Exhibition «The portrait in all its states»

Name: Exposición «El retrato en todos sus estados»
Start: 2022-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Château de la Neuenbourg

Discover an exhibition on the evolution of portrait use in Alsatian society.

16 - 18 septiembre 2022Passed

Herramientas de registro

patrimoine@cc-guebwiller.fr 03 89 62 56 22

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Discover an exhibition on the evolution of portrait use in Alsatian society.

The portraits presented feature high-Rhino figures represented by high-Rhino artists.
Portraits have been made since ancient times. Initially reserved for royal and religious effigies, the portrait spread to the bourgeois class that wanted social recognition from the Renaissance onwards.
The 18th century was a turning point for portraiture, but remained a practice reserved for the elite until the 19th century.
The appearance of photography then makes it possible to democratize the portrait, to become universal.
Think about the current selfies!
Exhibition created by the Pays d'art et d'histoire department of the Communauté de Communes de la Région de Guebwiller in partnership with the Art de Haute-Alsace association.

About the location

Château de la Neuenbourg

3 Rue du 4 Février, 68500 Guebwiller

Haut-Rhin
Grand Est

Neuenburg Castle is a place steeped in history. Former residence of the princes-abbots until the French Revolution, the castle became the first manufacture of the Region of Guebwiller during the industrial period. Built between 1338 and 1342, it experienced many mishaps (fire, looting and destruction). Transformed into a bourgeois villa by the Schlumberger family in 1820, it became after the Second World War the Normal School of teachers.
Since 2019, the castle has been transformed into a Cultural and Tourist Centre and hosts within its premises the Centre for the Interpretation of Architecture and Heritage, the European Institute of Ceramic Arts and the Tourist Office.