By appointment, she presents the art she has always championed: paintings and drawings from the 19th and early 20th centuries, with a particular fondness for preparatory studies in all disciplines. She remains especially attached to landscape studies executed en plein air from the late 18th century and the early decades of the following century. For example, she showcased a series of landscape studies (oil on paper) by Johann Jakob Frey (1813–1865) at the Salon Fine Arts Paris in 2018, and in March 2022, a collection of works by Louis-Nicolas Cabat (1812–1893), including drawings and oil sketches created between 1837 and 1852. She selects works that move her for their quality, originality, strength, and poetry.
In 2017, she contributed to the rediscovery of the work of artist Henry Cros (1840–1907) by organizing a monographic exhibition featuring previously unpublished documents and over 50 works—sculptures, drawings, and paintings—several of which were acquired by French and international museums. A founding member of the Salon du Dessin, where she regularly exhibited, she also helped establish the Salon Fine Arts Paris in 2017.
A lover of classical music, Chantal Kiener brings together art and music, offering opera set designs inspired by her discoveries.
Adeline METTRA
[artiste inconnue]
Vue de montagne au bord d'un lac
1818
Huile sur papier
34,5 x 48,5 cm
Raymond BALZE
(1818-1909)
Étude de nu d’un jeune modèle féminin de profil
Mine graphite sur papier crème
29 x 22,2 cm
Au dos en bas à droite, cachet de la vente « Les Frères Balze » du 15 février 1998 (L.3221).
Lot n° 162 : Académie de femme debout, Vendôme, Hôtel des Ventes (chez Rouillac ; experts Bodin et Millet).
Louis CABAT
(Paris 1811 –1893)
Etude de nuages
1838
Lavis de sépia et de gouache blanche sur mine graphite
29,3 x 56,8 cm
Localisé, daté et signé en bas à gauche « Marni, 1er juillet 1838 Louis Cabat »
A droite cachet de l’atelier Lugt L.3939
Marie BRACQUEMOND
(1840–1916)
Portrait de Madeleine Burty (1860-1900)
Au verso : autre portrait de jeune femme
Crayon noir sur papier beige gris
49 x 32 cm
Provenance : fonds familial, 2ème vente Marie et Félix Bracquemond, Artcurial octobre 2024
Henry CROS
(1840 – 1907)
Buste de nymphe couronnée de feuillage
Pâte de verre colorée
23,3 x 14,8 cm
Montage en bois teinté chêne foncé : 30,5 x 22,4 cm
Monogramme en creux en bas à droite « H C »
