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| Today we had a quick visit to the Chateau of Versailles, well the garden bit. I've been a few times, and it was so good to see the sculptures, before they get wrapped, because of the freezing cold, (it won't be long). |
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| The English artist Anish Kapoor has some contemporary works in the garden. I'll have to go back with my good camera before they are gone on the 1st of November 2015. |
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| Today I visited the museum of Hunting and Nature in Paris. I'm not a big fan of hunting, but I went to see the artworks of Walton Ford. Which are super amazing! this one is a detail of "The Tigress". |
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| This one is a detail from "La Fontaine" 2006. He uses watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper. |
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| "Loss of the Lisbon Rhinoceros", 2008. This one was so beautiful. |
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| In the background is "A monkey from Guiny" 2007. |
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| This one is 302.9 x 153 cm. It's called "Rhyndacus". Ford's work is throughout the museum. Click here, to read more about Walton Ford. |
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| The rest of the museum has been decorated by crafts people and artists. In almost every room there is a contemporary work of art. Even if your not into hunting like me, you will have a fabulous visit. |
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| These dogs were very interesting. I missed getting the name of this one. |
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| Jeff Koons' "Puppy" 1998, with Ford's "La Bete jouant avec un chien de chasse" 2015, in the background. |
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| Vincent Dubourg, "Bird Car" 2007. |
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| Ford's "Representation Véritable" 2015 is over the fireplace. |
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| On the top right is Ford's "Pièges", 2015. |
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| Today I visited the Musée Lambinet, in Versailles. |
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| They had an interesting collection of sculptures and artifacts. |
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| They had a special exhibition called "The Fiber Heroes". |
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| Here is the huge copper plate, engraved and then inked up to print the fabric. |
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| A detail of the plate. Here is the information about the exhibition, from the website. The story told by the toile de Jouy As part of national commemorations of the bicentenary of the death of Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738-1815), founder of the Manufacture de Jouy, the Lambinet Museum presents the exhibition "The fiber heroes" .Celle it proposes to find, with the printed canvas, reflects the ideals and events that interest the company at the end of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century. Characters in the paintings, faithful to the neoclassical canons fashionable in their time, often represent ancient heroes. Other paintings depict episodes and heroes of literary, scientific or contemporary military. Reflections of the news, they also show the flight of the first balloons or even significant naval battles. These ultra-narrative sets were mainly produced by the Manufacture de Jouy-en-Josas, but also manufactures Rouen, Nantes and Mulhouse. Mostly borrowed from the Museum of Toile de Jouy in Jouy-en-Josas, exposed paintings form a complement to the exhibition "Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf, 1738-1815; the toiles de Jouy, a human adventure, industrial and artistic" , held in Jouy from 15 September to 27 December 2015. |
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| The gardens had some colourful flowers. |
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| Click here for more informations about the museum. |
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| This year we had an early birthday party, for the eldest. I can't believe he's going to be 9. This year I made an Roman shield cake. |
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| Cake time... |
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| Everyone got a go... |
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| This year's theme was 'Star Wars'. |
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| We already have wall to wall lego, but Who can resist the force? I can't wait to step on these... |
