Faure Museum (Aix-les-Bains)
Faure Museum at Aix-les-Bains
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| Established | 1949 |
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Villa les Chimères |
| Coordinates | 45°41′31″N 5°54′57″E / 45.691944°N 5.915833°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Visitors | 15 437 (2003) |
| Curator | André Liatard |
| Website | Aix-les-Bains Musée Faure |
Coordinates: 45°41′31″N 5°54′57″E / 45.69194°N 5.91583°E
Villa les Chimères
10 boulevard des Côtes
The Faure Museum is an art museum situated at Aix-les-Bains in France in the department of Savoie. It is a museum of France, according to the law n°2002-5 of January 4, 2002. It was founded in 1949 and comprised initially artworks from the private collection of Doctor Jean Faure (1862–1942), bequeathed to the city. The Faure Museum possesses the second collection in France of works by Rodin and the second collection of impressionist paintings of France.
The Faure Museum is installed in a villa of Italian style, The Villa des Chimères (Villa of the Pipe Dreams). It was constructed in 1902. This building is of Genoese style from the 19th century. It possesses an entry surround by two columns. Its facade is decorated by a painted border representing stylized pipe dreams. The museum is open to the public, and wheelchair-accessible throughout.
The museum proposes a freely accessible garden to the public. There are several artworks in the garden among which a statue of Alfred Boucher and a statue of Mars Vallett, Enfants sous la neige (Children under the snow).
The Faure Museum shelters the collections constituted by Doctor Faure, between the two world wars, composed of impressionist paintings and sculptures, gathered along with his Parisian frequentations and particularly with the Parisian art dealer André Shoeller.
The Faure Museum possesses the second collection in France of works of Rodin (33 sculptures and studies)
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