For its reopening, the Lyon Musée des Beaux-Arts is staging an exhibition full of discoveries and surprises: a unique opportunity to explore the collaborative creative process of three 19th-century brothers who were artists and partners.
Hippolyte Flandrin (1809-1864), Polytès, fils de Priam (Polites, Son of Priam), 1834, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole.
© Cyrille Cauvet/Musée d'art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole.
What does the name Flandrin mean today? Some might think of the decoration in the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris and the Basilica of Saint-Martin d'Ainay in Lyon, or the Jeune homme nu assis sur un rocher, au bord de la mer ( Young Naked Man Seated on a Rock by sea) in the Louvre , now an icon even if we still don't know which brother painted it. In any case, the Lyon Musée des Beaux-Arts has done splendidly in (re)discovering the art of Hippolyte Flandrin—a much-acclaimed painter in his time—and his two brothers, Paul and Auguste. These…
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