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Exhibition "In Our Nets" - Saint-Brieuc Art and History Museum
Culture · Wednesday, June 10 · 10:00 · Saint-Brieuc
musée d'art et d'histoire, Saint-Brieuc
Free
In the late 19th century, the museum was housed in Saint-Brieuc's town hall. Sailor figures welcome visitors among sculptures at the foot of the monumental staircase of the winter garden. The 'sea plunderer' or the 'sea wolf' reflect artists' fascination with these seafaring men, whom the romantic gaze attributes strength and ruggedness to. For this season, the Saint-Brieuc Museum answered the Orsay Museum's invitation to select works that "tell of work" while preserving the specificity of its collections, partly Breton and maritime...
