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Barzaz Breiz, the song of Brittany Exhibition organised with the Finistère Departmental Archives and the Centre for Breton and Celtic Research of the University of Western Brittany The songs of the Barzaz Breiz, a major literary work written by Théodore Hersart de La Villemarqué and published in 1839 based on an oral collection, resonated far beyond the borders of Brittany and aroused passions. In 2018, the Department purchased the archive collection ...

Baradoz: "Joyaux- Bravigoù" exhibition In this year of transition, personal works are unveiled, displaying bright colours and original motifs, making the talents behind their creations compete. For if "Our students have talent", our teachers also undeniably have plenty of it. Take a walk with us through the Baradoz pieces. Santinell, the first outfit in the "A-Galon" Haute-Broderie collection, welcomes you and leads you to the Glaz region...

Exposition Les Merveilles de la Faïencerie Porquier-Beau Place à l’inédit ! Cette année, nous allons dévoiler aux yeux du public l’ensemble des planches aquarellées de la manufacture Porquier-Beau. Fondée en 1773, par un ouvrier formé au sein de la Grande Maison HB, la fabrique s’associe vers 1875 avec le peintre Alfred Beau. Cette collaboration entre un artiste et une faïencerie de Quimper dure plus de quinze ans et apporte un souffle nouveau aux productions de la manufacture. Le succès qui en...

DIDIER LAPÈNE, A VIEWPOINT ON THE SEA A former student of the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Didier Lapène completed his renowned training with an important stay at the Casa Velázquez in Madrid. With a proven knowledge of the painter's craft, he has developed an original approach to landscape, free from the formal contingencies of our time. Renewing the ambition of artists who subscribe to pleinairism, he regularly sets up his easel in front of the motif and unravels his work.