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Journées Européennes du patrimoine Reims 2024

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Sunday 22 September 2024, 14:00, 15:30, 16:30Passed
Conditions
Free - All public - Duration: 20 min - Limited to 15 people.
Registration
 0326353610
September 2024
Sunday 22
14:00 - 14:20
15:30 - 15:50
16:30 - 16:50
Accessible to the motor impaired

Chapelle Foujita

33 rue du Champ de Mars, 51100 Reims
  • Marne
  • Grand Est

The hidden history of the chapel

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Sunday 22 September 2024, 14:00, 15:30, 16:30Passed
Conditions
Free - All public - Duration: 20 min - Limited to 15 people.
Registration
 0326353610
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968), Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix (détail d’une fresque intérieure de la chapelle Foujita) , entre 1965 et 1966, peinture à fresque © MBA Reims 2024 / Photo : C. Devleeschauwer

Tale
The Foujita chapel teems with a thousand and one details, in the frescoes, on the stained glass windows and even in the garden. Let yourself be carried away in a story that will make you (re)discover them with an explorer’s eye!
In the chapel garden.
By Julien Tauber, Caktus Association.

About the location

Chapelle Foujita
33 rue du Champ de Mars, 51100 Reims
  • Marne
  • Grand Est
It was in 1964 that René Lalou, director of the champagne house Mumm, and godfather of Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita, decided to accompany him in his wish to concretize his faith, by building a building dedicated to Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix. Indeed, the artist had felt a mystical illumination at the Basilica of Saint-Remi that had led him to baptism on October 14, 1959 in the Cathedral of Reims.
Started in 1965, this small chapel is entirely imagined by Foujita. In Reims, the artist designed a complete work of art in the wake of Matisse in Vence or Cocteau in Villefranche-sur-Mer. He draws the plans with the help of the architect Maurice Clauzier, draws the ironwork, the stained glass windows, the sculptures and paints 100 m² of frescoes inside. At the age of 80, Foujita devoted all his energy to it for three months. The chapel was blessed on October 1, 1966 and was solemnly handed over to the city of Reims on October 18, 1966.
In 2013 and 2014, the city of Reims received an exceptional donat
Tags
Monument historique, Édifice religieux, Maison, appartement, atelier de personnes célèbres
Access
Access with motor handicap.
©MBA-Christian Devleeschauwer
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