from April till September, 2018, six exhibitions(exposures) in Hauts-de-France invite you to travel! Of the dish(flat) Flemish country in the undulating hills of Worked away, via(including) lands audomaroises, six museums will welcome the visitors to tell them the wonderful journey of earthenwares and of motives.
Every exhibition(exposure) will reveal a piece of the rich history(story) of tiles(window panes) and other earthenware rooms(parts,plays) from the north of Europe, Dutch majolicas of the 16th century in the productions of the 19th century, taken(brought) out of factories implanted in Delft, in Desvres, in Ghent where in many other centres still. Boats seagoing on streams, funny characters, surprising mythological creatures, coloured geometric motives come put a new look on the earthenware.
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To the museum of border life, Godewaersvelde

In 2011 was born a beautiful collaboration between the museum of the border Life of Godewaersvelde and the big(great) collector of Ghent, Mark Adriaen. This one led(drove) in 2016 to the birth of project from Delft to Desvres.
The grandfather of Mark, Henry Adriaen, being at the origin of his personal collection, they wanted to pay him tribute by telling of an illustrated way the history(story) full of anecdotes of the constitution of this collection.
Henry Adriaen was born in 1868. He(It) worked as veterinarian in Vlamertinge, then in Poperinge. Very early he(it) was interested in archaeology. His(Her,Its) personal relations and his(her,its) big(great) curiosity led him(her,it) little by little to establish(constitute) a collection diversified enough of works of art, since the roman time until our days, most which were found in Westoek.
The life of this notable is to move closer to that of Benoît De Puydt who the museum of Bailleul which bears its name is partner of exhibition(exposure) " From Delft to Desvres ". Indeed both established(constituted) over the years a remarkable collection of considerable works of art.
In extension of the presentation(display) of this collection, they show some beautiful and rare earthenwares realised by the Belgian manufacturer Pulinx of Bruges: tiles(window panes) of course, but also dishes, vases(muds), stoups, as well as objects not finalised, used to adjust production. This sample of production Pulinx also shows the diversity of the use of the flower motives of which the tulip.
More information: www.delft-desvres.fr