Discovery of the Gouacherie, Alexander Calder’s painting workshop in Saché

Name: Discovery of the Gouacherie, Alexander Calder’s painting workshop in Saché
Start: 2022-09-18T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:30:00+02:00
Location: La Gouacherie - Atelier de Calder

House of the passeur de l'Indre around 1280, probable stop of the novelist Balzac... The semi-buried house shows the surprising character of a peasant den where the artist dreamed in front of his goua

Sunday 18 September 2022, 14:30Passed

Conditions

free entrance

Sutter Dominique

Visit commented, meeting the artist, personal and authentic testimonies on the presence and work of Calder in Saché, from 1953 to 1976.Numerous documents of the local press of the time, photos and video showing the artist at work. Discovery of the places where he worked and where was shot the film "le cirque de Calder." Maison du passeur de l'Indre, from 1280 to 1925: documents and comments on this strategic activity that governed the local economic life The course of these visits, A total of 1 hour is divided between the interior and exterior of the site, in the garden and the immediate surroundings.

About the location

La Gouacherie - Atelier de Calder

10 route de la Basse-Chevrière, 37190 Saché

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

House of the boatman of the Indre in the "port(bearing) of the Goatherd" in 1560, "in the roof of broom of heather", probable stopping place of the novelist Balzac towards the path(way) of Clochegourde (cf. "the Lily in the valley"), this house of country, half-buried in the slope, was used by Calder. The American artist made, of this old(former) house of the boatman of the Indre since Middle Ages, its painting workshop which he occupied upon his/her arrival in Saché, in 1953 up to his departure in 1976\. He(It) worked on it regularly and exposed(explained) his(its) works: motives(mobiles) and stabiles in small courts(yards) in front of this old long house, which speed(look) did not change. The stories of his(her) life in Saché in form of numerous historical documents, posters, personal photos make the object of authentic comments evoking the artist in his(her) relations with neighbourhood and his(her) friends.