Discover a colorful place, between tradition and modernity

Name: Descubre un colorido lugar entre tradición y modernidad
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Chapelle Foujita

Take part in a guided tour of the chapel, discovering the decorations, pastel shades, frescoed on 100 m2, which illustrate the life of Christ, the seven deadly sins. Dec…

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

Vue intérieure de la chapelle et ses fresques, Crédit photo (auteur, référence, copyright) : © Corentin Le Goff, musées de Reims, 2023

Take part in a commented visit of the chapel, to discover the decorations, pastel shades, frescoed on 100 m2, which illustrate the life of Christ, the seven deadly sins. Also discover stained glass windows all in green, yellow and blue, made by Charles Marq, illustrating the Creation, the Fall, Noah’s Ark.... Various media will allow children to discover frescoes and stained glass in a fun way.

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