Félix founded the gallery in 1969 and was joined by Félix Junior three years ago. The space gathers together a panel of artists and of major works for the art deco : furniture by André Arbus, Eugène Printz, Jules Leleu, Jacques Adnet and Marcel Coard, the sculptures of Joseph Csaky, Jean-Lambert Rucki, or Gustave Miklos, enamel pieces by Jean Dunand, but also the Orientalist paintings of Jacques Majorelle and the animal drawings of Paul Jouve.
Manuel Canovas has a passion for drawing and color. For his creations he gets lot of inspiration from his travels : harmony and colors from Indian Art, perfection from Japanese graphic arts or American nature.
Jean Prouve, Andre Borderie, Jean Maneval, Pierre Guariche, mathieu Mategot, Jean Royere, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Serge Mouille, Charlotte Perriand : Philippe and Mathieu Jousse really show the best of architect furniture. For more than twenty five years, Philippe Jousse has contributed to the recognition of those designers, all forerunners in the design of their time and who have somehow revolutionized shape and material.
The Australian brand of organic and trendy cosmetics decided to open its first European boutique in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-prés. Its philosophy is to offer well-targeted and high-quality care products without omitting that we also love products that give us sensorial pleasure, a little bit as a spa can offer.
Every product is made with a mix of high-quality and concentrated ingredients : essences of plants very much sought-after (tea tree, bitter orange, tangerine, coriander, geranium) with delicate and refined perfumes. There are no animal ingredients and the synthetic preservatives are reduced to the minimum and are replaced by vegetable products. We also like the way products are presented : in simple and opaque bottles, in order to preserve them from ultraviolet rays and to preserve their integrity.
Everything started with Pierre-François Lubin, who created his Maison de Parfumerie (Perfume shop) in 1798, to give to “Incroyables” (the Incredible Dandies) and to “Merveilleuses” (the fine ladies) (our ancestors!) perfumed ribbons, masks for balls and face powder, but most of all, his famous “eau vivifiante”(invigorating-bracing water) which became “L’Eau de Lubin” (Lubin’s Water). Lubin’s fame reached empress Joséphine and Pauline Bonaparte, and he became their favorite before becoming the one of Marie Hélène de Bourbon and of all European sovereigns. One century later, in the Roaring twenties, a new perfume is created every year. The Art Deco perfume bottles are designed by Julien Viard and Maurice Depinoix and the luxurious editions are made of Baccarat Crystal.
Lubin’s perfumes are the symbol of French elegance, particularly in the United-States, and until 1975 success has continued before the brand felt into oblivion with the massive appearance on the market of perfumes made by top fashion designers. In 1999, Gilles Thévenin, director of creation at Guerlain at that time, decides to give a new life to Lubin, which still represents to him the quintessence of French luxury. It is a titanic project but, fortunately, he has a great part of the 450 scents created by the brand and he decides, with Olivia Giacobetti’s help (one of the famous noses of French perfumery, remember En Passant at Frédéric Malle) to put some of them back on the market, alternating with the creations of new fragrances.
Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois were the first ones to dedicate personal exhibitions to Alain Bublex, Gilles Barbier or Paul MacCarthy in France and they are now on display all around the world. Among those whose works are defended by the gallery, there are really well known artists but also younger artists : Boris Achour, Pilar Albarracin, Matthew Antezzo, Julien Bismuth, Richard Jackson, Adam Janes, Jeff Mills, Joachim Mogarra, Jacques Villeglé, Virginie Yassef …
Hervé Loevenbruck fell in love with Saint-Germain-des-Prés . In his gallery he displays many young hopefuls from the French and European contemporary world : Philippe Mayaux, Bruno Peinado, Fabien Giraud, Raphaël Siboni, Virginie Barré, the Irishwoman Blaise Drummond, the Norwegian Gardar Eide Einarsson, the Swiss Cristian Andersen and the Austrian Werner Reiterer, but also already well known artists as the Hungarian Gabor Ösz or Alina Szapoznikow from Poland.
Created in 1959 by Dino Di Meo, this gallery is now run by his brother Nello and by his sister Lydie. In the gallery and in the international art fairs, they show artists who contributed to write art history : Jean Dubuffet, Jean Fautrier, Henri Matisse, Henri Michaux, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Josef Sima, Jean Degottex, Cy Twombly and the Italian artists of the movement Arte Povera : Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero e Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Mario Merz, Giuseppe Penone , Michelangelo Pistoletto … But also contemporary artists, mostly Italian such as Piero Pizzi Cannella, Gianni Dessi, Giuseppe Gallo, Nunzio and Marco Tirelli.
Publishers specialized in art, fashion and decoration, Martine and Prosper Assouline decided in 2005 to open a bookshop that combines Culture and Luxury, books and objects. We can find there exclusive accessories, curios, personalized gifts … they have opened a new bookshop with the same concept in NYC, at the Plaza Hotel.
This museum is situated in the apartment, in the studio and in the garden where Eugène Delacroix lived until his death in 1853. You will see some beautiful paintings such as the portrait of his faithful Jenny and the gorgeous Madeleine dans le desert that Beaudelaire adored.
22 rue Saint-Benoît 75006 Paris
01.45.44.11.18
Monday – Satueday : noon – 2.00 p.m and 7.30 – 10.30 p.m
Closed Sunday
In a zen and warm setting, experience Chef Naoto Masumoto’s traditional Japanese cuisine which got a nod in the Michelin guide. Eat home-made Tsukemono and Ohitashi, as well as Sashimi -of course- and unforgettable tempuras and sobas.
Académies, a school, a style, known and imitated in the whole world ; The Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts is the heiress to a long history, started with the foundation of the Royal Académies of painting and sculpture in 1648 by Louis XIV, then of architecture in 1671. This institution is one of the latest to house under the same roof a modern education intended for the formation of future artists and collections made of 450 000 works of art, accumulated during its three hundred and fifty years of existence, which are also presented in exhibitions inside the school.
