CHILDREN IN ART
It’s virtually a year since I went to the Marmottan to see « We Have come a long way, have we not? » THE INVENTION OF PRIVACY I was certainly not taking chances of going back to the same museum on a Sunday. The exhibition that I wanted to see has raving critics. It was a springtime day - a holiday weekend - who knows I might be lucky. Off I went to see « Art and the Child » The Museum A rare selection of paintings which retraces the evolution of the importance of the child in the 15th century to the 20th century and considers the influence of childhood drawings on the avant garde of the last century. The show follows a chronological and thematic order, starting with pictures of the child Christ. It continues with images of children as kings, in royal portraits in which youth became a guarantee of the survival of great family names. Very historical and problem for most, a good way of giving a history lesson. It touched me to see so many grandmothers with their grandchil