In the Drawing Room. Masterpieces from the Prat Collection
The collection of Louis-Antoine and V茅ronique Prat, which they started in the 1970s, has become one of the world鈥檚 most prestigious private collections of French drawing and, in 1995, it became the first to be shown in an exhibition at the Louvre. Le Petit Palais has decided to organize a new and expanded presentation of this collection in 2020 to coincide with the opening of the Salon du Dessin, an event that attracts all French and international art lovers.
The Prat Collection focuses on illustrations from the French school before 1900, and provides a particularly representative overview of three centuries of French art, from Callot to Seurat. The two collectors have always favoured works that are significant landmarks in art history, and some of their most famous drawings are closely associated with the genesis of seminal works in French painting: the decorations at Versailles, for example, by Le Brun, Coypel and La Fosse, Andromache Mourning Hector by David, The Dream of Ossian by Ingres, and Degas鈥檚 The Belleli Family. The drawings by Poussin, Watteau, Prud鈥檋on, Delacroix, Gros, Millet, Redon, 颁茅锄补苍苍别 and Toulouse鈥慙autrec in this collection are certainly among their most important. The collection also includes masterpieces by artists such as La Hyre, Restout, Vincent, Peyron, Girodet, Dor茅 and Gustave Moreau, who until recently were still forgotten, but who are gradually finding their rightful place in art history.
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The collection of Louis-Antoine and V茅ronique Prat, which they started in the 1970s, has become one of the world鈥檚 most prestigious private collections of French drawing and, in 1995, it became the first to be shown in an exhibition at the Louvre. Le Petit Palais has decided to organize a new and expanded presentation of this collection in 2020 to coincide with the opening of the Salon du Dessin, an event that attracts all French and international art lovers.
The Prat Collection focuses on illustrations from the French school before 1900, and provides a particularly representative overview of three centuries of French art, from Callot to Seurat. The two collectors have always favoured works that are significant landmarks in art history, and some of their most famous drawings are closely associated with the genesis of seminal works in French painting: the decorations at Versailles, for example, by Le Brun, Coypel and La Fosse, Andromache Mourning Hector by David, The Dream of Ossian by Ingres, and Degas鈥檚 The Belleli Family. The drawings by Poussin, Watteau, Prud鈥檋on, Delacroix, Gros, Millet, Redon, 颁茅锄补苍苍别 and Toulouse鈥慙autrec in this collection are certainly among their most important. The collection also includes masterpieces by artists such as La Hyre, Restout, Vincent, Peyron, Girodet, Dor茅 and Gustave Moreau, who until recently were still forgotten, but who are gradually finding their rightful place in art history.
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