The Museum of Modern Art - Donation Maurice Jardot

Name: El Museo de Arte Moderno - Donación Maurice Jardot
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Belfort - Tour 41

Discovery of modern art!

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

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It opened its doors to the general public in 1999 and made the lovers of modern art discover the most beautiful works of artists who marked the first half of the 20th century: André Beaudin, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, Le Corbusier, André Masson, Pablo Picasso.
Art historian, general curator of heritage, then artistic director of one of the most prestigious modern art galleries in Paris, the Galerie Louise Leiris, formerly Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, On September 3, 1997, Maurice Jardot gave 112 works to the City of Belfort, including paintings, sculptures, watercolours, gouaches and engravings from his collection.
Please note: Saturday and Sunday from 2pm to 6pm
Colour workshop proposed by Jean-Marc Pepe
Manufacture of natural pigments, pictorial materials and Prussian blue

About the location

Belfort - Tour 41

Rue Georges Pompidou, 90000 Belfort

Territoire de Belfort
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Tower 41 was erected between 1687 and 1703 by Vauban to strengthen the site, the new frontier of the kingdom of France. It is a bastioned tower, that is to say a pentagonal tower projecting on the enclosure, with firing chambers allowing to defend the surroundings and to cross the angles of view. The national interest of the fortifications of Belfort made possible their classification as Historical Monuments. In this setting left by Vauban, restored in 2019, the Museum of Fine Arts offers a didactic and chronological reading of the artistic currents present within its walls. The Fine Arts collection of the Museums of Belfort includes about 6,900 works of art illustrating the late 15th century painting and engraving in France, Spain and Germany; the 17th century religious art through Rubens and Pourbus; the artistic changes of the nineteenth century: open-air landscape, modernization of expression in the painted portrait and sculpture. The Belfortaine collection is particularly rich in