First exhibition in France for the american painter, Walton Ford. Combining monumental formats (some paintings are over three metres long) with the precision of a miniature painter, Walton Ford's watercolours can be likened to the finest zoological illustrations from the 19th century – the comparison with the ornithologist Jean-Jacques Audubon (1785-1821) is inevitable – but the artist mischievously robs them of any scientific intent. The paintings, based on Ford's meticulous draughtsmanship, depict a wealth of exotic fauna that comprises elephants, tigers, monkeys, rhinoceroses, lions and birds…
Around twenty works, including several in a very large format, are presented at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature. The temporary exhibition room evoke fifteen years of artistic creation with such key works as the Loss of the Lisbon Rhinoceros (2.42m x 3.53m) 2008, or A Monster from Guiny (1.51m x 1.04m) 2007. Dotted around amongst the permanent collection, other works created especially for the exhibition will revive the famous French myth of the Beast of Gévaudan.
The Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature is situated in the heart of Paris' historical Marais district (next to our GoSee paris Office) in two ‘hôtels particuliers' (typical French mansions) which date from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Each gallery is devoted to specific animals (wild boar, deer and wolves, the unicorn, birds of prey, dogs, avifauna…) and visitors to the museum follow the evolution of man's relationship with wild animals from Antiquity to the present day. The Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature does not extol the virtues of hunting, but considers hunting from a historical, artistic and cultural viewpoint.
62, RUE DES ARCHIVES . 75003 PARIS, FRANCE . WWW.CHASSENATURE.ORG
Around twenty works, including several in a very large format, are presented at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature. The temporary exhibition room evoke fifteen years of artistic creation with such key works as the Loss of the Lisbon Rhinoceros (2.42m x 3.53m) 2008, or A Monster from Guiny (1.51m x 1.04m) 2007. Dotted around amongst the permanent collection, other works created especially for the exhibition will revive the famous French myth of the Beast of Gévaudan.
The Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature is situated in the heart of Paris' historical Marais district (next to our GoSee paris Office) in two ‘hôtels particuliers' (typical French mansions) which date from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Each gallery is devoted to specific animals (wild boar, deer and wolves, the unicorn, birds of prey, dogs, avifauna…) and visitors to the museum follow the evolution of man's relationship with wild animals from Antiquity to the present day. The Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature does not extol the virtues of hunting, but considers hunting from a historical, artistic and cultural viewpoint.
62, RUE DES ARCHIVES . 75003 PARIS, FRANCE . WWW.CHASSENATURE.ORG
