{"id":3335,"date":"2013-11-20T20:16:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T19:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=3335"},"modified":"2015-07-15T13:57:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T11:57:03","slug":"the-multi-faceted-louis-delaport-an-inspiring-character-for-the-new-generation-of-art-collectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/11\/20\/the-multi-faceted-louis-delaport-an-inspiring-character-for-the-new-generation-of-art-collectors\/","title":{"rendered":"The multi-faceted Louis Delaport: an inspiring character for the new generation of art collectors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3335 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/11\/20\/the-multi-faceted-louis-delaport-an-inspiring-character-for-the-new-generation-of-art-collectors\/dscn7140\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN7140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3336\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3336'>\n\t\t\t\tWedding portrait of Louis Delaporte and H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Savard, 1876, private collection.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/11\/20\/the-multi-faceted-louis-delaport-an-inspiring-character-for-the-new-generation-of-art-collectors\/dscn7137\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN7137.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3337\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3337'>\n\t\t\t\tLouis Delaporte, Voyage au Cambodge, L&#8217;architecture Khmer, Delagrave, Paris, 1880.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/11\/20\/the-multi-faceted-louis-delaport-an-inspiring-character-for-the-new-generation-of-art-collectors\/dscn7161\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN7161.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3338\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3338'>\n\t\t\t\tPortrait of Jayavarman VII, Bayon style, province of Preah Vihear, XII-XIII cent, sandstone.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/11\/20\/the-multi-faceted-louis-delaport-an-inspiring-character-for-the-new-generation-of-art-collectors\/dscn7168\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN7168.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3339\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3339'>\n\t\t\t\tDancers, Fragment of a fronton, Bayon, Angkor Thom, XII-XIII cent., sandstone, mission Louid Delaporte 1873.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/11\/20\/the-multi-faceted-louis-delaport-an-inspiring-character-for-the-new-generation-of-art-collectors\/dscn7177\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DSCN7177.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3340\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3340'>\n\t\t\t\tLokesvara irradiant, Bayon style, province of Preah Vihear, XII-XIII cent., sandstone, mission Louid Delaporte 1873.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>According to the exhibition \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guimet.fr\/fr\/expositions\/expositions-en-cours\/louis-delaporte-et-le-cambodge-la-naissance-dun-mythe\" target=\"_blank\">Angkor, naissance d&#8217;un mythe<\/a>\u201d, currently at the Mus\u00e9e Guimet in Paris, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/voyageaucambodg00delagoog\" target=\"_blank\">Louis Delaport<\/a> was not only an extraordinary explorer, museum curator and scientist who diclosed to the western society the splendor of the Khmer temples. He was also a sensitive observer of something entirely new to the eye of the society which he belonged to. The portrait of Delaport given by the show is supported by the fact that recently the government of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/articles\/The%20smuggling%20scandal%20that%E2%80%99s%20ready%20to%20erupt\/30304\" target=\"_blank\">Cambodia had collaborated with France and Unesco<\/a> in order to patrol the country&#8217;s archeological sites.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This show, along with the recent restitution to Cambodia of the so-called \u201cKneeling attendants\u201d, two tenth-century sandstone sculptures which had been displayed for nearly 20 years at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, made us think at the many contemporary art collectors who are driven only by the hope of buying, for a little amount of money, the next Francis Bacon or Wade Gyton. Be careful, because: 1) collecting is a discovering; 2) you have to respect the sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the exhibition \u201cAngkor, naissance d&#8217;un mythe\u201d, currently at the Mus\u00e9e Guimet in Paris, Louis Delaport was not only an extraordinary explorer, museum curator and scientist who diclosed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1793],"tags":[1449,1450],"class_list":["post-3335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-to-be-discovered","tag-khmer","tag-louis-delaporte"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}