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Boulogne-Billancourt, from 14 March to 21 June 2008. Then Dijon, Musée Magnin, from 11 July to 12 October 2008.
The Bibliothèque Marmottan is currently presenting a group of paintings and drawings by Charles Meynier, Neo-Classical artist and student of Vincent, for a few weeks before it continues on to the Musée Magnin in Dijon. The painter is little-known outside of the more specialized circle of art historians. It is of course true that Meynier is not on a level with the grand masters of the era, David, Gros and Girodet but he is an endearing figure, an excellent draughtsman, quite skilled at painted sketches, a bit less so in medium-sized formats which are stiff and awkward. Concerning the latter, and as there should always be an exception to the rule, the figure which appears on the exhibition poster deserves a closer look. This Justice (ill. 1), from a series of four Virtues originally hanging at the Tuileries and then placed over the doors of the château de Vincennes, is not just something of a miracle – it had been considered lost since WWII but resurfaced in the castle itself just a few years ago — but also a masterpiece.
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The Bibliothèque Marmottan is currently presenting a group of paintings and drawings by Charles Meynier, Neo-Classical artist and student of Vincent, for a few weeks before it continues on to the Musée Magnin in Dijon. The painter is little-known outside of the more specialized circle of art historians. It is of course true that Meynier is not on a level with the grand masters of the era, David, Gros and Girodet but he is an endearing figure, an excellent draughtsman, quite skilled at painted sketches, a bit less so in medium-sized formats which are stiff and awkward. Concerning the latter, and as there should always be an exception to the rule, the figure which appears on the exhibition poster deserves a closer look. This Justice (ill. 1), from a series of four Virtues originally hanging at the Tuileries and then placed over the doors of the château de Vincennes, is not just something of a miracle – it had been considered lost since WWII but resurfaced in the castle itself just a few years ago — but also a masterpiece.
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