The Thomas Henry Museum
Thomas Henry (1766-1836), a painter and collector born in Cherbourg, inaugurated this museum in 1835.
As acquisitions commissioner for the Royal Museum, Thomas Henry had assembled an eclectic personal collection of a very high standard that included such works as David's Patroclus or Poussin's Pietà. He bequeathed more than 160 works, including three of his own paintings, to the town of Cherbourg.
The Thomas Henry Museum has a rich collection of works from the 15th to the 19th century and, notably, works by Millet, Guillaume Fouace or the sculptor Armand le Véel. There are drawings, engravings, prints and sculptures from the 18th and 19th centuries. Temporary exhibitions are regularly held at the museum.
Among the two hundred paintings in the Thomas Henry Museum, there is currently a collection of twenty-seven paintings by Jean-François Millet along with drawings, charcoal drawings and prints by the artist.
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Situated behind the theatre (an historic building), the museum is rated the third best in Normandy on account of its collection.
It houses 300 paintings and sculptures dating from the 15th to the 19th century and includes works by a number of artists from Fra Angelico to Camille Claudel.
There is also a unique collection by Jean-François Millet.
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Admire the outstanding collections
in a totally revamped museum.
The Armand Ono Gallery contains a splendid collection of the works of Jean-François Millet, second only to that in the musee d'Orsay in Paris, and an exhibition of the work of Guillaume Fouace.
In the Armand Le Véel gallery, discover the old masters, and the Italian, Dutch, Flemish and French schools of art from the XVI to the XVIII centuries, together with the painting of the XIX century, through its romantic period of landscape art. |
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Dieses Museum bezitzt ein großes Archiv an Bildern aus dem 15. und 19. Jahrhunderts.
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