Art and its currents carry you away

By Amandine, March 25, 2023

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What is an artistic current? A brushstroke? A new look? It is generally designated at the end of an era to highlight trends established by several artists, whether in the approach or the style proposed. Impressionism, Symbolism, Dadaism? Let's follow the movements on Destination Limoges.

The Museum of Fine Arts, the confluence of currents

In the gardens of the Bishopric of Limoges, theformer episcopal palace hosts many artistic jewels including a unique collection of enamels in the world : enamel on champlevé copper from the Middle Ages, painted enamels from the Renaissance, but also art-deco or contemporary. Also, let yourself be carried away by the impressionist paintings, especially those ofAuguste Renoir, born in Limoges. Suzanne Valadon, follower of post-impressionism and symbolism, originally from Bessines is also exhibited in this 18th century style building…but not only.

Suzanne Valadon: avant-garde or post-impressionist?

THEValadon area is a museum that presents the painter of the same name. back in time to immerse yourself in a Bessines where Marie-Clémentine was born in 1865, who was later renamed Suzanne. Without wishing to prejudice all the Marie-Clémentines, Suzanne was ahead of its time, even to choose his first name. Find this fantastic little space on the first floor of the Bessines Tourist Information Office.

In the Valley of Painters, the impressionist impresses

As painters travel across Europe in search of patterns, the Creuse Valley “between Berry and Limousin” becomes a real artistic focus. Thus, the Limousin has left its mark all over the world: Paris, Copenhagen, Geneva or even New York. The best place to follow in their footsteps is still our destination. At Fresselines, in the Vallée des Peintres, you can compare both the landscape and the brushstrokes of artists such as Claude Monet et Maurice Rollinat withMonet Rollinat space.

Exchange between Sanfourche and Sabourdy, art brut and naive art

" - But what is it ? – Both a poetry of men and landscapes and falsely wild country. – And what shape does it have? - A round mosaic. - And what color is it? – Limousin can be natural green or rainbow after a light shower.”

And if you want to discover these arts even more >>> Cécile Sabourdy Museum and Gardens or BInternational Biennial of Naïve and Singular Arts.

Château de Rochechouart, where contemporary art expresses itself

Questioning, surprising, challenging, provoking, contemporary art expresses itself discreetly but actively in Limousin. Do you know Raoul Hausmann, figure of Dadaism, and his famous poem that Limoges inspired him? "Legimos, Limoges, solgemi […] Miloges. All this is hidden in Limoges, people live there and do not notice it! Golemsi – it's like the Golem is there! ”… This poem is in front of the Limoges Resistance Museum when its mystery is pierced Rochechouart Museum.

View of the living room of Saint Just le Martel

Head full of art

On Destination Limoges, there are so many arts and artistic trends... and we are not yet talking about architecture:

city art : inside Outside, artists highlight urban expressions, full of colors that we find by lowering or raising our eyes during an urban stroll
field art : there where nature continually redesigns itself and is used as a backdrop; the air, the earth, the stones, everything is exposed to International Center for Art and Landscape from Vassiviere
engaged art : or the art of conveying a message whether ecological, political or often humorous; come and have a bite at International Exhibition of Cartoons and Humor in St-Just-Le-Martel

Signed the unknown of Destination Limoges, conceptual artist. And you, what current carries you?

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