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11 mars 2018
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Édition 2018, NumÉro 13
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Welcome on our newsletter,We are happy to suggest you aPrivate tour ofMonet house & the impressionism museum in GIVERNY
http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/around-paris/minivan-tours/giverny-and-monet-s-gardens-private-guided-tour
If you want to take your time and have your lunch in this beautiful Normand village, you can select & book a full day excursion as below ; you can admire the garden of Claude Monet and his house in Giverny. This a charming village where you can also see the tomb of Claude Monet situated in the cemetery of the church of Giverny.
http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/around-paris/minivan-full-day-tours/giverny-and-normandy-full-day
It is also possible to choose Giverny and Auvers sur Oise where the painter Van Gogh spent the end of his life. The painter was inspired by the sunflowers and you can see in the cemetery of Auvers sur Oise his tomb with the the of his brother Théo Van Gogh. The city of Auvers sur Oise illustrate also the painting of Vincent Van Gogh with its church, the Auberge of Ravoux and the house of the Doctor Gachet.In Paris, we recommend you to visit the Marmottan museum where the impressionist painters are represented & where an exhibition is dedicated to the painter Corot
COROT. THE PAINTER AND HIS MODELS
MARMOTTAN MONET
Under the curatorship of
Sebastian Allard, General Heritage Curator and Director of the Department of
Paintings in the Musée du Louvre, the exhibition ‘Corot. Le peintre et ses
modèles’ (‘Corot: the painter and his models’) will be the first Parisian event
devoted to the artist’s work since the major retrospective held in 1996 in
the Grand Palais. Scheduled to be held in the Musée Marmottan Monet between
8 February and 8 July 2018,the exhibition will bring
together an exceptional ensemble of figurative paintings and will highlight
the most intimate, secret, and modern aspects of the artist’s works.
The exhibition will display around sixty of these figure-based works, loaned by the most prestigious public and private collections in Europe and the United States (such as the Musée du Louvre, the National Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Kunsthalle in Hamburg, the Belvedere in Vienna, and the Bührle Foundation in Zurich), with the intention of exploring this relatively unknown side of the artist’s oeuvre. There will be masterpieces such as the famous Femme à la Perle (Woman With a Pearl), the Louvre’s Dame en Bleu (Lady in Blue), and the National Gallery’s impressive Italienne (Italian Woman), which was once held in the collection of the painter Lucian Freud, along with other works that are just as splendid but rarely seen, such as his nudes. Curator: Sébastien Allard, General Heritage Curator and Director of the Department of Paintings, the Musée du LouvreAn exhibition held in conjunction with the Musée du Louvre
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Japonisms / Impressionisms
Exhibition
from March 30 to July 15, 2018
Claude
Monet, Nymphéas, 1908
© Vernon,
musée de Vernon
“The
opening of trade and diplomatic links with Japan in 1868 enabled Western
artists to discover artistic forms that were radically different from those
they had been taught for centuries.
Impressionist
and Post-Impressionist painters were sensitive to the refinement of an art
that reflected their own aspirations, paving the way for a veritable artistic
revolution.
The
exhibition will feature around 120 paintings and prints, from Monet to Van
Gogh.”
We are at your disposal for many private
tours in Paris, around Paris and on long distance excursion in France.
Normandy excursions
during 2 or 3 days in a minivan with a private driver-guide in English enable
you to see & visit many different famous sites as the Normandy landing
beaches, the Mont Saint Michel, Rouen cathedral & Honfleur harbor and
many other original villages in this typical countryside of France.
We don’t make any
hotel reservation but it will be a pleasure to recommend you the best for
you!!
In Normandy many
diverse subjects can be presented:
· The French gastronomy
with the typical Normand specialty (apple cider, camembert & other
cheeses, calvados, cream, butter and many other…)
· The middle-age with
the gothic architecture of Rouen or Bayeux cathedrals and the Mont Saint
Michel
· The 19th
century with the impressionist painters who get their inspiration in
Honfleur, Etretat, Le Havre, Rouen or Giverny
· The 20th
century with WWII and the D-Day landing beaches situated on the coast along 100
km long from Utah to Sword beach.
Phone :
06 73 14 69 06
Fax :
01 42 11 07 51
E-mail
Website :
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Sunday, March 11, 2018
Giverny exhibition & France private guided tours blog
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
AMAZING Paris & Palais Royal scooter
16 janvier 2018
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Édition 2018, Numéro 12
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Welcome on
our newsletter,
and HAPPY NEW YEAR
We are happy to suggest you a
Brittany
private excursion during 2 or 3 days
Before Tahiti, it is in Britany
that
the painter Paul Gauguin stayed and
had inspiration. This is a typical region situated in the west of France close to Normandy. We can also combine a 3 days excursion with the Britany region and the Normandy region as well as associate it to the Loire valley region.
Don’t hesitate to
contact us for more information and booking:
 
Phone :
06 73 14 69 06
Fax :
01 42 11 07 51
E-mail
Website :
If you like an original tour not far from Paris, we suggest you this
visit in Châtenay-Malabry where is located a beautiful park with the
writer Chateaubriand house.
http://www.hauts-deseine.fr/fileadmin/PDF/Cadredevie/
MAISON_DE_CHATEAUBRIAND2_-_Depliant_en_anglais_BDEF.pdf
We can take you in a private minivan with a driver/guide to this beautiful place in the morning or in the afternoon. If you choose a full day, we can combine this tour with a private guided tour of Versailles palace: these two subjects have many common points…Don’t hesitate to contact us for more information & booking.http://sandytours.com/en/our-tours/around-paris/minivan-tours/versailles-and-the-sun-king-shining-palace-private-guided-tour |
A must see
in Paris:
LE PALAIS ROYAL
The
Palais-Royal, originally called the Palais-Cardinal, is a former royal palace
located in the 1st arrondissement.
The
screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre.
The larger inner courtyard, the Cour d'Honneur, since 1986 contains Daniel
Buren's site-specific art piece, known as “Les Colonnes de Buren”. In 1830 the Cour d'Honneur was enclosed to
the north by the most famous of Paris's covered arcades, the Galerie
d'Orléans; its flanking rows of columns still stand between the Cour
d'Honneur and the Gardens. The Palais-Royal is nowadays the seat of the Ministry
of Culture and the Constitutional Council.
We are at your disposal for many private
tours in Paris, around Paris and on long distance excursion in France.
Nuits
américaines : l'histoire de Chateaubriand vue par Sophie Kitching
The exhibition nights American invites to the
discovery of a story, that of Chateaubriand, left alone in the discovery of
America by the end of the 18th century. By the work of writing, the author
reactivates the memory of his immersive experience of nature 'wild and
sublime '.
An exhibition to discover from October 14, 2017, to March 4, 2018, in the home of Chateaubriand.
Versailles palace private guided tour is the
excursion you can select in order to discover the beautiful architecture of the
century 17th as well as the impressive garden designed by André Le Notre. Your guide will present you the
history of the sun king reign and he will give you an approach of the court of
Versailles palace. Don't hesitate to choose a morning or afternoon 4 hours
private guided tour.
If you want to see more,
we recommend you to book a full day private tour in Versailles where you will
see the palace with the gardens as well as the Trianon and the hamlet of
Marie-Antoinette, one of the most famous Queen of Versailles!!
In the park of Versailles,
it is possible to enjoy a nice lunch and you have the opportunity if you like
it to rent bicycle b around the park, the Trianon and the hamlet of Versailles.
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Monday, October 16, 2017
Gauguin Exhibition in Paris - Grand Palais blogspot
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16 octobre 2017
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Édition 2017, Numéro 11
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Welcome on our newsletter,We are happy to suggest you aBrittany private excursion during 2 or 3 days
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Exhibition
Gauguin, the Alchemist,
from October 11, 2017,
to January
22, 2018 at the Grand Palais
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), painter,
Post-Impressionist, is considered the leader of the school of Pont-Aven, the
inspiratory of Nabis, and one of the major French artists of the 19th
century. This exhibition traces his amazing career and his explorations of
the arts the most various: painting, drawing, engraving, sculpture, ceramic,
etc. Gathered masterpieces highlight the work of Gauguin on the matter and
his creative process, a work full of repetition of motifs and themes.
There is 5 paintings of Gauguin that I did apreciate in that exhibition
We are at your disposal for many private tours in Paris, around Paris and on long distance excursion in France.
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