THE GUIDE MUSEUMS 2017 France Today’s favourite museums


ART Fondation Bemberg Toulouse


Housed in the 16th-century Hôtel d’Assézat, this formerly private collection was made public by Georges Bemberg in the early 1990s. There are hundreds of works of art from the past half millennium here, including 30 paintings by Pierre Bonnard. Ever since it opened, this has always been one of the most visited provincial museums in France. www.fondation-bemberg.fr


Fondation Claude Monet Giverny


Step into the world of one of the most infl uential painters who ever lived. Claude Monet called Giverny home for 43 years and, walking around his beautiful house and garden, it’s easy to see his inspiration. His water garden is a particular highlight,


Musée des Augustins Toulouse


The Musée des Augustins houses art and sculpture dating back to the Middle Ages


as it features the prominent Japanese-style bridge from his Water Lilies series. www.claude-monet-giverny.fr


Musée Bonnard Le Cannet, near Cannes Pierre Bonnard’s bright, bold style is celebrated in this dedicated museum of his works. This year, an exceptional


assembly of masterpieces from the Zeïneb & Jean-Pierre Marcie-Rivière collection, previously displayed at the Musée d’Orsay, marks the artist’s 150th anniversary. It includes 25 paintings and 94 drawings by Bonnard, as well as paintings, pastels and drawings by his friend Édouard Vuillard. www.museebonnard.fr


Beyond its important inventory, especially of Romanesque sculpture, the museum itself (one of the oldest in France) is an impressive building in its own right. Formerly an Augustinian convent, today it welcomes its many visitors with a beautiful red-brick façade, huge halls and a very attractive central courtyard. The Musée des Augustins is also entrusted with seven paintings from the Musées Nationaux Récupération, the collection of art recovered from Germany after WWII. www.augustins.org


Musée Eugène Boudin Honfl eur, Calvados


Based in the pretty port town of Honfl eur, this museum is named after the area’s most famous local painter. It’s not only Boudin’s water-centric work


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2 miles from Cannes 25 min. from Nice


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Visit the only museum dedicated to Pierre Bonnard, a key figure of the 19th and 20th centuries.


The musée Bonnard proudly presents direct from the musée d’Orsay, Bonnard/Vuillard. The collection of Zeïneb & Jean-Pierre Marcie-Rivière.


The exhibition brings together masterpieces from Bonnard and Vuillard, on loan from the musée d’Orsay and highlights the similarities between their respective works during the Nabi period.


From May, 13 to September, 17, 2017


16 bd Sadi Carnot museebonnard.fr


06110 Le Cannet - Côte d’Azur +33 (0)4 93 94 06 06


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Pierre Bonnard, Nude Crouching in the Bathtub (détail), 1918, huile sur toile, 85 × 74,2 cm, Paris, musée d’Orsay, Donation Marcie-Rivière, © Musée d’Orsay, dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt © ADAGP, Paris, 2017 © Création du logotype : Bik & Book


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