmin has two spaces, both of which are in New York. (ArtNews)

Robert Guillerme (1913-1990), who graduated from the Ecole Boulle in 1934, influenced furniture in the 1950s-1970s with pieces in light-colored wood, particularly waxed oak.