France is known as the very romantic country that’s home to some of the world’s most famous artists. The geniuses behind some of the best works in the world are here. France also houses the biggest art museum in the world, the Louvre, but don’t think that this is the only Museum that you should visit. If by any chance you end up in southern France and you can’t really go to Paris to visit the Louvre, you still have the next best thing right here in southern France. You can just go to Montpellier and visit the Musée Fabre. The depth of this museum is impressive. Anyone who wanted to learn a thing or two about the world of art should definitely spend some time here.
Musée Fabre is already more than a century old. The age old structure was founded by François-Xavier Fabre in 1825. Fabre himself is a painter and he decided to build a museum to display some paintings that he made. But through years, the number of paintings increased. Now the museum is known to house extensive work of popular French artists. Aside from the impressive paintings, you’ll be able to see the great French sculptures as well.
When you’re there for the summer or just for any season, be sure to visit the Museum today. As of this writing, the museum undergoing renovation that is set to be done in 2007. Don’t be disheartened since you’ll still be able to see some of the famous works of the museum. That will be for the best since if you have visited the museum before the reconstruction begun in 2002, all you have to see is a dull building with lots and lots of windows. It’s like a century old hotel that’s waiting and waiting for renovation.
It’s really not hard to miss this museum since it’s conveniently located in the town square. Anyone who had been in Montpellier even just once can tell you where the center of the town is and from there, you’ll be able to easy make out which one is the museum among the series of building that surround Place de la Comedie.
What it is it really there that you have to see? Aside from the paintings and sculptures, you’ll be able to see impressive ceramics as well. This ceramics are not just there because they look good, but these ceramics was placed there because they have been important ceramics from Greece. It tells of the expertise of the Greeks about these things. For the paintings, you’ll be able to see works of Fauvist painters such as Gustave Courbet, Kees van Dongen, Eugene Delacroix and a lot of other artists as well. There are also various French Sculptures that you’ll see in this museum; Rene Iche and Aristide Maillol are only some of the artists that display their fine creation.
So what you’re in Montpellier, be sure to stop by the Musée Fabre and see the great works unfold before your very eyes.