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The Museum of Jean-Lurçat and Contemporary Tapestry

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The Museum of Jean-Lurçat and Contemporary Tapestry - Tourism, holidays & weekends guide in the Maine-et-Loire
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Here is a place not to be missed when visiting Angers: the Museum of Jean-Lurçat and Contemporary Tapestry, located on a medieval historic site, the former St. John's Hospital, a remarkable example of 12th-century architecture where you can see an impressive hall for the sick, a cloister and even an apothecary from the 17th and 18th centuries. The Great Hall for the Sick, a very fine example of the Angers Gothic style, is where the famous tapestry The Song of the World (Le Chant du Monde), the masterpiece of the famous painter, ceramicist and tapestry creator Jean Lurçat, has hung since 1968. A modern tribute to the famous medieval Apocalypse Tapestry, The Song of the World was woven in Aubusson between 1957 and 1966, and comprises ten tapestry panels with a total area of 500 m²! This monumental and spectacular work, which was interrupted by the death of Jean Lurçat, is the biggest contemporary group of tapestries. Evoking the future of humanity, this veritable textile symphony offers a symbolic and humanistic vision of the 20th century.

In the old orphanage building dating from the 17th century, there are sixty or so works displayed in chronological order, forming the core of the permanent collections. Thanks to donations by Lurçat, Gleb and Grau-Garriga, they tell the story of textile art from the 1950s to the present day all by themselves.

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