Museum ziem. exposition « félix ziem, entre orient and occident

to achieve an ideal marine combining rigor of composition - worthy of French classicism - and diaphanous light - like the paintings of the Dutch Golden Age.

Thus , from Venice to Constantinople via Martigues and Paris , Ziem will work hard . Speckle paint "orientalist " in delicate watercolors and drawings, his works - often footprints of great poetry - also testify to his passion for art he held until his death in 1911, at the age of 90 years.

With this exhibition, the Midi landscapes of France , Italy and Turkey combine to discover that which is nicknamed the " painter of Venice" and was also one of the most collected artists second half of the nineteenth century.