Pont-Aven museum, Art museum in Pont-Aven, France
The Pont-Aven Museum is an art museum in the French town of Pont-Aven focused on works by painters who were active there during the 19th century. It displays paintings, drawings, and sculptures that represent different artistic styles and developments from that era.
Interest in the town's artistic past revived in August 1939, when mayor Félix Le Louët unveiled a plaque on the former Pension Gloanec and the Hôtel Julia hosted an exhibition on Gauguin and his circle. Construction began in autumn 1984 and the museum opened on 29 June 1985. It closed in September 2012, and after work by L'Atelier de l'Île it reopened on 26 March 2016 in the restored and extended Hôtel Julia, with exhibition space doubled from 850 to 1,700 m².
The museum's Salle Julia occupies the dining room of Julia Guillou's Hôtel Julia, built between 1881 and 1900; its restored woodwork is now joined by three 21st-century light fixtures by Matali Crasset. The room serves as a reception hall, conference venue and concert space. The permanent displays trace the artists' inns, the Pont-Aven School chronology, Gauguin, japonisme and the Nabis.
The museum occupies the restored and extended former Hôtel Julia, built by Julia Guillou between 1881 and 1900. The glass hall serves all levels, with the Julia room on the first floor, temporary exhibitions on the second and the permanent collection on the third. A terrace garden with gorse and heather, plants linked to Pont-Aven School works, can be seen from the hall.
The museum opened in 1985 in the Hôtel Julia, built between 1881 and 1900 by Julia Guillou (1848-1927). Its first-floor Salle Julia keeps the old dining room's restored woodwork, to which three 21st-century light fittings by Matali Crasset were added; the room now serves as a reception and conference or concert hall.
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