
Collection
The Collection
The Permanent Collection will showcase Breton artists who went on to explore new art forms, as well as painters who came to draw inspiration from the landscapes and traditions of the Léon region.
Works by renowned artists represented in major museum collections.
On the first floor, the Permanent Collection will be continuously enriched with artists chosen for their contribution to artistic movements sharing a common aesthetic. Primarily, though not exclusively, from the 19th and 20th centuries, with selected contemporary artists placed in perspective.
Breton artists
Such as Ferdinand du Puigaudeau, Maxime Maufra, Yan' Dargent, Max Jacob, Pierre Tal Coat, René Quivillic, Mathurin Méheut, Yvonne Jean-Haffen, Kerga (Charles de Kergariou), François Dilasser, Gérard Le Cloarec, etc.
Artists from elsewhere
Such as Charles-François Daubigny, Eugène Boudin, Paul Madeline, Margaret Campbell Macpherson, etc.
Excerpt from the collection
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Mathurin Méheut (1882-1958)
Renowned painter and illustrator. The Lamballe museum is dedicated to him. Public collections: Musée d'Orsay, Albert Kahn, Rennes, Quimper.
Renowned painter and illustrator. The Lamballe museum is dedicated to him. Public collections: Musée d'Orsay, Albert Kahn, Rennes, Quimper.
Yvonne Jean-Haffen (1895-1993)
Friend and collaborator of Mathurin Méheut. Painter, engraver, and ceramist. A museum is dedicated to her in her home in Dinan.
Friend and collaborator of Mathurin Méheut. Painter, engraver, and ceramist. A museum is dedicated to her in her home in Dinan.
Tal Coat (1905-1985)
Exhibited at the Grand Palais during his lifetime, he was acquainted with all the great intellectuals and artists of the 20th century, from Giacometti to Picasso, as well as Beckett, Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein. Represented in major collections such as the Centre Pompidou, the Maeght Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation in New York.
Exhibited at the Grand Palais during his lifetime, he was acquainted with all the great intellectuals and artists of the 20th century, from Giacometti to Picasso, as well as Beckett, Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein. Represented in major collections such as the Centre Pompidou, the Maeght Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation in New York.
Max Jacob (1876-1944)
Modernist poet, credited with coining the term "cubism", novelist and painter born in Quimper. Close friend of Picasso, Guillaume Apollinaire, Juan Gris, Marie Laurencin, Modigliani and others.
Modernist poet, credited with coining the term "cubism", novelist and painter born in Quimper. Close friend of Picasso, Guillaume Apollinaire, Juan Gris, Marie Laurencin, Modigliani and others.
François Dilasser (1926-2012)
Finisterian artist whose expressionist works are marked by the informal abstraction of the École de Paris. Exhibited at the FRAC; works held in the collections of the fine arts museums of Bordeaux, Brest, Caen, and Rennes.
Finisterian artist whose expressionist works are marked by the informal abstraction of the École de Paris. Exhibited at the FRAC; works held in the collections of the fine arts museums of Bordeaux, Brest, Caen, and Rennes.
Paul Madeline (1863-1920)
Post-Impressionist from Paris who came to paint the Bay of Morlaix. Numerous works in public museum collections. Exhibited at the museums of Nantes, Châteauroux, and Reims.
Post-Impressionist from Paris who came to paint the Bay of Morlaix. Numerous works in public museum collections. Exhibited at the museums of Nantes, Châteauroux, and Reims.
Ferdinand du Puigaudeau (1864-1930)
Post-Impressionist, friend of Paul Gauguin, of Alphonse de Châteaubriant (his cousin), and of the poet José-Maria de Heredia, who stayed in Roscoff. Works in public collections: Madrid, Nantes, Quimper, Vannes, etc.
Post-Impressionist, friend of Paul Gauguin, of Alphonse de Châteaubriant (his cousin), and of the poet José-Maria de Heredia, who stayed in Roscoff. Works in public collections: Madrid, Nantes, Quimper, Vannes, etc.
Eugène Boudin (1824-1898)
Impressionist painter of Norman origin, friend of Baudelaire, Courbet, and Jongkind. He introduced Claude Monet to plein air painting; Monet would say of him: "If I became a painter, it is to Boudin that I owe it." Eugène Boudin made more than 23 trips to Brittany, with a particular fondness for the coasts of Finistère.
Impressionist painter of Norman origin, friend of Baudelaire, Courbet, and Jongkind. He introduced Claude Monet to plein air painting; Monet would say of him: "If I became a painter, it is to Boudin that I owe it." Eugène Boudin made more than 23 trips to Brittany, with a particular fondness for the coasts of Finistère.
Maxime Maufra (1861-1918)
Nantais and regionalist, (post-)Impressionist painter close to Paul Gauguin and Sérusier. Exhibited in numerous museums, including Orsay, Versailles, Quimper, and Rennes, etc.
Nantais and regionalist, (post-)Impressionist painter close to Paul Gauguin and Sérusier. Exhibited in numerous museums, including Orsay, Versailles, Quimper, and Rennes, etc.
Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878)
Romantic and Impressionist painter who came to paint the surroundings of Roscoff. Works held in museum collections around the world, from Buenos Aires to Montreal, passing through New York and Warsaw, including the Musée d'Orsay and the Louvre.
Romantic and Impressionist painter who came to paint the surroundings of Roscoff. Works held in museum collections around the world, from Buenos Aires to Montreal, passing through New York and Warsaw, including the Musée d'Orsay and the Louvre.
Margaret Campbell Macpherson (1860-1931)
Canadian artist inspired by Scotland and northern Brittany. Exhibited during her lifetime at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Academy in London, the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts, and the Société des Artistes Français.
Canadian artist inspired by Scotland and northern Brittany. Exhibited during her lifetime at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Academy in London, the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts, and the Société des Artistes Français.
Georges Rohner (1913-2000)
Associated notably with Tal-Coat in founding the artistic movement Forces Nouvelles. Elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where he occupied Ingres' seat. Exhibited at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Wildenstein Gallery in New York, and the Louvre. A retrospective was dedicated to him in 1987 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.
Associated notably with Tal-Coat in founding the artistic movement Forces Nouvelles. Elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where he occupied Ingres' seat. Exhibited at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Wildenstein Gallery in New York, and the Louvre. A retrospective was dedicated to him in 1987 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.
Charles de Kergariou, known as Kerga (1899-1956)
A remarkable painter and illustrator of Brittany and the Bay of Morlaix, now recognised among the greatest.
A remarkable painter and illustrator of Brittany and the Bay of Morlaix, now recognised among the greatest.
The garden — a place for strolling and relaxation, adorned with sculptures