Friday in Nancy

We had a lovely day today here in Nancy. Shannon met her Rotary counselor Bernard and his wife Marion in Stanislaus Square. They had some Rotary business to conduct and then Marion took us to the Musee des beaux-arts on the plaza. She was very very knowledgable about the works in the museum and really enhanced our visit there. We saw several Victor Prouve paintings and she also introduced us to Daum and Galle glass (very similar to Tiffany and Steuben). Another new painter for us was Emile Friant. All these artists lived in the Nancy area in the early 1900`s and are credited with starting the art nouveau style.

They invited us to their home in western Nancy for a very nice lunch. Then afterwards we went to Musee de Nancy which strictly focused on the above mentioned artists. The museum is in a very large house wih a beautiful garden. The entire house is furnished with art nouveau furniture and Galle, Daum and Prouve paintings and accessories. It was all beautiful and I am very happy to have enhanced my art education with these wonderful artists (they are much more to my liking than Marsden Hartley - a family joke). I`m looking forward to doing additional research on these men when I get home.