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Coubertin Foundation
Fondation de Coubertin
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Location
78470 Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
Coordinates48°N 2°E / 48°N 2°E / 48; 2
TypeArt museum
FounderYvonne de Coubertin and Jean Bernard

The Coubertin Foundation (French: Fondation de Coubertin) is a French foundation that conducts training in the crafts and operates a sculpture museum in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse.

History

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The foundation was born from the meeting in 1949 of Yvonne de Coubertin (1893–1974), a niece of Pierre de Coubertin who owned an estate in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, and Jean Bernard, artist and renovator of the Companionship of Duty of the Tour of France and the only child of sculptor Joseph Bernard.[1][2][3] In 1950 they created an association for to transmit skills in manual arts and crafts, including carpentry, cabinetmaking, stonecutting, masonry, plaster, metalwork and painting. This association became in 1973 the Fondation de Coubertin and gained tax-exempt charity status.[4][5]

Location

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The 80 hectares (200 acres) Coubertin estate is located in the valley of Chevreuse in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, in the French countryside.[6][7] The entrance to the estate opens onto a linden-shaded driveway leading to the palace gate. Behind the gate, a French driveway leads to a castle of the late seventeenth century, with a sober facade. To the right of the castle, below, is the garden of bronzes and behind the castle, an English park. The castle is listed as a historical monument by decree of 7 September 1945.[8]

Mission

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The purpose of the Coubertin Foundation is to develop young peoples' skills in the manual arts and instill in them concern for quality of workmanship, honesty and responsibility. The foundation accepts about 30 apprentices each year in manual arts and crafts, mostly from the Workers' Association of Companions of Duty and Tour of France. Professional training is provided in masters' workshops. The Saint-Jacques workshops are for metalwork, carpentry and stone-cutting;[9] the Saint-Jacques workshops carried out the complete reconstruction of the royal gate at the Versailles palace as it existed before 1771. The Foundry of Coubertin provides training in metalwork and cast art;[10] in 2008, the foundry completed Jean Cardot's Flame of Liberty for the Embassy of the United States in Paris.[11]

Sculpture collection

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The bronze garden of Robert Auzelle.

The collections of the Foundation of Coubertin are located in the palace of the estate. The foundation received from its second president, Jean Bernard, a donation of 21 sculptures and 1,500 drawings by his father, the sculptor Joseph Bernard.[12]

In 1994, the workshop funds of sculptor René Collamarini (1904–1983) were added to the collections.[13]

The foundation has a set of sculptures ranging from the end of the 19th century to the 20th century (116 pieces): Robert Wlérick, Pablo Gargallo, Carlo Sarrabezolles, Jean Chauvin, Étienne Hajdu, Marta Pan, Jean Cardot as well as an important selection of sculptor drawings. The foundation collection also a donation from the Bourdelle museum and pieces by Étienne Martin, Marta Pan, Parvine Curie, Karel, Dominique Labauvie and John Kelly.[12] Around this collection, the architect Robert Auzelle has set up an open-air sculpture museum, the Jardin des Bronzes.[14]

In 2002, the collections of the Coubertin Foundation were awarded the label of "Museum of France".[citation needed]

Major exhibitions from 1986 to 2012

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  • 1986: sculptures du xxe siècle;
  • 1987: bronzes d’automne, de Rodin à Zadkine;
  • 1988: la sculpture en taille directe en France, de 1900 à 1950;
  • 1989: pierres et marbres de Joseph Bernard;
  • 1990: Aux grands hommes, David d’Angers;
  • 1991: genèse d’une sculpture, le monument à Michel Servet, de Joseph Bernard;
  • 1992: Jean Chauvin;
  • 1993: Étienne Hajdu;
  • 1996: Étienne Martin;
  • 1998: Gilioli;
  • 1999: course of sculpture in Île-de-France (selection from the collection of the Regional Contemporary Art Fund (FRAC) of Île-de-France);
  • 2000ː Marta Pan;
  • 2001: Jean Cardot;
  • 2002: Eugène Dodeigne;
  • 2005: Nicolas Alquin;
  • 2007: forty drawings by Joseph Bernard (exhibition at the Orangerie of Madame Élisabeth in Versailles);
  • 2008: Jean Bernard, artist and companion of duty, on the centenary of his birth;
  • 2009: sculptures by Antoine Poncet (poetic resonances with Jean Arp and Philippe Jaccottet);
  • 2010: sculptures by Ousmane Sow (May 8 to July 11);
  • 2011: a look at Rodin's photographs, videos, installations by Jean-Yves Cousseau (from May 7 to July 10, 2011);
  • 2012: sculptures by Denis Monfleur (from May 5 to July 22, 2012).

References

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  1. ^ "Jean Bernard, La fidélité d'Argenteuil". Fondation de Coubertin (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  2. ^ "The Coubertin Family – a short history of a noble French family | International Society of Olympic Historians – ISOH". Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  3. ^ "À propos". Les Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  4. ^ Prévôt, Votre (2018-12-20). "LA FONDATION DE COUBERTIN". compagnons-du-devoir (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  5. ^ "Fondation Coubertin". Office du Patrimoine Culturel Naturel Haute Vallée de Chevreuse (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  6. ^ "Fondation de Coubertin :les magiciens du patrimoine". Le Figaro (in French). 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  7. ^ INHA (2020-06-05). "Fondation de Coubertin, Bibliothèque". www.inha.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  8. ^ Ministry of Culture (1992). "Château de Coubertin". POP: la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Atelier Saint-Jacques & Fonderie de Courbertin - Métal, bois, pierre, bronze". Atelier Saint-Jacques & Fonderie de Courbertin. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  10. ^ "Cantor Arts Center - Coubertin Foundry". cantorcollection.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  11. ^ Académies, Canal (2008-06-22). "La flamme de la Liberté, une œuvre du sculpteur Jean Cardot". Canal Académies (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  12. ^ a b "The Fondation de Coubertin Estate and Museum, the treasure of the Yvelines at Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse". www.sortiraparis.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  13. ^ "Biographie René Collamarini". Galerie Tourbillon, sculptures 19e, sculptures 20e, arts décoratifs, verrerie art nouveau (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  14. ^ "PARC ET JARDIN DES BRONZES - DOMAINE DE COUBERTIN - Comité des Parcs et Jardins de France". www.parcsetjardins.fr. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

See also

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