Museum Holy-Cross of Sand-in Olonne
The Musée Holy-Cross of the Sand-with Olonne is installed in a conventual building founded in 1632 by the nuns bénédictines of Poitiers.
It shelters major collections of Modern art and contemporary: initially, the funds Gaston Chaissac (1910-1964) and Victor Brauner (1903-1966). In the collection, works of Georg Baselitz, max Beckmann, Remi Blanchard, Philippe Knocked, Robert Combas, Marc Desgrandchamps, Blaise Drummond, Jean Dubuffet, Richard Fauguet, Gilgian Gelzer, Jean Launois, Alberto Magnelli, Albert Marquet, François Morellet, Anton Prinner, Peter Saul, Fabien Verschaere…
The local maritime traditions, side port and side beach, are with the honor. The memories of seaside côtoient the portraits of sailing ships there and invaluable Journal of Paul-Emile Pajot, the gouaches of Henry Simon, the tables in shells of Paul Amar, the posters 1900 of the station where parade gracious Sablaise, in cotillion runs and caps lace. The collections of archeology the Vendée nne and Paléontologie (impressed dinosaurs of Veillon) are presented on go.
The Company of the Friends of Musée' of the Holy-Croix' Abbey organizes an annual cycle of conferences on the modern art and contemporary and contributes to the leading policy of the museum and the enrichment of the collections. Consult its Internet site: http://www.amisdumasc.com
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