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
Qui a peur des fleurs ?
Delving into a century of photography to gather heroic snapshots in which the flower becomes a symbol of power and self-assertion: what better way to celebrate a double anniversary – the centenary of Grasse perfumery and the bicentenary of photography?
The flower is the very essence of perfume; it enchants and inspires. This touch – seemingly decorative – takes on a political dimension when presented to the world. Like a banner or a flag, it conveys a message. This flower proclaims loud and clear that the person wearing it is fearless.
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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