{"id":185,"date":"2014-10-01T19:29:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T23:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/framemuseums.org\/?p=185"},"modified":"2021-05-18T15:57:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:57:54","slug":"marvels-and-mirages-of-orientalism-benjamin-constant-in-his-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/framemuseums.org\/fr\/marvels-and-mirages-of-orientalism-benjamin-constant-in-his-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism Benjamin-Constant in his Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mus\u00e9e des Augustins Toulouse, October 4, 2014 – January 4, 2015<\/h5>\n
Museum of Fine Arts of Montreal,\u00a0January 31 – May 31, 2015<\/h5>\n

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The inaugural joint exhibition between the Augustins Museum of Toulouse and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was conceived under the auspices of the French Regional American Museum Exchange (FRAME).\u00a0 The French Ministry of Culture and Communication has labeled this exhibit as an \u201cExhibit of National Interest.\u201d The monumental work of Benjamin-Constant:\u00a0The Day of Funerals. A Moroccan Scene<\/em>\u00a0(1889), from the collection of the Petit Palais was specially restored for this exhibition by the Mus\u00e9e des Augustins in Toulouse and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. With this restoration, the work of Benjamin Constant in reserve for so many years will finally be exhibited at the Petit Palais after the show. For this exhibition, the organizing museums managed a sweeping campaign of restoration, which permits the rediscovery of many of the paintings kept in storage for decades and in formats outside of what\u2019s known like\u00a0Day of Funerals, a Moroccan Scene<\/em>\u00a0(Paris, Petit Palais),\u00a0Les Derniers Rebelles<\/em>\u00a0(Besan\u00e7on, storage of the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay),\u00a0Les Prisonniers marocains<\/em>(Bordeaux), or\u00a0Beethoven, la sonate au clair de lune<\/em>\u00a0(Lille) ainsi que d\u2019autres toiles du Mus\u00e9e du Quai Branly (Paris) and the Fine Arts School of Toulouse (ISDAT). Given by Benjamin-Constant\u2019s widow to the City of Paris, the monumental painting\u00a0The Day of Funerals, a Moroccan Scene<\/em>was stored rolled up in the reserves of the Petit Palais Museum.\u00a0 The exhibition permitted not only its restoration but its framing and its reintroduction into the permanent collection of the Petit Palais where it is on display until it departs for Toulouse.\u00a0 The exhibition was co-organized by the Mus\u00e9e des Augustins of Toulouse and the Museum of Fine Arts of Montreal.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, The Pink Flamingo, 1876, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Photo MMFA, Christine Guest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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