Jean-Jacques Henner Museum
The Musée Jean-Jacques Henner (also Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner ) is an art museum in Paris . It is located in the 17th arrondissement and houses works by the painter Jean Jacques Henner .
history
The museum at 43 avenue de Villiers was built in 1878 for the painter Guillaume Dubufe (1853–1909) as a house with a studio. This building was bought in 1921 by a niece of the painter Jean-Jacques Henner, who wanted to open a museum in it. After the house was converted for museum purposes, the French Minister of Education Léon Bérard opened the house on March 7, 1924 . Since 1943 the museum has belonged to the national museums ( Réunion des musées nationaux ). After two years of extensive renovation, the museum has been open to the public again since May 2016.
The collection
The seven exhibition rooms of the house are furnished with personal items such as furniture, carpets and handicrafts from Henner's possession. The museum owns more than 500 paintings and more than 1,000 drawings by Jean Jacques Henner. The works come from all phases of life from his apprenticeship in Alsace to his last picture from the year he died in 1905. The artist's diaries and sketchbooks also allow visitors to follow the path of a work of art from the first idea to the finished work. In addition to Henner's work, the museum also shows some paintings and sculptures by other artists such as Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot , Henri Chapu , Louis-Léon Cugnot and Adolphe Monticelli .
literature
- Isabelle de Lannoy: Musée National Jean-Jacques Henner - Catalog des peintures . Paris 2003, ISBN 2-7118-4676-8
Web links
- Museum website (French, English)
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 58.6 " N , 2 ° 18 ′ 28.1" E