The Mediterranean workshop
Regional courses at the École du Louvre
Cycle of 5 sessions of 1h30.
By Marie-Paule Vial, Honorary Chief Curator of Heritage
As Frédéric Mistral put it, “Empire of the Sun”, Provence and its wildly beautiful coastline became a favorite destination for painters from the 1880s onwards. Fleeing Paris and the rigors of winter, they came to discover this Arcadia made accessible by the railroads, and to come face to face with a light said to be unchanging. From port to port, from l’Estaque to Saint-Tropez, in search of new sensations, they turned this land into an open-air workshop and laboratory for all the experiments they shared. The history of the ateliers du Midi is made up of encounters, friendships, discussions and confrontations, during which new forms were developed: those of modernity.
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Session 1: Auguste Renoir / Claude Monet: first trips to the South of France
Monday, January 8, 2024
Session 2: Vincent Van Gogh / Paul Gauguin: l’atelier du Midi. The broken dream
Monday, January 15, 2024
Session 3: Visits to Paul Cézanne from l’Estaque to the studio at Les Lauves
Monday, January 22, 2024
Session 4: Paul Signac and his friends in Saint-Tropez
Monday, January 29, 2024
Session 5: Georges Braque, André Derain, Raoul Dufy: from l’Estaque to Cassis
Monday, February 5, 2024
Cycle of 5 sessions of 1h30.
By Marie-Paule Vial, Honorary Chief Curator of Heritage
As Frédéric Mistral put it, “Empire of the Sun”, Provence and its wildly beautiful coastline became a favorite destination for painters from the 1880s onwards. Fleeing Paris and the rigors of winter, they came to discover this Arcadia made accessible by the railroads, and to come face to face with a light said to be unchanging. From port to port, from l’Estaque to Saint-Tropez, in search of new sensations, they turned this land into an open-air workshop and laboratory for all the experiments they shared. The history of the ateliers du Midi is made up of encounters, friendships, discussions and confrontations, during which new forms were developed: those of modernity.
Sign up
Session 1: Auguste Renoir / Claude Monet: first trips to the South of France
Monday, January 8, 2024
Session 2: Vincent Van Gogh / Paul Gauguin: l’atelier du Midi. The broken dream
Monday, January 15, 2024
Session 3: Visits to Paul Cézanne from l’Estaque to the studio at Les Lauves
Monday, January 22, 2024
Session 4: Paul Signac and his friends in Saint-Tropez
Monday, January 29, 2024
Session 5: Georges Braque, André Derain, Raoul Dufy: from l’Estaque to Cassis
Monday, February 5, 2024