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Powerful and immaterial

Powerful and immaterial

On earth as it is in heaven

On earth as it is in heaven

Taming fire

Taming fire

Quest for Fire

Quest for Fire

The raw and the cooked

The raw and the cooked

Roasting, frying, grilling, boiling and braising

Roasting, frying, grilling, boiling and braising

Household arts

Household arts

It's Winter, light the fire!

It's Winter, light the fire!

Heating the artist's workshop

Heating the artist's workshop

Adding fuel to the fire

Adding fuel to the fire

From earthenware jug to fridge

From earthenware jug to fridge

Alchemy

Alchemy

Vulcan's forges

Vulcan's forges

Magic of transparency

Magic of transparency

The Candelabra's luster

The Candelabra's luster

The electricity fairy

The electricity fairy

City lights

City lights

The steam horse

The steam horse

Boom!

Boom!

3, 2, 1...blastoff!

3, 2, 1...blastoff!

Fear in the city

Fear in the city

Caught in the cross fire

Caught in the cross fire

Auto-da-fé

Auto-da-fé

Show me a sign

Show me a sign

Witches and the stake

Witches and the stake

Up in smoke

Up in smoke

Saint John's bonfires

Saint John's bonfires

Like a great sun

Like a great sun

One last bouquet

One last bouquet

Heating the artist's workshop

Heating a house means heating the air within. Chimneys are not very efficient at doing that. Stoves encase the hearth in a radiant metal container and are a major improvement.

Artists, who worked in spacious rooms lit by large, high, north-facing windows, were well aware of this fact. Plus, they had to keep the models warm!

Diaporama de toiles et de photographies montrant des ateliers d'artistes, tous dotés d'un poêle de chauffage

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01 - Workshop of Abel de Pujol
Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy
© RMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda

02 - The Stove in the Workshop
Paul Cézanne
© The national gallery, London

03 - Workshop Interior with Stove
Gustave Caillebotte

04 - Workshop in Rue de Furstenberg
Jean Frédéric Bazille
© RMN / Christian Jean

05 - The Schuffenecker Family
Paul Gauguin
© RMN / Hervé Lewandowski

06 - The Printmaker Vallotton in His Workshop
Edouard Vuillard
© G. Mangin

07 - Nude with long hair
Marcel Gromaire
© Musée d'Art Moderne / Roger-Viollet

08 - The Painter Alfred Roll
François Antoine Vizzavona
© RMN / François Vizzavona

09 - Picasso Next to the Stove
Brassaï
© Estate Brassaï - RMN / Gérard Blot

10 - Suzanne Valadon, Her Son Maurice Utrillo (seated, right) and André Utter, French Painters
Henri Martinie
© Henri Martinie / Roger-Viollet

11 - Sofa - Stove
Constantin Brancusi
© ADAGP / Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Jacques Faujour

12 - "The Invisible Object" Splashed with Plaster in Giacometti's Workshop
Brassaï
© Estate Brassaï/RMN/Michèle Bellot

13 - Arpad Szenes
Denise Colomb
© Ministry of Culture - Médiathèque du Patrimoine, Dist. RMN/Denise Colomb