Date 07 July 2022
Pages 255
Format cm 22 x 28
Price € 42.00
EAN 9782757707951
Publisher Website www.editions-du-patrimoine.fr

The Hidden Face of the World: A Subjective Art

The Modern Art Collection at the Abbey of Beaulieu-en-Rouergue
COLLECTION Hors collection
Category Art
Clair Morizet, Sales Director "The austerity of a carefully restored Cistercian abbey is perfect setting for a unique collection of paintings, including several masterpieces from the School of Paris."

In the aftermath of World War II, husband and wife Pierre Brache and Geneviève Bonnefoi grew interested in the artistic avant-garde that developed in response to trauma, a generation that included Fautrier, Dubuffet, Soulages, Michaux, Hartung, Hantaï, and Vieira da Silva. Opting largely for abstraction, these artists broke with tradition, their radicality supported by a handful of connoisseurs, including Brache and Bonnefoi.
In 1960, they acquired the ruins of an abbey in Beaulieu-en-Rouergue (Tarn-et-Garonne), which they turned into a center for art and bequeated to France's Center for National Monuments. Recently restored, the site is home to an exceptional collection.