behind the scenes of the exhibition

At the back of the Granet museum. Meanwhile, in the old Aix, around twenty journalists were invited on June 11 at 11 a.m. Furthermore, Installation of the exhibition Cezanne at Jas de Bouffan. Furthermore, which starts on June 28 and continues until October 12, 2025, is in full swing. However, In still empty rooms, boxes, tools, work tables and scenography equipment are scattered. For example, The countdown is launched. Therefore, A total of 250 French and foreign journalists will cover this event exhibition.

The installation of some 130 painted paintings spread over three weeks. In addition, to the rhythm of the arrivals of the works loaned by museums and private collectors. Furthermore, According to Bruno Ély. Moreover. Furthermore, director and chief curator of the Granet museum, they come “of around 15 different countries“This art historian adds that the first arrived behind scenes exhibition new in early June.

behind scenes exhibition

In the first room, a set of boxes is stored. Therefore, Stéphanie LARDEZ. For example. Régisseuse of the works of the Granet museum, explains that they are never open immediately : “Lenders ask at least 24 hours of acclimatization to the new environment, sometimes more when the fabrics have traveled by plane. Consequently, It can range from 48 to 72 hours.”

She says that “two to three paintings maximum“can be transported in each of the boxes. Moreover, wrapped in several layers of protective foam. In addition, The governing estimates that the museum will welcome”A hundred boxes in total. Similarly, because there are few multiple lenders, except the Parisian Museum of Orsay which sends five“. However, She adds that the heaviest”weighs nearly 150 kg and comes from Bern in Switzerland “. Similarly, This treasure trunk contains an invaluable table representing the Sainte-Victoire mountain, behind scenes exhibition new dear to Cezanne.

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We will have the chance to see. another pearl behind scenes exhibition from the exhibition lent from the Musée d’Orsay out of its setting out of its setting : The Portrait of the artist at the pink background. Painted by Cezanne around behind scenes exhibition new 1875. The Aixois produced many self -portraits, throughout his life. “”He never smiles“, Specifies Bruno Ély. For him, art is serious.

On the ground floor of the museum. two installers of the CHENUE company. specialized in the transport and hanging of works of art, gently open the wooden body. Equipped with white gloves. they remove the protections that cover the table and then lift it and place it flat on a large table. Matthieu Leverrier, stage manager of the Orsay Museum, then took over with the help of an independent restaurateur, Sylvie Ozenne.

Equipped with a small lamp and magnifying glasses, they methodically inspect the surface of the table. “We proceed to a statement of state. which aims to behind scenes exhibition be contradictory. between the departure of the Musée d’Orsay and the arrival here, he explains, for See if the work has undergone some inconvenience during transport. Normally, there behind scenes exhibition new should not be any modifications“. The statement of state is the equivalent of an inventory for the rental of an apartment.

The two experts refer to a document. established at the time of the packaging of the table in Paris. to control one by one all the fragility areas reported. “”We check if alterations have been able to evolve during transport“Specifies Matthieu Levernier. Fortunately, the self -portrait”is in perfect condition“. The same operations are renewed for the opening upstairs of another cash register from the Orsay museum which houses. an iconic canvas: the famous Card players painted by Cezanne around 1893-1896.

After these compulsory checks, the hanging can begin. The experts of the Chenu company use a laser aircraft to determine the precise point where to behind scenes. exhibition fix the table. Once it is on the wall, they check with a level if it is good “square”. The director of the museum. Bruno Ély, carefully monitors these operations and asks them to descend him a few millimeters behind scenes exhibition new on the right. He explains that the outline of old frames is sometimes irregular and that he prefers to trust his eye.

Review these works, “in this place where Cezanne learned to paint and draw“, moves him a lot. By his side, the painter’s great-grandson, Philippe Cezanne, shares this feeling. He regrets. however. that”Three paintings are missing in the exhibition“, their holders who refused to lend them: “a toils de Minneapolis, [reproduite en grand, sous forme de papier peint, dans l’escalier du musée], The portrait of Hortense in the greenhouse and the self -portrait at the palette that we have never seen here “.

The most astonishing room is a reconstruction behind scenes exhibition of the large Jas de Bouffan fair. family property of Paul Cezanne. “”It is something that has never been done. that may never be done again, because the works are dispersed worldwide“, Enthuses Bruno Ély. In behind scenes exhibition new mid-June, four long paintings, The four seasons, Coming from the Petit Palais to Paris, were already installed. Only lacked the portrait of the father of Cezanne. loaned by the National Gallery of London to complete the alcove located at the bottom of this rectangular piece.

On the sides, originals are superimposed, by fragments, to reproductions. The scenography makes it possible to project yourself into the large living room, as it was around 1870. We can notably admire the large nude at the rock, a table of 1.67 meters in height loaned by the Norfolk museum (United States). It is the fragment of a vast ensemble made on the walls of this piece which was behind scenes. exhibition for Cezanne. a laboratory. The organization of this exhibition made it possible to find missing pieces of this large puzzle. “”About 70% of the works in the large fair will be gathered in behind scenes exhibition new Aix“, estimates Bruno Ély.

The temporary exhibition space of the Granet museum has been enlarged. passing “from around 700 m2 to 1000 m2, According to its behind scenes exhibition new director. A place of rest allows you to consult the online reasoned catalog of Cezanne works. You can also admire photographs taken by great admirers of the painter: Lionello Venturi in the 1930s. Robert Doisneau in the 1950s.

Former director of the Granet museum. Denis Coutagne says he had the idea of ​​an exhibition on Cezanne at Bouffan Jas in the late 1980s. “I’ve been dreaming for over thirty years “he admits. To see her realize today is a continuous emotion“. Landscapes, portraits, still lifes, drawings, watercolors … You have until October 12 to admire the world of Cezanne. The child prodigy of Aix-en-Provence returns home.

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Exhibition “Cezanne at. Jas de Bouffan” at the Granet museum in Aix-en-Provence
Open Monday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. except Thursday from 12 p.m. to 10 behind scenes exhibition p.m.
Reservations on the Cezanne2025.com website
Full price at 18 euros and reduced price to 16 euros, no ticket combined with other Cezannian sites