From Monday, March 26 to Monday, April 2, 2012, the Drawing Week (held alongside the Drawing Fair) in museums invites the public to discover the drawing collections of Parisian cultural institutions and, for the first time this year, outside the capital as well.
As part of this event, each participating museum is organizing an exhibition and/or private tours of its collections.
These private tours are free and open to all. However, it is mandatory to register in advance by phone at 01 45 22 61 05 or by email at info@salondudessin.com starting now.
PROGRAM OF THE 2012 DRAWING WEEK
Paris:
Rodin Museum
Capturing the Rodin Model, 300 drawings, 1890-1917
Private tour of the exhibition for 20 people on Monday, March 26, 2012, at 10:30 AM
Emile Hermès Private Collection
Presentation of the cabinet of graphic arts
Private tours for 10 people on Monday, March 26 at 4:00 PM or Wednesday, March 28 at 4:00 PM
The Raoul Dufy collection: presentation of the collection and a selection of preparatory drawings for Dufy’s prints, which are among the masterpieces of 20th-century wood engraving
Private tour of the exhibition for 12 to 15 people on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at 10:30 AM
Museum of Decorative Arts
Physionotraces: portrait gallery, from the Revolution to the Empire
Private tour for 20 people on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 11:00 AM
National School of Fine Arts
Rembrandt and his entourage, drawings kept at the School of Fine Arts
Private tour for 25 people on Wednesday, March 28 at 10:30 AM
Jacquemart-André Museum
Drawings from the Chennevières collection
Private tour for 15 people on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 3:00 PM
Jean Moulin Museum
Presentation of Jean Moulin’s works, through a series of etchings illustrating the poems of Tristan Corbière, Armor
Private tour for 20 people on Friday, March 30 at 10:00 AM
Louvre Museum
Leonardo da Vinci’s final masterpiece, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Private tour for 15 people on Friday, March 30 at 7:30 PM
Victor Hugo’s House
The Rainbows of Darkness – The Victor Hugo house invites Annie Le Brun
Private tour of the exhibition for 20 people on Monday, April 2, 2012, at 3:00 PM
National Library of France
Drawings for engraving in the 17th century
Private tours for 15 people on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM
Open tour of the exhibition, from March 27 to July 15
Paris Region:
Museum of the Thirties
Raphaël Drouart (1884-1972), draughtsman-engraver of the thirties
Private tour for 60 people on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at 3:00 PM.
Sèvres, City of Ceramics
Sketches and studies by François Desportes
Private tour for 30 people on Friday, March 30 at 3:30 PM
Museum of the Ile de France, Sceaux
Ingres, faces and figures, drawings from the Ingres Museum of Montauban
Private tour for 30 people on Friday, March 30, 2012, at 2:00 PM
Provinces:
Condé Museum, Chantilly
The spirit of the Enlightenment as seen by Carmontelle
Private tour for 20 people on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at 11:00 AM
Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes
A private collection: drawings from the Christian and Isabelle Adrien collection
Private tour for 25 people on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 2:30 PM
Passes:
Orsay Museum
Degas and the Nude
Pass for 40 people for a tour of the museum and the current exhibition
Museum of Romantic Life
Romantic theaters in Paris. Collections of the Carnavalet Museum
Pass for 30 people for a tour of the museum and the current exhibition, listed by name at the museum entrance
Museum of Fine Arts of Caen
For the love of art. French artists and amateurs in Rome in the 18th century
Pass for 30 people for a tour of the museum and the current exhibition.
Nissim de Camondo Museum
Goldsmith’s drawings from the workshop of Robert-Joseph Auguste (1723-1805)
Pass for 20 people for a tour of the exhibition
Jean Moulin Museum
Presentation of Jean Moulin’s works, through a series of etchings illustrating the poems of Tristan Corbière, Armor
Pass for 20 people for the exhibition The French Overseas Territories in the 39-45 War
Cognacq-Jay Museum
Gold boxes and objects of virtue
Pass for 20 people for a tour of the museum and the current exhibition
DRAWING FAIR Wednesday, March 28 to Monday, April 2, 2012
