A successful artist of the first half of the 19th century, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) is an unclassifiable and often visionary painter. Behind his apparent classicism there shines an originality and a search for perfection that are still fascinating. Now an exhibition in Chantilly, Ingres: The Artist and His Princes aims to shed light on the roots of his success. With the advent of the July Monarchy (1830-1848), Ingres found tremendous support in the Orléans family,...
Located in the heart of Montauban, one of the most beautiful cities in the south west of France, and reopening last December after three years of total closure for major works, the Ingres Bourdelle Museum has scheduled four exhibitions which, from Ingres to contemporaries, offer visitors a journey into the history of art. The only dedicated Ingres museum in the world, the Ingres Bourdelle Museum has been completely restructured and modernised and now features exceptional...
The Ingres Museum in the South of France is reopening after three years of major expansion and a complete renovation. The only museum in the world dedicated to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, the French neoclassical painter of the 19th century, is a flagship of the French culture houses, and an exceptional collection of Ingres’ paintings and drawings, the largest after the Louvre Museum. More than 4,500 drawings by Ingres, 44 paintings, personal items such as his violin...
