From lines to figures: drawings by Colette Richarme (1904–1991) at the Musée Atger
Exhibition organized by the Montpellier Interuniversity Library
Date:September 14 toDecember 21,2018
Hours: Monday toFriday, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
To showcase the entire donation, the works are exhibited on a rotating basis.
Each new presentation is marked by an opening at the end of the week, in addition to the daily opening from Monday to Friday:
- September 15 and 16 (European Heritage Days) morning and afternoon,
- Saturday, October 20, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
- Saturday, November 24, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- On October 20 and November 24 at 3:30 p.m., you can take part in a guided tour of the exhibition.
- On October 3 and November 7, you can take part in a writing workshop (from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., registration required).
Location:Atger Museumat the Faculty of Medicine, historic building – 2 rue Ecole de médecine, 34000 Montpellier
From Lines to Figures: The Drawings of Colette Richarme at the Musée Atger.Exhibition catalog (2018), 44 pages. €7
In early 2018, the Atger Museum's collection of drawings was enriched by a donation of seventy-seven drawings by Colette Richarme (1904–1991), following an initial donation of four drawings by the artist's family in 2005, as part of the "Jeux de figures" exhibition. This new and significant donation was made possible by the inventory work carried out by the studio since Richarme's death, which was continued and completed bythe Richarme Association.
Colette Richarme was born in Canton and spent her childhood in China. Her artistic talent became apparent at an early age. She returned to France before World War I. In 1935, she moved to Paris, where she enrolled at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, where she was a classmate of Louise Bourgeois. It was in Montpellier that she truly began her career as an artist, presenting her first solo exhibition in 1941. After the war, she maintained regular contact with Paris (salons, annual exhibitions) while actively participating in the regional artistic scene. Until the end of her life, she continued her research in her studio in Languedoc.
Colette Richarme becomes the most represented artist at the Musée Atger: eighty-one drawings on various themes, nudes, figures and portraits, landscapes.
These drawings have been catalogued, stamped, packaged, and digitized by the BIU's Written and Graphic Heritage Department. The exhibition marks the culmination of this donation and is organized by the Written and Graphic Heritage Department and the University of Montpellier.
In addition to the drawings, several paintings and Richarme's tools will be on display, loaned by Colette Richarme's family for the duration of the exhibition.
Photo credits: University of Montpellier / SCDI Montpellier – photography department