Caravaggio exhibition in Paris, Paris covered passage walking tour,Vaux le Vicomte castle excursion & Champagne region private tour.

Newsletter    14 septembre 2018 Édition 2018, Numéro 19

Welcome on our newsletter, We are happy to suggest you a Private walking tour of THE COVERED PASSAGES OF PARIS http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/paris/original-walking-tours/covered-passages Don't hesitate to choose this original walking tour situated in the quarter of the Opera in Paris. You will be able to discover through some very secret passages the city during the 19th century. It is a very nice private tour with your licensed guide who will be able to tell you about this particular district of Paris situated on the right bank of the river Seine. You can decide to book this guided tour in the morning or in the afternoon ; it is during 3 hours.  ************ In the east of Paris, it is possible to make an original private visit to the castle of VAUX LE VICOMTE as well as the castle of FONTAINEBLEAU during a full day. http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/around-paris/minivan-full-day-tours/fontainebleau-and-vaux-le-vicomte-palaces-including-barbizon-village Vaux-le-Vicomte is a private castle dated from the 17th century. Unique in its style, and a must see. You will be able to discover the history of its builder & owner Nicolas FOUQUET : Patron of the Arts ; this castle features all the beautiful way of life of the Grand 17th century. The gardens are beautiful designed by Andre LE NOTRE. It is a wonderful half day private excursion that you can combine during a full-day with the castle of FONTAINEBLEAU.  ************* If you want to do an excursion outside Paris, you can go to the THE CHAMPAGNE: a beautiful region where it is possible to visit a taste cave producing wine & champagne, as well as to admire the cathedral of REIMS http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/france-long-distance/minivan-full-day-tours/champagne-private-tour You can visit the major houses like MOET, TAITTINGER, MUMM, RUINART, POMMERY, VEUVE CLICQUOT etc...Or/And small producers. Nice day to have a CHAMPAGNE experience. Don't hesitate to get in touch with us in order to choose the most appropriate customized tour.  Phone :  06 73 14 69 06 Fax : 01 42 11 07 51 E-mail:contact@sandytours.com Web: http://www.sandytours.com

EXHIBITION : CARAVAGGIO'S Roman Period His friends and enemies From 21 September to 28 January 2019 ABOUT THE EVENT VISITING PARTNERS In the autumn of 2018, discover an exhibition devoted to Caravaggio (1571–1610), a leading figure in 17th-century Italian painting. Nine masterpieces by the artist will exceptionally be brought together for this unique event in Paris. An exhibition event These extraordinary canvases from major Italian museums—such as the Galleria Nazionale in Palazzo Barberini, the Galleria Borghese and the Musei Capitolini in Rome, the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, the Musei di Strada Nuova in Genoa, and the Museo Civico Ala Ponzone in Cremona, not to mention the prestigious loan of the Lute Player (1595-1596) from the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, presented in France or the first time. Nine Caravaggio will retrace Caravaggio’s Roman period from 1592 until he fled into exile in 1606. They will be complemented by the works of leading contemporary painters, such as Cavaliere d’Arpino, Annibale Carracci, Orazio Gentileschi, Giovanni Baglione, and José de Ribera, in order to highlight Caravaggio’s innovative genius and the artistic effervescence that reigned in the Eternal City at the time. An exceptional artist at the heart of the roman artistic scene Born in 1571, Michelangelo Merisi, whose byname was Caravaggio, revolutionised Italian painting in the 17th century through the realism of his canvases and his innovative use of chiaroscuro, and became the greatest naturalistic painter of his time. The exhibition will focus on Caravaggio’s Roman period and the artistic circle in which he moved: as the most recent studies have shown, the painter maintained close relations with the contemporary intellectual circles in Rome. The exhibition will therefore look at Caravaggio’s links with the collectors and artists, and also the poets and scholars of his time—links that have never been highlighted in an exhibition. The exhibition will initially focus on life in Rome at the beginning of the seventeenth century, by looking at the artistic activity in the major workshops, in which Caravaggio began his career. It was during this period that Caravaggio met various figures who were to play a key role in his career: Marchese Giustiniani (1564–1637) and Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte (1549–1627). They became Caravaggio’s foremost patrons and he received many prestigious commissions from them. After looking at Caravaggio’s friends and supporters, the exhibition will focus on his enemies and rivals who were also part of the art scene in Rome at the time. Caravaggio—the painter did not want other artists to imitate his style, but this did in fact occur—sometimes clashed with his confrères during discussions, lawsuits, and even brawls. His career in Rome ended in 1606, when Caravaggio killed Ranuccio Tomassoni during a heated discussion. Condemned to death after this fatal brawl, Caravaggio fled into exile but his most loyal patrons continued to take an interest in his work. You can book a private guided tour of the museum Jacquemart-André with a entrance to that exhibition.  It is also possible to order a full-day private tour of Paris in minibus with a driver-guide including a entrance to this marvelous Caravaggio exhibition.  Don't hesitate to contact us in order to fixe our availability.

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Newsletter
3 avril 2018	Édition 2018, Numéro 14
Welcome on our newsletter, We are happy to suggest you a Private walking tour of the Jacquemart-André museum and the park Monceau http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/paris/original-museum-tours/monceau-valley-and-jacquemart-museum Jacquemart-André museum  When you like to visit Paris with a writer, don’t hesitate to make a walking tour of the Latin quarter in Paris and admire most of the streets described by Ernest Hemingway that are looking the same. Paris en fête / Ernest Hemingway It is possible to choose a private walking tour of the Saint Germain des Près or a Notre-Dame and Cluny museum private tour http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/paris/original-walking-tours/left-bank-latin-quarter Saint-Germain des Près church http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/paris/original-museum-tours/notre-dame-cathedral-the-island-of-the-city-and-cluny-museum Notre-Dame cathedral Phone : 06 73 14 69 06 Fax : 01 42 11 07 51 E-mail contact@sandytours.com Website : http://www.sandytours.com	EXHIBITION Mary Cassatt An American Impressionist in ParisFrom 9 March to 23 July 2018 “In the spring of 2018, Culturespaces and the Musée Jacquemart-André will be holding a major retrospective devoted to Mary Cassatt (1844–1926). Considered during her lifetime as the greatest American artist, Cassatt lived in France for more than sixty years. She was the only American painter to have exhibited her work with the Impressionists in Paris. The female representative of impressionism The exhibition focuses on the only American female artist in the Impressionist movement; she was spotted by Degas in the 1874 Salon, and subsequently exhibited her works alongside those of the group. This monographic exhibition will enable visitors to rediscover Mary Cassatt through fifty major works, comprising oils, pastels, drawings, and engravings, which, complemented by various documentary sources, will convey her modernist approach — that of an American woman in Paris. A franco-american approach of painting Born into a wealthy family of American bankers with French origins, Mary Cassatt spent a few years in France during her childhood, continuing her studies at the Pennsylvania Fine Arts Academy, and eventually settled in Paris. Therefore, she lived on both continents. This cultural duality is evident in the distinctive style of the artist, who succeeded in making her mark in the male world of French art and reconciling these two worlds. The originality of her vision Just like Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt excelled in the art of portraiture, to which she adopted an experimental approach. Influenced by the Impressionist movement and its painters who liked to depict daily life, Mary Cassatt’s favourite theme was portraying the members of her family, whom she represented in their intimate environment. Her unique vision and modernist interpretation of a traditional theme such as the mother and child earned her international recognition. Through this subject, the general public will discover many familiar aspects of French Impressionism and Postimpressionism, along with new elements that underscore Mary Cassatt’s decidedly American identity. A prestigious selection The exhibition will bring together a selection of exceptional works loaned from major American museums, such as Washington’s National Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Terra Foundation in Chicago; works will also be loaned by prestigious institutions in France — the Musée d’Orsay, the Petit Palais, INHA, and the BnF (French National Library) — and in Europe, such as the Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, and the Bührle Foundation in Zurich. There will also be many works from private collections. Rarely exhibited, these masterpieces will be brought together in the exhibition for the first time. ~~~~~~~~ Fontainebleau forest      We are at your disposal for many private tours in Paris, around Paris and on long distance excursion in France. Fontainebleau castle and Barbizon village are situated in the south of Paris after 1 hour driving. You can discover a very nice architecture dating from the middle-age with a great collection of the Renaissance school of Fontainebleau directed by Italian artist with the protection and order of the king of France François the 1st. Fontainebleau castle It was also in the 19th century the official residence of the emperor Napoléon the 1st: you can visit over there many furniture of his apartments. It is also possible to go in the forest of the Fontainebleau and enjoy the village of Barbizon where are many painters in the 19th century such as the famous artist Jean-François Millet. ********* In Normandy, we suggest you to make the D-Day landing beaches private excursion where you will discover the WWII battle and events with the allies and the liberation of France. Américan cemetery http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/france-long-distance/minivan-full-day-tours/normandy-d-day-beaches-1944-private-guided-tour