From lines to figures: the drawings of Colette Richarme (1904-1991) at the Musée Atger
Exhibition organized by the Montpellier Interuniversity Library
Date: September 14 to December 21, 2018
Opening hours : Monday to Friday, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
In order to present the donation as a whole, the works are exhibited on a rotating basis.
Each new presentation is marked by a weekend opening, in addition to the daily opening from Monday to Friday:
- September 15 and 16 (European Heritage Days) morning and afternoon,
- Saturday, October 20 from 1:30pm to 5:30pm,
- Saturday November 24, 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm.
- On October 20 and November 24 at 3:30pm, 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 5.30pm to 8pm, registration required).
Location: Musée Atger at the Faculté de médecine, historic building - 2 rue Ecole de médecine 34000 Montpellier
De lignes en figures : Les dessins de Colette Richarme au musée Atger.Exhibition catalog (2018), 44 pages. 7 €
The Musée Atger's collection of drawings was enriched in early 2018 by a donation of seventy-seven drawings by Colette Richarme (1904-1991), following an initial donation by the artist's family of four drawings in 2005, as part of the "Jeux de figures" exhibition. This important new donation was made possible by the inventory work carried out by the studio since Richarme's death, and continued and completed by theRicharme Association.
Colette Richarme was born in Canton and spent her childhood in China. Her talent as an artist was evident from an early age. She returned to France before the First World War. In 1935, her move to Paris enabled her to join the workshops of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, where she was a classmate of Louise Bourgeois. It was in Montpellier that she really began her career as an artist, presenting her first solo exhibition in 1941. After the war, she maintained regular contacts with Paris (salons, annual exhibitions), while taking an active part in regional artistic life. Until the end of her life, she continued her research in her Languedoc studio.
Colette Richarme is the most represented artist in the Musée Atger: eighty-one drawings on a variety of themes, including nudes, figures and portraits, and landscapes.
These drawings have been inventoried, stamped, packaged and digitized by the BIU's Service du Patrimoine Ecrit et Graphique. This exhibition, organized by the BIU's Service du Patrimoine Ecrit et Graphique and the University of Montpellier, marks the culmination of this donation.
In addition to the drawings, some of Richarme's paintings and work tools will be on display, on loan from Colette Richarme's family for the duration of the exhibition.
