The Delacroix Museum, a cultural gem very near our motels, has simply revealed a brand new presentation of its assortment, organised round three questions regarding the artist Delacroix:
— How did he create within the secret of his workshop?
— How did his admirers pay him homage?, and
— What do Delacroix’s pleasant {and professional} relations inform us about him?
Delacroix’s former bed room, in the home that he lived and labored in for greater than 5 years, has been reworked for Delacroix. A Place, an Artist with the intention to current not solely his work but additionally has household and associates, his admirers and – as a result of he wasn’t one to show down an invite to a social occasion – the community of acquaintances that facilitated his travels, notably to England and Morocco.
The presentation seems to be on the man and his work from a unique approach, an strategy that can curiosity even those that consider they know most the whole lot about him.
Free guided visits of the museum can be found one Saturday every month (seventeenth January, 14th February, 14th March, eleventh April, twenty third Might, thirteenth June, 18th July and twenty second August 2026), and daily the museum is open (with a number of exception) at 3.30pm, a member of employees will share their ardour for the museum with guests.
Nevertheless, the museum additionally affords a really particular go to referred to as Rendez-vous chez Monsieur Delacroix, which prices 21€ and is occurring twice on the night of sixteenth January (at 6.30 and seven.30pm). It’s an immersive theatricalised go to within the presence of three well-known characters who knew the painter. It’s as much as you to find who they’re.
To e-book, ship an e mail to this deal with or name +33 (0)1 44 41 86 50.
And for the museum’s full programme, all in French (a particular night for the Nuit de la lecture on twenty fourth February, one other about Delacroix’s contemporaries on 2nd February, a convention on the night of fifth February – Delacroix and Previous Paris: discovering the realm round rue de Furstemberg, a workshopfor youngsters referred to as Ma mini-expo on twenty seventh February…), click on right here.
The brand new presentation Delacroix. A Place, an Artist is on the Delacroix Museum (right here) till sixth September 2026
Open daily besides Tuesdays from midday-5.30pm (opens 10am weekends). Closed 1st Might
Admission : 9€
Free the primary Sunday of every month, and the 14th July
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