Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper is an art museum located in Quimper, Brittany, France . It was founded after Jean-Marie de Silguy left a legacy of 1200 paintings and 2000 drawings to the town of Quimper on condition that the town build a museum to accommodate them. Today, it is one of the principal art museums in western France, presenting rich collections of French, Italian, Flemish, and Dutch paintings from the 14th century to present day.History and Building Count Jean-Marie de Silguy's collection of 1,200 paintings, 2,000 drawings, and 12,000 prints is the core of the first museum in Quimper. The museum was built in Quimper's main square and is in front of the cathedral which is adjacent to the new hotel that the city got in 1866. The building's construction was left to architect Joseph Bigot in 1867, who also built the spire of the cathedral. The works debuted in 1869 and the museum was opened on August 15, 1872. The museum was entirely renovated by architect Jean-Paul Philippon under the direction of André Cariou in 1993. Behind the front face of the museum, it was entirely redone according to modern architectural choices, founded on the principle of transparency. It permitted better exposure of the works and a notable gain in status. Since the renovations, 700 works have been displayed permanently and a specific space is dedicated to temporary expositions that can be created. The museum also has an auditorium, a reception service, and a bookstore.Collections Ancient paintings The complete collection of sculptures from French schools from the 17th and 18th centuries and painters such as Lubin Baugin , Pierre Mignard , Nicolas Loir , Jean Jouvenet , Nicolas Largillière , Noël Hallé , François Boucher , Carle Van Loo , Louis Tocqué , Jean Honoré Fragonard , Louis Jean François Lagrenée , Claude Joseph Vernet , Hubert Robert , Antoine-François Callet , Adélaïde Labille-Guiard , or again, Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes . The northern schools, well represented by the legacy of the Count of Silguy, are presented with, among others, paintings by Frans Floris , Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem , Pieter Bruegel le Jeune , Joos de Momper , Rubens , Jacob Jordaens , David Vinckboons , Frans II Francken , Jan Van Bijlert , Pieter De Grebber , Jacques d'Arthois , Abraham Govaerts , Jan Van Goyen , Jan Van Kessel , Otto Marseus van Schrieck , Nicolas Maes , Ferdinand Bol , Gérard de Lairesse . Italy, on the other hand , was represented by a smaller group, but with works of quality, with artists such as Bartolo di Fredi , Francesco Bassano le jeune , Nicolò dell'Abate , L'Albane , Guido Reni , Francesco Solimena , Francesco Trevisani and Giovanni Battista Pittoni . Some works of the Spanish school complete this panorama of ancient European painting , including Antonio González Velázquez a ‘’Christophe Colomb offrant le Nouveau Monde aux Rois Catholiques’’, a sketch for a fresco of the Royal Palace of Madrid .The collection includes the works of Breton painters themselves and artists attracted by the landscapes and peasantry of Brittany in the late 19th and 20th centuries, such as the Nabis painters of the School of Pont-Aven . Among these painters, one will find exhibited at the museum: Évariste-Vital Luminais , Eugène Boudin , James Abbott McNeill Whistler , Paul Gauguin , Paul Sérusier , Emile Bernard , Georges Lacombe , Maximilien Luce , Maxime Maufra , Charles Camoin , Paul Ranson , Meyer de Haan or, again, Félix Vallotton , Maurice Denis and Albert Marquet . The museum also has works by other major artists of the 19th century like Theodore Chassériau or Camille Corot .Drawings The office of graphic arts contains drawings from the foremost european painting schools, the drawings left by de Silguy also formed most of the collection here. The collection controlled by the french school and, in a lower measure, by Italians. The northern schools and the Spanish are represented very little. The French collection is fullest. The 17th century is illustrated by the works of Jacques Callot , Simon Vouet , Jacques Stella , Eustache Le Sueur , Charles Le Brun , Jacques Courtois or, again, François Verdier . But it is especially the 18th century that demonstrates charm in the similar kinds of collections held by the museum, that allows for retelling of all the developments of art in France during that century. Most of the major artists that showed styles from Rococo to Neoclassicism are: Antoine Watteau , François Lemoyne , Charles Parrocel , Jean II Restout , Edme Bouchardon , Natoire , François Boucher, Carle Van Loo, Jean-Honoré Fragonard , Gabriel de Saint-Aubin , Jean-Baptiste Greuze , Jean-Jacques and Louis Jean François Lagrenée, Hubert Robert, Jean-Baptiste Huet , François-André Vincent , Louis-François Cassas , François-Xavier Fabre or François Gérard . The Italian school , of the Renaissance of the 18th century, counts some beautiful works, notably Nicolò dell'Abate, Luca Cambiaso , Domenico Piola , Giovanni Paolo Pannini , Giambattista Tiepolo , Francesco Fontebasso and Piranèse . The 19th century mainly counts, among others, some drawings from Louis-Léopold Boilly , Paul Sérusier, Emile Bernard, etc.Prints Count de Silguy’s legacy is known to have prints that constitute the heart of the print collection in the museum today.Medals Georges Lacombe : Médaillon de Paul Ronson Sculptures Georges Lacombe : Buste de Paul Sérusier , circa 1905-1906, bronze.Homages A room in the museum is dedicated to Max Jacob, a Quimper native. There, one will find many works of Jacob himself and his entourage : notably Jean Cocteau , Picasso , Roger Toulouse , and Amedeo Modigliani .Jean Moulin was a senior official before becoming an emblematic figure of the Resistance, serving as the sub-prefect in Chateaulin from 1930 to 1933. During his trip to Brittany, he encountered Max Jacob and by his advice, illustrated the collection of Tristan Corbière’s poems. He signed the 8 prints under the pseudonym “Romanin”Jean-Julien Lemordant At the heart of the museum, in a specially designed space, an exceptional ensemble of Jean-Julien Lemordant’s paintings are shown. At other times, they decorate the restaurant in l’Hotel de l’Épée in Quimper.Appendices
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