Engravings by Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (1736-1810)

Name: Gravures de Jean-Jacques de Boissieu (1736-1810)
Start: 2023-09-15T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Médiathèque municipale "La Grenette"

Jean Jacques de Boissieu is a French draftsman, engraver and painter.

15 et 16 septembre 2023Passé

Jean Jacques de Boissieu is a French artist, engraver and painter. Enjoying a great reputation in France and Europe, nicknamed by some the «French Rembrandt», he is considered one of the founders of the Lyon School of Painting. He made some plates for the Encyclopédie de Diderot, then specialized in portraits, landscapes and scenes of everyday life in the Lyon region**. On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, 22 engravings from the Armand Decour collection of the media library will be presented from 22 August to 23 September 2023.**

À propos du lieu

Médiathèque municipale "La Grenette"

10 rue Amédée Bonnet 01500 AMBERIEU EN BUGEY

Ain
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The Ambérieu Municipal Media Library has been installed since 1976 at La Grenette, a covered hall built in 1841, to which a hall for parties was added upstairs in the 1890s. It offers access to culture to the inhabitants of Ambérieu and its surroundings collections of books, music and films, as well as many animations throughout the year.