Our return full of events !

September 2014 promises plenty of memorable moments for Galerie Vauclair. First the gallery participates in its second Paris Biennale des Antiquaires at the Grand Palais from 11 to 21 September.

On this occasion, we'll prepare a totally new decor, full of modernity, and it is the Argentean architect Luis Laplace who creates for us a resolutely baroque frame, his "moder opera" as he likes to call it. 

Galerie Vauclair will present a "four hands" selection for this Biennale : Laurence Vauclair and Luis Laplace have selected extraordinary pieces, full of colors and fantasy. A watch again and again at our booth!

At the same time, Galerie Vauclair participates in the 7th Circuit of Ceramics which runs from September 9 to 14. So you can find a very unique decor built on the importance of ceramics in the winter gardens of the second half of the 19th century. Rattan and exceptional artistic ceramics will expect you at 24 rue de Beaune 75007 Paris.

As special centerpiece, Galerie Vauclair will exhibit this beautiful and so rare monumental vase with cloisonne enamels created ​​by Delphin Massier in Vallauris in 1890.

The media are here and begin relaying the different events, Biennale in first. Here are some articles not to be missed:

- Belles Demeures, July-September 2014

- Connaissance des arts, September 2014

- Beaux Arts Magazine, September 2014, with a folder of 12 pages written by A. Malvoisin and dedicated to the Biennale

Extracts from the article: pages 1 and 3

Parisians speak to the Normans : our exhibition in the TV French program Télématin

Beautiful reportage by Melanie Griffon on our exhibition "L'Art de la Barbotine" at the Manoir d'Argouges (14400 Vaux-sur-Aure, Low-Normandy). We are waiting for you there still to June 22. Thank you very much Melanie Griffon and the entire team of "Télématin" for this support!

Parisians speak to the Normans: Galerie Vauclair at the Manor of Argouges

Our major event of the Spring 2014 has arrived!

The exhibition "L'Art de la Barbotine" is on view from 1st to 22nd June 2014 at the Manoir d'Argouges in Lower Normandy (14400 Vaux-sur-Aure)

We will be delighted to welcome you every day from 2.30 pm. to 7 pm.

Here the first exclusive pictures...

Arrival at the Manor, a unique place built between the 15th and 17th centuries

Preparations for the exhibition with Mr. Bertrand Levasseur, the owner of the place. On the right Mr. Denis Rouquette

Our barbotines take place...

This exhibition is an opportunity for us to help you discover or rediscover the world of Palissy Followers and more generally the artistic ceramics of the second half of the 19th century, including the historicist side. Good example here with a big plate of Thomas Victor Sergent and its mythological decoration

And we are pleased to present to you the first press release that supports event widely

La Renaissance Le Bessin, April 4th 2014

Collectionneur et Chineur, May 16th 2014

Antiquités Brocante, May 2014

Aladin, May 2014

Ouest France, May 30. 2014

La Manche Libre, Le Bessin Libre, May 31st 2014

Ouest France, May 31st 2014

A big thank you to the various journalists who continue to support us in all our projects 

And a special thank you to Laure & Bertrand Levasseur, owners of the Manor, our hosts this month during the commemoration of the Normandy Landing.

Our exhibitions for Spring 2014

With the warm weather arrives two major exhibitions for Galerie Vauclair. First, the month of May will mark the annual event of the Carré Rive Gauche in Paris. 

From May 15 to 18, we invite you to discover an exhibition on the theme "Each Piece has a Story" For this occasion we will present some new pieces like our exceptional panel by the Manufacture of Sarreguemines, France. 

Manufacture de Sarreguemines, Decorative panel "Lohengrin" by Wagner, circa 1870-1880, enameled earthenware, 165 x 90 cm

This decorative panel composed of sixty-six tiles, comes from the kilns of the ceramic factory of Sarreguemines. The décor shows the great influence of Richard Wagner, his music and operas on both fine arts and decorative arts. Here the décor recalls one of his most famous works: Lohengrin. Written between 1845 and 1848, this opera was first given in 1850. The scene represented is part of the first act, when the mysterious chevalier arrives on his very ornate ship, looking for Elsa who eventually accepts to marry him. 

By itself, this panel evokes a piece of the history of decorative arts, the history of taste. It convenes various arts to form a new story.

For June 2014, Galerie Vauclair prepares an unprecedented event: for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings, she will exhibit more than one hundred barbotines/majolica at Manoir d'Argouges, exceptional property of Laure & Bertrand Levasseur. 

Manoir d'Argouges (Vaux-sur-Aure), built between the 15th and the 17th century

Under the sponsorship of Mr. Stéphane Bern, presenter of the tv program "Secrets of History", the exhibition "L'Art de la Barbotine, les Suiveurs de Palissy débarquent en Normandie" will run from 1 to 22 June 2014.

For the exhibition you will find a beautiful collection of Palissy's Followers : Avisseau, Landais, Brard, Barbizet, Renoleau... All those artists who, during the second half of the nineteenth century, look to the art of the past, especially the Renaissance.

The press starts to talk about the event : 

Beautiful article in the journal "La Renaissance / Le Bessin / Côte de Nacre" for April 4th 2014

We hope to see you all for these two events !