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Saturday 21 September, 10:30
Conditions
Free. Reservation required. Space limited to 20 people. Go to the tourist office of Saint-Cirq Lapopie.
September 2024
Saturday 21
10:30 - 12:30

Maisons Daura, résidences internationales d'artistes

Le Bourg, 46330 Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
  • Lot
  • Occitanie

Visit to Saint-Cirq Lapopie and its artists

The fate of the village of Saint-Cirq Lapopie changed at the beginning of the 20th century when many artists, collectors, gallerists, such as the painters Henri Martin and Pierre Daura and finally the
Saturday 21 September, 10:30
Conditions
Free. Reservation required. Space limited to 20 people. Go to the tourist office of Saint-Cirq Lapopie.
©E. Martin - Le Figaro

The fate of the village of Saint-Cirq Lapopie changed at the beginning of the 20th century when many artists, collectors, gallerists, such as the painters Henri Martin and Pierre Daura and finally the surrealist poet André Breton, set their sights on this village and make it a privileged holiday resort. This visit is an opportunity to evoke these extraordinary personalities and the intimate link they have forged with this village by discovering the streets that have preserved their footprints.

About the location

Maisons Daura, résidences internationales d'artistes
Le Bourg, 46330 Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
  • Lot
  • Occitanie
At the heart of the medieval market town, this noblewomen's house of the XIIIth century became from 1930 till 1976 the permanent or episodic place of residence of the painter Pierre Daura. He receives «today Houses Daura», artists' international residences. Laboratory of creation for all artistic disciplines, they are a place of life and of research(search) for artists of the whole world.
Tags
Maison, appartement, atelier de personnes célèbres, Monument historique, Lieu de culture, spectacles, sports et loisirs
Access
In sunken of the church, towards the door of Rocamadour.
©Maisons Daura, résidences internationales d'artistes