Event about Yves Brayer
Editions des Falaises
PUBLICATION OF THE BOOK: YVES BRAYER - Voyages
March 1st 2024
Yves Brayer was born in Versailles in 1907. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bourges and then in Paris. After visits to Spain in 1927 and Morocco in 1928, he won the Prix de Rome and spent three years at the Villa Medici from 1930 to 1934.
After his Spanish black period, followed by Italian ochre and red, he diversified his palette by introducing greens, pale yellows and a few blues. Although Provence and the Camargue remained his home, he was strongly attracted to Mediterranean landscapes. He returns regularly to work in his favourite countries: Italy and Spain, as well as Portugal and the Canaries. His thirst for discovery and travel led him to visit Greece, Egypt, Iran, Israel and other continents such as Mexico, the United States, Japan and Russia. An indefatigable draughtsman, he never leaves his sketch pads of various sizes, bearing witness to the landscapes and atmospheres he travels through. His day's drawings were immediately processed in watercolour in the evening when he arrived at the hotel, using the fresh colours he still remembered.
He died in 1990 and is buried in Les Baux-de-Provence, where the Yves Brayer Museum was opened in 1991.
His work can be found in a number of museums and collections in France and abroad. He was a teacher at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, President of the Salon d'Automne and, as a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, curator of the Musée Marmottan-Claude Monet in Paris.
A doctor by training and a renowned explorer, Jean-Louis Étienne was the first man to reach the North Pole solo in 1986 and to make the first complete crossing of Antarctica in 1989-1890. A tireless defender of the planet, his many educational and scientific expeditions aim to raise awareness of the polar regions and understand the role they play in life and the Earth's climate. His love of great adventures will take him to the Southern Ocean in 2025 for an unprecedented exploration aboard the oceanographic platform Polar Pod. He is also the author of some thirty books.
Editions des Falaises
136 pages
24 €
Event in Baux de Provence Yves Brayer museum
Temporary exhibition
Jean COCTEAU - L'Enchanteur
May 8th > November 11th 2025
Jean Cocteau, writer, poet, playwright, film-maker and illustrator, is being honoured this year by the Musée Yves Brayer and the Mairie des Baux-de-Provence. A multi-faceted artist, he left his mark on the 20th century.
More than a hundred works, photos and posters from plays, films and stage productions are brought together around three themes, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in the dreamlike, engaging and complex worlds, inspired by the myths and dreams, of this ‘Prince of Poets’.
First, the Storms: Les Enfants terribles, La Voix humaine and Le Bel indifférent, then the Enchantments: L'Eternel retour, Le Jeune homme et la mort, La Belle et la Bête and L'Aigle à deux têtes, and finally La Traversée du miroir : Le Sang d'un Poète, Orphée and Testament d'Orphée.
Arles photographer Lucien Clergue immortalised the filming of the Testament d'Orphée in Baux-de-Provence. An exceptional collection of his photographs completes our exhibition, giving us an intimate insight into the artist's work.
In keeping with our tradition, the permanent collections will be revisited, featuring drawings by Jean Cocteau in conjunction with works by Yves Brayer.
To be visited from 8 May to 11 November 2025 at the Musée Yves Brayer in Les Baux-de-Provence.
VIRTUAL VISIT of the Museum
VIDEO of the Museum 3'40"
HORARY :
April to September : open every day : 10:00 am to 12:30 pm and 2:00 pm to 6:30 pm
October to March : open every day except Tuesday : 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Annual closure : January, February and beginning of March
PRICES:
Adults : 8.00 € per person
Groups of 10 et + : 4.00 € per person
Free: 17 years and less (accompanied by an adult)
Reduce rate on presentation of PASS BAUX-DE-PROVENCE (Carrières de Lumières + Château des Baux) : 4€ per person
For any further information
Tél : 04 90 54 39 99 or 04 90 97 78 53
For any documentation on the exhibition
Tel : 06 21 23 06 92 ou 06 23 16 47 75
Email : olivier@yvesbrayer.com
Yves Brayer, Jean Cocteau à l'Institut, 1963, Dessin stylo bille 19.5 x 13.5 cm