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Culturopolis

By Fabrice Roy

Welcome to my world ! Essays, poems, impressions, short stories, emotions, nostalgia... writing accompanies my life.

To parody Rostand and his Cyrano, for a yes, for a no write or... make a verse. And deliver with restraint, with a smile on your face, anything that can increase us and make our hearts speak. This page will gradually be enriched with texts that I am delighted to share with you...

Poems

Monsieur Victor

Impressionism has perhaps never had a more loyal and ardent propagandist than Victor Chocquet (1821-1891).

Braque in "la Banque"

The Bank-Museum of Cultures and Landscapes of Hyères presents until September 25th 78 works by Georges Braque

Last day

This morning, Michel Le Bihan once again climbed to the top of the tower. At half past five, it is still very dark.

Monfreid and Gauguin

The Hyacinthe Rigaud Art Museum in Perpignan presents an exhibition dedicated to George Daniel de Monfreid and Paul Gauguin.

The Luxembourg gardens

Childhood at the Luxembourg gardens, illustrated by Charles Curran, Albert Edelfelt and Jacques Trecour.

Signac in Saint-Tropez

Until October 9, the Annonciade museum honors the memory of Paul Signac with a temporary exhibition

"Ouvrez le Guillemet..."

A friend of Manet, Cézanne and Pissarro, Antoine Guillemet (1842-1918) was very close to the Impressionist group without adopting its style.

The impressionnism of Clémentine Ballot

Clémentine Ballot (1879-1964) is honored for the first time in the Hôtel Lépinat in Crozant.

Camoin: A "fauve" on the loose

Until September 11, the Musée de Montmartre is devoting an exhibition to the painter Charles Camoin, with more than a hundred works.

The man of the rue Pascal

Au début des années 1970, un peu avant que la rue Pascal ne s’ouvre sur la perspective du Lycée Rodin, il y avait une vieille boutique.

Sorolla in black

The Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Sorolla Museum and the eponymous Foundation present "Sorolla in black" until November 27

A taste for impressionnism in Scotland...

The remarkable story of how Scotland became home to one of the world’s greatest collections of Impressionist art

Van Gogh behind Van Gogh

The National Galleries of Scotland has discovered what is almost certainly a previously unknown self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh

Van Dongen's Deauville

This summer, Les Franciscaines will cause a sensation from July 2 to September 25, 2022 with an unprecedented exhibition

The river Lot through art at the Gajac museum

From July 8 to November 27, 2022, the Gajac museum celebrates "the river" with a temporary exhibition dedicated to this natural element.

Museum of Impressionisms - the summer of collections

From July 14 to October 2, 2022, the Museum of Impressionisms in Giverny is offering a unique presentation of its collections.

September 15, 2022: Marie Bashkirtseff

18h30 Le Provana - 4, rue Provana de Leyni, 06000 Nice Organized by par Vu pas Vu In his art history lectures, Fabrice Roy combines the...

Impressionnism in Abu-Dhabi

En collaboration avec le musée d'Orsay, le Louvre Abu Dhabi invite le public à repenser l'impressionnisme du 12 octobre 22 au 5 février 23.

Rosa Bonheur in Bordeaux

Exposition Rosa Bonheur au Musée des Beaux Arts de Bordeaux.

An unknown artist at Doctor Gachet

La Maison du Docteur Gachet à Auvers sur Oise, présente jusqu'au 22 septembre la première rétrospective de Blanche Derousse (1873-1911)

Manet, Beaudelaire and photography...

La photo était une aide précieuse pour les portraits et Degas l’a largement utilisée, ainsi que Manet ou encore Bazille...

Impressionnist NFT pastels in Boston

Le Museum of Fine Arts de Boston (MFA) et laCollection.io mettent en vente une série de NFT de pastels impressionnistes.

Constable at the Villa Vauban

Du 2 juillet au 9 octobre prochain, la Villa Vauban au Luxembourg présente une collection unique d'œuvres de John Constable

Berthe, Gustave and Gennevilliers...

A Gennevilliers par Berthe Morisot Manet

Paul Cezanne in Chicago

Exposition Paul Cezanne à Chicago

Monet in Pourville

Promenade sur la falaise à Pourville par Claude Monet

Krøyer, painter in Skagen

In Paris, the Marmottan-Monet museum recently devoted an exciting exhibition to Peder Severin Krøyer (1851-1909), a Danish painter who...

Barbizon

Theodore had set out early in the morning. A fine, nasty rain pierced his brown canvas jacket. He had secured an easel on his back and he...

Metamorphoses from Monet to Fontevraud

The Fontevraud Museum of Modern Art presents its first summer exhibition until September 18, 2022, in partnership with the...

Albert Edelfelt: Finland at the tip of the brush

With this exhibition devoted to Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905), the Petit Palais pays homage to one of the glories of Finnish painting....

The Caillebotte Siblings

One of my favorite conferences, for several reasons. The first is paradoxically linked to the discovery of Martial Caillebotte, composer,...

Rosa Bonheur in the Wyoming

Until August 16, the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Wyoming is presenting an exhibition dedicated to women painters, and in...

Toulouse Lautrec and Edgar Degas at the Albi museum

The year 2022 marks the centenary of the Toulouse-Lautrec donation to the Albi museum. This donation transformed the modest provincial...

From Vincent to Théo

“I am painting with the enthusiasm of a Marseillais eating bouillabaisse, which will not surprise you when it comes to painting large...

On the Boulevards...

This painting by Abel Truchet (1857-1918) illustrates our Parisian boulevards in this article.

November 18, 2022. Auguste Escoffier: A social and humanist commitment.

Conference. November 18, 2022. Auguste Escoffier: A social and humanist commitment.

December 15, 2022: Women, painters, impressionnists

18h30. Palais de l'Agriculture 113 Promenade des Anglais. 06000 Nice Organized by Vu pas Vu.

Giuseppe Carta at the Mougins Monumental 2022 Open-Air Exhibition

Every year, the village of Mougins organizes an open-air exhibition presenting monumental works in its picturesque streets and its most...

Before Dubai, the 1889 Expo in Paris

On the occasion of the Universal Exhibition in Dubai which will close on March 31, 2022, Fabrice Roy invites the public of the Riviera to...

Nick Danziger: globetrotter and photographer ...

Yesterday evening, Tuesday