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Saturday 13 May 2023, 10:00, 14:00, 20:00Passed
Conditions
Free entry
May 2023
Saturday 13
10:00 - 13:00
14:00 - 18:00
20:00 - 23:59
Accessible to the motor impaired
0 to 99 years old

Musée d'Art moderne - Collections nationales Pierre et Denise Lévy

14 place Saint Pierre, 10 420 Troyes
  • Aube
  • Grand Est

Exhibition «André Maire, painter traveller»

The life of André Maire (1898-1984) was not always easy. He lost his parents and his brother to war at a very young age. His mentor and teacher, Emile Bernard, advised him to go to the East. The disc…
Saturday 13 May 2023, 10:00, 14:00, 20:00Passed
Conditions
Free entry
© Ville de Troyes / Carole Bell

The life of André Maire (1898-1984) was not always easy. He lost his parents and his brother to war at a very young age. His mentor and teacher, Emile Bernard, advised him to go to the East. The discovery of the Angkor Temple will mark him for life. From Indochina to the banks of the Ganges to Egypt and Africa, the painter-explorer travels the world. Armed with paper, pencils and brushes, he seeks inspiration, new exotic motifs, in a quest for beauty and difference. He offers, in compositions with bold perspectives, his dreamlike vision of the magnificence of nature and the sites visited. Depending on the country he is in, his way of painting is different. The ancient landscapes of Egypt are adorned with sepia while the overflowing life of African villages wears the bright colors of gouache. To sketch the mysteries of Angkor in Cambodia, he chose the poetic delicacy of charcoal. A baobab from Senegal, a Buddha from Ceylon, the felouques on the Nile, demand an irreproachable drawing, the dream and imagination do the rest by exaggerating the scales to achieve elegance and touch the viewer.
Until 31 August 2023
The museums of the City of Troyes are exceptionally free on Saturday 13 May from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm and during the Night of Museums from 8pm to midnight.
Detailed Program: www.musees-troyes.com

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Exhibition
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Free entrance

About the location

Musée d'Art moderne - Collections nationales Pierre et Denise Lévy
14 place Saint Pierre, 10 420 Troyes
  • Aube
  • Grand Est
The Museum of Modern Art was created in 1976 with the donation of almost 2,000 works by Pierre and Denise Lévy, a Trojan industrial couple and collectors. The painter André Derain and the Trojan glassmaker Maurice Marinot, close friends of the Lévys, are well represented here, alongside such great modern artists as Courbet, Braque, Gris, Soutine, Modigliani, Dufresne, La Fresnaye, Buffet, Balthus and De Staël.
Tags
Museum of Arts, Decorative Arts, Musée de France