Galerie d'art de la Grande Maison de Blanc

The Galerie d’art de la Grande Maison de Blanc was an exhibition space created in 1924 inside the Paris department store La Grande Maison de Blanc, located place de l’Opéra. It served as a modern art gallery within the store, hosting group and thematic exhibitions. As early as November 1924, the critic André Warnod reported in La Voix nationale on an exhibition held at the gallery, confirming its activity by that date. In 1925, painter Hortense Bégué showed her work in a women artists’ group exhibition there, and an exhibition organised by Irène Champigny is likewise documented. In 1926, a prospectus preserved in the Léon Moussinac papers (BnF) records an exhibition at the “Galerie d'art de la Grande maison de Blanc, 25 March–30 April 1926.” Polish artist Kazimierz Zieleniewski also exhibited in group shows at this venue, alongside other Paris galleries. A 1926 article in Le Figaro describes the Galerie d’Art de la Grande Maison de Blanc as a place where bibliophiles could find the finest contemporary illustrated books, underlining its dual role as art gallery and showcase for modern book illustration within the department store.