The art of travel book of 1800 to
April 14, 2009 to September 12, 2009 The exhibition "Art from 1800 to the present day travel diary" organized at the Museum station from April 20 to September 12, 2009 proposes to introduce more than 50 artists and more than 400 collectibles. (rooms 13, 14 and 15) Whether explorers, artists and writers and tourists, all pencil drawings on their journey to the other side of the world or in a room of Assize court. Boards naturalists, ethnologists books, scientific surveys or simply travel impressions, all these logs mark a historical and artistic journey of a particular genre. Whether it is a diary, a travel book, a notepad writer, a painter of book, film, film ... The common point remains the path in which is established a dialogue with the world. the exhibition starts with the presentation of books heir logbook explorers, mariners and cartographers, but naturalists boards scientific expeditions like those of Le Jeune or Osmond, academic books and Lesueur Coste, scientific books like Humboldt, Bonpland, Merit, Monod, Paul Emile Victor .... The exhibition then made ​​a large place in contemporary notebooks starting with those of Yvon Le Corre, Gildas Flahault and Titouan Lamazou. the presentation continues with a selection of books and drawings allowing visitors to discover the variety of this mode of expression, diversity of styles, sometimes unexpected issues addressed by the authors. Among them Elsie Herbesrtein, Claire and Reno Marca, Damien Roudeau, Anne Steinlein Benjamin Flao, Noëlle Herrenschmidt, Yann Le BECHEC Cathy Beauvallet, Christian Heinrich, Jacques Loustal, Christian Cailleaux, Florine Asch and others. The last part is devoted a few examples of artists' books as Zao Wou-Ki, Rancillac, Bioules, Buraglio, Dubuffet ... Finally, the exhibition ends with a presentation of a set of envelopes and postcards produced in the mind by Mail Art Hervé Josse (editor of the Routard guides) made ​​during his many périples.Les visitors can also listen to sound travelogues, winners of competitions organized by France Inter in 2007 and 2008. video films of the series on travelogues produced by Gideon program will be broadcast in the exhibition. La Poste was interested in this artistic genre and recently published 11 travel books entitled "France to see" or "France to live" also presented in the exhibition.















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