logologo
HelpLoading...
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free entry
September 2022
Saturday 17
09:30 - 12:30
13:30 - 17:30
Sunday 18
09:30 - 12:30
13:30 - 17:30
Accessible to the intellectually impaired
Accessible to the hearing impaired
Accessible to the psychic impaired
0 to 99 years old

Château de La Tour d'Aigues

Château de La Tour d'Aigues 84240 La Tour-d'Aigues
  • Vaucluse
  • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Visit of the reconstitution of the Atelier of Pierre Graille

Presentation of the work and the reconstruction of the Atelier of Pierre Graille
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free entry
@pareaproduction @Julia D. Nuccio & Océane Breton @ChâteaudeLTA

Modest postal worker at Grambois, santonnier, potter, wood sculptor, painter, theatre man Pierre Graille (1915-2014) was a man of many facets. Pierre Graille represented in santon the men and women of his village, the people dear to his heart, artists or political personalities.
"Telling a story is one thing, the hardest thing is to make this piece of clay something that thinks."

Types d'événement
Visite libre
Thème 2022
Patrimoine durable
I agree that the image may be freely used, provided that it is attributed to the author by name and shared under the same conditions.
Conditions de participation
Gratuit

About the location

Château de La Tour d'Aigues
Château de La Tour d'Aigues 84240 La Tour-d'Aigues
  • Vaucluse
  • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
The castle of La Tour d'Aigues in Vaucluse, owned by the General Council, houses since 1987, a museum of earthenware. On the occasion of the restoration work of the castle, carried out by the General Council of Vaucluse, and the archaeological excavations carried out from 1976 to 1980, an important set of ceramics, glassware, pavement tiles was brought to light. La Tour d'Aigues was a pottery production centre during the second half of the 18th century thanks to» Jean-Baptiste-Jérôme BRUNY (1724-1795), owner of the castle. This descendant of a family of the great Marseilles bourgeoisie was a scholar, a lover of natural history, medicine, agronomy and a great lover of art. His entrepreneurial spirit, his curiosity, his taste for applied research led him to try various experiments in the most varied fields: thus he created a pottery in a bastide next to the castle, some of whose productions are in the museum. He surrounded himself with artists, researched engravings that could serve as m
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Monument historique
Musée des Faïences, conseil général de Vaucluse