Museums in Paris: Musée de l'Orangerie #3

The Musée de l'Orangerie is hosting a temporary exhibition dedicated to French art critic and collector Félix Fénéon (1861-1944).

Félix Fénéon

The exhibition traces Fénéon's role in promoting Neo-Impressionists and other important painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  In fact, Fénéon is credited with coining the term Neo-Impressionism.  Below is a summary of his impact on the art world.  

In modern parlance, Félix Fénéon would be labelled an "influencer", a person with the ability to influence potential buyers of a product or service by promoting or recommending the items.

The exhibition features a wonderful collection of paintings:  portraits of Fénéon and works by artists that he championed during his life, including Maximilien Luce, Paul Signac, Georges Seurat, Pierre Bonnard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani and Umberto Boccioni.  Below is a sampling of the paintings in the exhibition.

Le Jour ni l'Heure, portrait of Felix Feneon, by Maximilien Luce (1903)

Jean-Claude especially likes Félix Fénéon's chin beard.  He is thinking about growing one.  Marie-Chantal says "absolument pas!" (no way, dude).

We especially liked the painting below by Giacomo Balla.  The innovative technique and the effect are amazing for 1909.

 

Thanks for visiting the Orangerie with us to learn about Félix Fénéon, an early Influencer.  Who knew?