FRANCE private excursion & PARIS private walking tours in JUNE 2019

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6 juin 2019	Édition 2019, NumÉro 25        ☀☀☀☀
Welcome in France with Sandy Tours Should you be in OR outside Paris in June? With the sweet weather, it is very nice & you can do many activities in the city! But why not taking the air in the countryside? vvvv We are happy to suggest you a World War 1 Private excursion for one day from Paris or a 2 or 3 days journey to the north of France and also Belgium!! Don’t hesitate to ask us & it will be a pleasure to customize this fascinate tour with our specialized driver-guides team Phone:  06 73 14 69 06 Office:   01 70 39 26 62 E-mail:contact@sandytours.com Web: http://www.sandytours.com	« Helena Rubinstein:  The adventure of beauty » March 25th, 2019 till August 25th, 2019, at the Museum of Art and Jewish History For the first time in France, the mahJ is devoting an exhibition to Helena Rubinstein (1872- 1965). Featuring more than 300 exhibits from her famous collection – objects, garments, photographs, etchings, books, paintings, sculptures and tapestries, including works by Marc Chagall, Michel Kikoïne, Sarah Lipska, Louis Marcoussis, Elie Nadelman and Maurice Utrillo – it recounts the life and career of the woman whom Jean Cocteau dubbed “the empress of beauty.” The Marais in Paris has to be done only with a walking tour: it is narrow streets, very pleasant when it is hot because you find the shade… After a great visit of the Marais in the 17th century with your official guide, you can stop to a very nice Parisian “salon de thé” such as “Carette” in the place des Vosges http://www.carette-paris.fr/ We can do a walking tour of the Marais more about the Jewish quarter of Paris. Obviously, you will enjoy ending this tour eating the specialty food of the “As du Falafel” http://l-as-du-fallafel.zenchef.com/ Our meeting place to start the visit is very often At the exit of the subway station  “Saint Paul” (line 1)  as below on the picture.  But if you prefer, we have the possibility to meet you at the lobby of your hotel or apartment you have booked in Paris. Don’t hesitate to contact us & ask for more information if needed!

Orsay museum exhibition and private guided tour in Montmartre,Chantilly or excursion to discover WW1 in France

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12 juin 2018	Édition 2018, Numéro 16
Welcome on our newsletter, We are happy to suggest you a Private walking tour of MONTMARTRE http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/paris/classic-walking-tours/montmartre-and-the-sacre-coeur-basilica-walking-tour In the north of Paris, it is possible to make an original private excursion to the castle of Chantilly where a beautiful collection of Renaissance art is presented If you are ready to do a longest excursion related with WW1, it is possible to choose this private tour with a driver/guide who will make you feel the events of this war period. Don’t hesitate to contact us in order to adapt and choose the most important site you want to visit.http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/france-long-distance/minivan-full-day-tours/ww1-battlefields-private-tour Phone :  06 73 14 69 06 Fax : 01 42 11 07 51 E-mail:contact@sandytours.com Web: http://www.sandytours.com	In Colour: Polychrome Sculpture in France 1850-1910 12 June - 9 September 2018 Relatively unknown, 19th century polychrome sculpture is one of the key facets of the history of the discipline. Until the beginning of this century, the only colours permitted in statuary were the white of marble and the monochrome patina of bronzes. But the discovery of the use of polychromy in ancient architecture and sculpture changed people’s perspective, as well as generating heated debate. The question of applying colour to contemporary sculpture superseded archaeological debates, and pioneering sculptors like Charles Cordier began to specialize in this technique from the 1850s. Once the controversy had died down, colour began to establish its legitimacy of the Second Empire thanks to its decorative character, prevailing under the influence of Symbolism and Art Nouveau as of the 1880s. The diversity of materials used testifies to the often sophisticated experimentation carried out, which sometimes produced surprising aesthetic results. Painted waxes and marbles, assembled colored marbles, gold and silver bronzes, pâte de verre and enameled stoneware became the new language of a new style of French sculpture, illustrating artists’ flair for experimentation at the end of the century. The major challenge in applying colour to sculpture lay in the illusionism of the representation, as demonstrated by the scandal caused by Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. Coloured sculpture would became the preferred medium of Henry Cross, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Louis-Ernest Barrias, Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach, Jean Carriès and Paul Gauguin. The exhibition presents a selective overview of this very particular aspect of 19th century art through an ensemble of around fifty works from the collections of the Musée d'Orsay. Edouard Papet, general curator, Musée d'Orsay