Paris, France.

" Un ami de Cezanne et de Van Gogh ", Le Docteur Gachet, Gallery Nationales du Grand Plais,from 30 January, 1999.

Le docteur Paul Gachet ( 1828 - 1909 ), 1890, oil on canvas, 68cm x 57cm, Musee d'Orsay, paris.

A gloomy almost sad face leaning on his forearm, the distant look, this is how doctor Gachet went down in history under the paintbrush of his friend Vincent Van Gogh. Born in 1828 and died in 1909, this art collector and amateur painter professed the deepest love for paintings and artists. Frequenting as well Cezanne than Pissaro, gullaumin, Renoir or Monet, he remains famous for his friendly relationship with the Dutch cursed artist he welcomed in Auvers - Sur - Oise. The exhibition organized by the reunion des Musees Nationaux and the Orsay Museum of Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of New York and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam invites us through his collections to a fabulous trip within a century of pictorial creativity. There was an article in London claiming that Paul Gachet, copied a lot of Van Gogh's paintings and the museums has to check if their paintings are Van Gogh's originals or Gachet's forgeries.

" David Hockney: dialogue avec Picasso ", Musee Picasso, from 10 February, 1999.

Gallery Durand - Dessert, the French artist Gerard Gorouste, " Quixote Apocrifio ", features a series of colorful paintings that revolve around Cervantes' 17th century legend. Other themes that have inspired the artist are the Bible of Dante's Divine Comedy. Gerard Garouste is the most famous French contemporary artist that emerged the last twenty years, he is also well known for his painting " The Cinquieme Saison " which covers the ceiling of the presidential appartement of the Elysee Palace.

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