Discovery visit of the exhibition on the sculptor Charles Machet (1902 - 1980)

Name: Visita para descubrir la exposición sobre el escultor Charles Machet (1902 - 1980)
Start: 2023-09-16T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée du Bugey-Valromey

Guided tour of the exhibition around Charles Machet (1902, Izieu – 1980, Limonest)

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

©Département de l'Ain

Guided tour of the exhibition around Charles Machet (1902, Izieu – 1980, Limonest) Creator of the Val d'Enfer memorial, Charles Machet is recognized for the realization of many sculptures in bronze, stone, earth or wood. His major works, inspired portraits, expressive animals, sports scenes or religious or symbolic themes, are at the heart of the exhibition.

About the location

Musée du Bugey-Valromey

3 rue centrale 01260 Lochieu

Ain
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

At the foot of the Big(Great) Dovecote, in Lochieu, small bugiste typical village, the departmental museum of Bugey-Valromey nests. The heart of the museum is a house Renaissance containing numerous witnesses(batons) of the history(story) of the place: two-light frame, monumental fireplace, staircase in screw, pigeon house, cupboards and pavings, vault of the XVIth century. Theatre of reconstructions and case of collections, she receives also the most important public collection of sour(turned) wooden contemporary works of France. 30 international artists are represented. Visible of garden of the museum, exceptional panorama on the Bugey allows to include the attraction of numerous artists for this territory. In discounts(deliveries), old(former) jobs(businesses) by the wood (woodcutter, docker, coalman, cartwright, cooper...) previous means of transport are presented as well as: tanks, sleds, horse-drawn carriages, snowplow(snowplows).