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Un bestiaire fantastique - Avisseau et la faïence de Tours (1840-1910)

A fantastic bestiary - Avisseau and the crockery of Tours (1840-1910)
From february 5 to may 12 2003


Charles-Jean Avisseau, a key figure of ceramic creation in the XIXth century, dedicated his genius ot the study of nature which he reproduced by giving the illusion of reality. Fish plates, vases, rustic basins reveal an art that is situated between realism and art of the fantastic.

Musée national de porcelaine - Adrien Dubouché

8, place Winston Churchill
87000 Limoges - France

Téléphone 05 55 33 08 50
Fax 05 55 33 08 55
Mail contact.musee-adriendubouche@culture.gouv.fr
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Hours :
Horaire(s) d'ouverturefrom 10 am to 12:25 pm
and from 2 pm to 5:40 pm
Specific bank holidays
Admission :
Admission fee : 4.5 €
Concessions : 3 €
Special concessions : 66 €
Charles-Jean Avisseau, Rustic group, detail, 1855, enmalled earthenware, Tours, Musée des beaux-arts © Musée national Adrien Dubouché
MORE INFORMATION :
catalogue : 272 p., 221 plates, 38€, RMN editions