François Garnier (avant 1700-1760)

The curator at the Château de Fontainebleau since 2016 has no shortage of plans, from restorations to exhibitions and promoting the legacy of François I.

The city announced that the Region was reversing its decision to cut subsidies to the institution, otherwise threatened with closure, and will allocate a budget of €35,000. This partially open-air museum honors the cultural contribution of the architect Tony Garnier, to the city and designer of the Cité Industrielle.

Painted when the artist was not yet famous, this seaside subject puts people at the center of the composition.

Dozens of apartments awaiting rehabilitation in the Tony Garnier housing estate in Lyon, which have been empty for several years, are occupied illegally. The Tony Garnier Urban Museum alerted local officials about the situation in the city, which has been listed as a "remarkable 20th-century heritage site" since 2003.

This portrait of Claude Le Blanc (1669-1728) reveals early 18th-century customs.

Bronzes by great modern sculptors had a central place in this sale, where 18th-century vedutismo also took the spotlight.

The prince of Rococo will be present at Rouillac's 33rd Garden Party sale at the Château d'Artigny, in the Val-de-Loire, with a major discovery: La Petite Laitière (The Little Milkmaid), painted a year before his death.

A dainty gold mount highlights the exquisite beauty of this small soft porcelain Vincennes milk jug with a scene based on a work by François Boucher.

This heartwarming bronze and concrete lamb, an iconic piece by the late 20th-century visual artist and designer, brings his very personal animal world to mind.

The allure of this painting—with its hidden double meaning—is a marvellous illustration of chinoiserie in the age of Louis XV, which took delight in fantasizing about Asia.