Lecture/ Father Luyer and the painter JL Hamon, a beautiful human history of the 16th century. and a historical monument painting
History of a painting, fruit of a beautiful human history of the 19th century.. History of an unlikely acquisition, donation, subscription, laboratory study and restoration
Vendredi 16 septembre 2022, 17h30Passat
Michele Ferrand Lafaye
Father Luyer and the painter JL Hamon, a beautiful human history of the 16th century. and a historical monument painting
Abbé Le Luyer is Trébeurden’s best-known and most revered personality. His little protégé, Jean Louis Hamon, a wildling, taken from poverty by the abbot, became a very great painter of the nineteenth century (now forgotten) with paintings in the world’s largest museums.
Trébeurden possesses one of his first paintings, painted in self-taught form. Painting of which Jean Louis Hamon was the most proud, today classified as a historical monument. A beautiful story of donation and restoration by subscription. A beautiful story of reconquest of a lost heritage…