Art d'Oc Drawing and Painting
in the Languedoc, South of France
Artistic Heritage of the Languedoc
  Art
has long been practiced in what is now the South of France. There
are some 200 cave paintings currently known that date from prehistoric
times.
 Greek,
Etruscan and Roman art flourished here and can still be seen in
ancient cities. The surprisingly modern looking design on the
right is Roman mosaic.
 In
the medieval period this was home to a sculpur known to art historians
as "The Master of Cabastany". It was also home to the
Troubadours - and thus the cradle of modern western culture.
Painters have long been attracted to the unique light and scenery
of what is now the Languedoc-Roussillon region of the South of
France. From Van Gogh and Gouguin in the north to Matisse, Bracque,
Picasso and Charles Rennie Mackintosh in the South. With Toulouse-Lautrec
not far away to the west and Dali just over the Spanish border.
Fauvism was developed in the Languedoc-Roussillon, while Picaso
and Braque developed Cubism both here and on the other side of
the Pyrennes.
Here are just a few examples of art from the area, presented
chronologically:
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Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)
Et in Arcadia Ego: c. 1637 ?
Oil on canvas, 34 x 48 cm
Currently in the Louvre, Paris |
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| Charles Nodier, J.
Taylor, and Alphonse de Cailleux,
Château de Carcassonne, (c 1830, from Voyages pittoresques
et romantiques dans l'ancienne France, Languedoc, Paris
1835)
Lithograph
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Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan (1847-1913)
Gathering Grapes: Languedoc 1886,
O il on canvas |
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Frédéric Bazille.
Porte d'Aigues-Mortes, dite Porte de la Reine. 1867
Oil on Canvas 31.7 x 39.4 in. (80.5 x 100 cm). |
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Marie Petiet.
Les Blanchisseuses 1882.
oil on canvas. 1 m 70x 1 m 13 |
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Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
(Henri-Marie-Raymond de Toulouse Lautrec Monfa) (1864-1901):
Vincent van Gogh. (1887)
pastel drawing. 54 × 45 cm .
Currently in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam |
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Vincent van Gogh.
The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at
Night, September 1888. Oil on Canvass, 81 × 65,5 cm |
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Paul Gauguin.
Women from Arles in the Public Garden, the Mistral. 1888.
Oil on canvas.
Currently in the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL,
USA.. |
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Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890).
La nuit étoilée sur le Rhône (September
1888) at Arles.
Oil-on-canvas. 72.5 x 92 cm (28.54 x 36.22 inches).
Currently displayed at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. |
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Henri Matisse (1869 – 1954).
Les toits de Collioure (1905)
Oil on Canvass. 59.5 x 73 cm
Currently in The Ermitage (State Museum at Saint-Petersbourg) |
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Andre Derain (1880 – 1954).
Bateaux de Collioure (1905) |
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Andre Derain (1880 – 1954).
Vue de Collioure (1905) |
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Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973).
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. |
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Georges Braque. (1882-1963).
Man with a Guitar. Céret, summer 1911-early 1912.
Oil on canvas, 45 3/4 x 31 7/8" (116.2 x 80.9 cm). |
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Marc Chagall.
La Baie Des Anges.
Lithograph 10.75 x 12.75 inches |
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Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921)
The Agitator of Languedoc, 1882
oil on canvas ( 115 cm c 150 cm)
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France |
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Sir William Russell Flint (1880 - 1969)
Gypsies And Goats Languedoc
Watercolour |
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Sir William Russell Flint (1880 - 1969)
The Farmyard At Argilliers Languedoc
Watercolour
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Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989)
Llaner Beach in Cadaques. c. 1921.
Oil on cardboard.
Private collection. |
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Manolo Valdés (1942 - )
Perfil
Oil on canvas. 187 x 187 cm 73.6 x 73.6 In.
Private collection Barcelona
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| Charles Rennie Mackintosh
(1864 - 1933)
The Lighthouse (at Port Vendres) 1927
Watercolour
Private collection, London
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| Charles Rennie Mackintosh
(1864 - 1933)
Bouleternére (1925)
Watercolour (17.6 x 17.6 in. 44.7 x 44.7 cm)
Private colection, New York
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Magritte, Rene (1898 - 196).
Le Château des Pyrénées (1959)
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Art Museums in the Region
Nimes. Designed by Norman Foster, the Museum Carré
d'Art in Nimes houses a collection of contemporary art as well
as an art research centre.
The Musée des Beaux-Arts is the largest museum in Nimes.
It has French sculptures and paintings, dating from the 17th to
20th century. Works from the 15th to 18th century by Flemish,
Dutch and Italian artists are also on display here.
Carcassonne. The Museum of Fine Arts in Carcassonne includes
a collection of artwork from the 17th Century to the Modern day.
Ceret. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Ceret houses
a first rate collection of contemporary art: including Picasso,
Braque, Gris, Chagall, Matisse, Tapies and Miro. The Museum hosts
temporary exhibitions. For updated infomartion about current shows,
click on the floowing link to visit
the museum's calendar of events
Perpignan. The Museum of Fine Arts Hyacinthe Rigaud in
Perpignan houses a collection of Catalan Gothic paintings. It
includes artwork by Rigaud, Manolo, Picasso, Dufy, Ingres, Gericault
and Clave. There is also a collection of paintings by the COBRA
art movement with work by Linstrom, Appel and Alechinsky.
Lodeve. Located in a sixteenth century mansion belonging
to Fleury family, the Museum Fleury in Lodeve houses artwork from
the Middle Ages to the twentieth century (as well as a collection
of geological, paleontological and archeological items)
Montpellier. Inaugurated in 1825, the Museum Fabre in
Montpellier houses paintings from the Italian Veronese School
and the Spanish School of Zurbaran.
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