Art Of The Day Weekly
#382 - from 2 April 2015 to 8 April 2015
In the intimacy of the Rouart family
YERRES - Henri Rouart (1833-1912) was a talented Impressionist painter, present since the first exhibition 1874, as well as an ardent collector: his industrial successes gave him the means to buy without counting. His descendants Ernest (a student o Degas and the son-in-law of Berthe Morisot) and Augustin were also gifted painters. The dynasty is not very present in the museums but their works still hang on the family walls, among them those of the Jean-Marie Rouart, a member of the French Academy. To see them brought together in the former property of their friend Caillebotte is a rare opportunity …
• Les Rouart : de l’impressionnisme au réalisme magique at the Propriété Caillebotte, from 28 March to 5 July 2015.