Antoine Jean GROS (1771-1835)

Various exhibitions are currently paying homage to Girodet and his master, Jacques-Louis David, the leading light in the French neo-classical art movement. These exhibitions are expected to drive up prices for neo-classical artworks, which are already rising due to the huge shortage of supply.

France has seen a dramatic increase in the number of cultural events to celebrate Algeria Year, which include three major exhibitions of orientalist art: « De Delacroix à Renoir, l’Algérie des peintres », at the Arab World Institute (until 18 January 2004), « Fantaisies du Harem et nouvelles Schéhérazade » at Lyon’s Natural History Museum (until 4 January 2004) and « De Delacroix à Matisse – Dessins du musée des Beaux-Arts d’Alger » at the Louvre (until 19 January 2004).