Galerie Michel Descours

European Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures from XVIth to early XXth Centuries

Galerie Michel Descours

Locations

Paris

10 rue de Louvois
75002, Paris, France
The opening of the paintings and drawings gallery in december 2009 marked the culmination of thirty-five years of passion and experience. Michel Descours had long been known as an antiques dealer specialised in furniture and objets d'art, and it was his desire and ambition to create a space in Lyon, rue Auguste Comte, devoted exclusively to what he considered to be the very best in terms of fine arts. While the gallery is a benchmark for the school of Lyon (Thomas Blanchet, Louis Cretey, Jacques Stella, Hippolyte and Paul Flandrin, Louis Janmot, etc.), its interests go far beyond this, embracing Italian primitives as well as 19th-century Nordic painting and modern art.

Now based in Paris, 10 rue de Louvois, he continues to offer an array of artworks from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, always chosen with honesty, the requirements of quality and a mission to bring to the fore something new. Each year the gallery holds exhibitions with catalogues compiled in collaboration with international researchers. The gallery’s work has also led to noteworthy sales to major museums around the world.
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Artists

  • Jacques Stella
  • Thomas Blanchet
  • Louis Cretey
  • Michel Dorigny
  • Pierre Paul Sevin
  • Joseph Chinard
  • Jean-Baptiste Isabey
  • Jean Pillement
  • Pierre Nicolas Legrand de Sérant
  • Antoine Berjon
  • Louis Janmot
  • Jean-Claude Bonnefond
  • Théodore Caruelle d'Aligny
  • Achille Etna Michalon
  • Holger Jerichau
  • Wilhelm Marstrand
  • Théodore Rousseau
  • Alexandre Cabanel
  • Edouard Vuillard
  • Oskar Bergman