The exhibition highlights the work of Gaston Vuillier, whose work and name remain intimately intertwined with the Corrèze.

Fascinated by the grandiose spectacle offered by the Gimel waterfalls, Gaston Vuillier, painter, draughtsman and traveller, left his suitcases and decided to settle in the village of Gimel at the end of the 19th century. In addition to tirelessly representing the site’s tumultuous and steep landscapes, the artist is interested in the men and women who inhabit them. Gaining their sympathy and trust, he accesses the mysterious practices of these. As part of a report, «Chez les magiciens et les sorciers de la Corrèze», Gaston Vuillier proposes a real investigation dedicated to «medicines», rites and local beliefs, Writing and illustrating his meetings and discussions with different metzes, as well as the methods they use, both to heal and to bewitch.