Newsletter no.17

Galerie Ary Jan

Self-taught man passionate about art, Mathias Ary Jan founded his first gallery in 1997.

Three years ago, he established his gallery 32 avenue Marceau, where he exhibits works from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.

Among the many artistic movements that flourished during this pivotal period in art history, Mathias Ary Jan specialized in Orientalism and the Belle Époque.

The gallery regularly presents themed exhibitions, around emblematic artists such as Félix Ziem or Jacques Majorelle and has been participating in numerous Salons, notably the Biennale Paris and the Brafa in Brussels for more than ten years.

David Lévy

Specialized in modern and postwar art, David Lévy & Associés is a fine art dealership located in Paris and Brussels.

With an experience of 30 years dedicated to XX-century European avant-garde, from symbolism and surrealism to post-war abstraction, the gallery has contributed to major museum acquisitions and participates regularly in public exhibitions with loans of work from private collections.

Internationally recognised for the quality of the works it presents and its curatorial choices, the gallery has been selected to take part in a number of major art fairs: Salon du Dessin, Paris; BRAFA, Brussels; Frieze Masters, London; FAB Paris; The Salon Art+Design, New York and TEFAF, Maastricht.

The gallery is delighted to participate for the first time at FAB Paris with an exhibition dedicated to two key figures of the post-war Parisian art scene, Maurice Estève and Baltasar Lobo.

Galerie Michel Descours

The opening of the painting and drawing gallery in December 2009 marked the culmination of thirty-five years of passion and experience. Long known as an antique dealer specialising in furniture and objets d’art, Michel Descours had the desire and ambition to create a space in Lyon devoted exclusively to what he considered to be the best in the field of fine art.

If the gallery is a reference in terms of the Lyon school (Thomas Blanchet, Louis Cretey, Jacques Stella, Hippolyte and Paul Flandrin, Louis Janmot…), its interests go far beyond this production and encompass Italian primitives as well as 19th century Nordic painting and modern art.

Ten years later, in 2019, Michel Descours moved to Paris and opened a space at 10, rue de Louvois, in the 2nd arrondissement, in the heart of the artistic capital. This is now the address of the gallery, where he continues to present a taste and an eye for all schools, while still attaching great importance to the Lyon school.

The gallery regularly collaborates with museums and offers at least one exhibition each year (thematic, monographic or period). Since 2010 it publishes a catalogue every year.