FROM LAUSANNE TO LILLE - QUITE A CONTRAST
No sooner back from Switzerland and I was, off again. This trip had been scheduled since April as a retrospective of Bosch and Bruegel was programmed at the Beaux Arts in Lille in October. Who better to go with than Marielle? She never ceases to amaze me when we see such a collection (Madrid, Como, Rotterdam, Paris....) - her knowledge of dates, where the pictures can be seen and the intricate detail in a Jerôme Bosch painting is amazing. Viewing art this way automatically means other details are seen. Of course Bosch is an excellent example. Born around 1450 and he died in 1516. This is the same period of Leonard Da Vinci (1452) but you certainly could not compare the two Masters. Their art is radically different. The 15/16 centuries are full of artists which we are now «following» (once more should I add?) at the Ecole du Louvre. Albrecht Dürer , Lucas Cranach, Copernic, Michel-Ange, Raphaël, Botticelli and of course, dozens more....some I know and most I don’t. Of course the B