Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille

L’Esprit du trait

From April 25 to September 21, 2025

A private collection of drawings in Provence

 

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille presents L’Esprit du Trait, a remarkable private collection comprising around a hundred French drawings dating from the 17th to the early 19th centuries. Dedicated to artists who worked in Provence, whether they were from the region or elsewhere, this collection illustrates the richness of the local artistic scene and its roots in the major European movements.

 

https://musees.marseille.fr/musee-des-beaux-arts-mba

 

Informations

 

Adress : Palais Longchamp, 13233 Marseille

Michel-François Dandre-Bardon

Étude pour un personnage pour Les Bonnes œuvres de Saint-Thomas de Villeneuve
Red chalk on paper, brown ink and pen outline, mounted on a backing, brown ink and pen outline
19 x 28 cm
© Ville de Marseille, Musée des Beaux-Arts/Claude Almodovar

Michel-Honoré Bounieu

La Confidence (1973)
Watercolor on pencil lines on paper
20,5 x 27,6 cm
© Ville de Marseille, Musée des Beaux-Arts/Claude Almodovar