Musée Maillol

The Musée Maillol is a privately held, was founded in 1995 art museum in Paris. It is located in the 7th arrondissement on the rue de Grenelle 59-61. In addition to the collection of works by Aristide Maillol and other works of art from the period of the 20th century changing exhibitions. Another Musée Maillol is near Banyuls -sur -Mer, southern France. Both museums are run by the Fondation Dina Vierny.

History and Description

Foundation

The museum was founded in January 1995 by Dina Vierny ( 1919-2009 ). Vierny was since the age of 15 ten years model and muse of French sculptor Aristide Maillol ( 1861-1944 ) until his death. In 1947, she opened in the Rue Jacob, a gallery with an exhibition that was dedicated Maillol, followed by a Rodin exhibition.

1964 handed Vierny as estate heiress to the French State monumental sculptures by Maillol, which had erected in the Jardin des Tuileries, the then Minister of Culture, André Malraux, and are currently in the Jardin du Carrousel. Around this time was also the founding of the Fondation Dina Vierny. Olivier and Bertrand Lorquin, the sons Dina Viernys, currently lead the museum; Olivier as director and Bertrand as a curator and deputy director.

The building

The existing building of three wings, formerly Hôtel Manoir de Beauregard called, dates from the 18th century and was built on the land, which belonged to the Couvent des Récollets. Among other things, here lived Alfred de Musset 1824-1840, and the painter Paul Baudry had his studio here. The fountain La Fontaine des Quatre Saisons by the French sculptor Edmé Bouchardon adorns the facade of the building ensemble.

After fifteen years of reconstruction, the exhibition area of the museum is 4,250 m² today. In addition to the halls of the permanent exhibition there are spaces for temporary exhibitions, which take place three times a year.

The Collection

The museum exhibits drawings, etchings, paintings, tapestries and sculptures by Maillol like La Méditerranée, Pomone and La Rivière. In addition, from Viernys collection, for example, the works of Henri Rousseau, Séraphine Louis, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Paul Cézanne, Suzanne Valadon, Raoul Dufy, Pierre Bonnard, Odilon Redon, Paul Gauguin, Auguste Rodin, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Jacques Villon shown. In addition, Russian artists such as Serge Poliakoff and Ivan Puni.

Musee Maillol Banyuls

Another museum near Banyuls -sur -Mer, Maillol's birthplace, was opened in 1994 by Vierny, the Musée Maillol Banyuls. The detached farmhouse in Vallée de la Roume had served as Maillol house and studio, and Vierny worked there for ten years with the artists. Maillol sculpture La Méditerranée from 1905 covers his grave in the garden of the house. You can visit his studio, his living environment and various works of the artist as paintings, ceramics and bronzes. Here, too, are held temporary exhibitions.