Musée Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The Museum of Provençal Costumes and Jewellery, housed in a private mansion in Grasse, showcases a fine collection of antique Provençal clothing and jewellery. A few meters away along the same street, the Jean-Honoré Fragonard Museum offers visitors access to a unique range of works by three local painters: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Marguerite Gérard and Jean-Baptiste Mallet. The museum’s garden level rooms are dedicated to contemporary photography. In 2024, the museum will present the first retrospective of works taken by the fashion photographer Jean-Daniel Lorieux.
The Museum of Provençal Costumes and Jewellery, housed in a private mansion in Grasse, showcases a fine collection of antique Provençal clothing and jewellery. A few meters away along the same street, the Jean-Honoré Fragonard Museum offers visitors access to a unique range of works by three local painters: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Marguerite Gérard and Jean-Baptiste Mallet. The museum’s garden level rooms are dedicated to contemporary photography. In 2024, the museum will present the first retrospective of works taken by the fashion photographer Jean-Daniel Lorieux.
Programme
Jean-Daniel Lorieux, photographe bienheureux
Spanning the aesthetics of various decades, Jean-Daniel Lorieux’s work offers a captivating journey through the history of fashion photography, from the effervescent sixties to the present day. This retrospective, the first ever dedicated to him in a museum, pays tribute to a career characterised by bright colors, sunlight, and wit that makes each shot a tad off-kilter.
Access
Musée Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Hôtel de Villeneuve, 14 rue Jean Ossola
06130 Grasse
Open every day from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6.30pm.
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