The Musée of the Art schools Thomas Henry is located at Cherbourg-Octeville (Handle). It counts approximately 300 works, mainly paintings, dating from with. It is the third museum of Normandy in comparison with the importance of its collections.

History

It was made up after a series of anonymous donations at the city spread out between 1831 and 1835. It proved thereafter that these donations were the fact of Thomas Henry, adviser and critical in Article In 1836, a museum was made up starting from these first paintings and nouveau riche thereafter of gifts of other Cherbourgeois.

Initially lodged with the Town hall, the museum took seat in the arts center, with the Public library Jacques Prévert, with the site of the old Markets with grain of the city.

Collection

The collection of the museum covers a broad field, which was worth the nickname to him of “Small Louvre”. It holds in particular a great number of tables and sculptures of local artists. Among the most important works, one will quote in particular:

• an important collection of paintings and drawings of Jean-François Millet;
• of primitive Italian, of which FRA Angelico;
• of many paintings and sculptures of Guillaume Fouace;
• of the Flemings, with Brueghel and Balen;
• of the French painters, of, among whom Eustace Sweat, Simon Vouet, Jean Siméon Chardin.

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