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Exhibition: "Imaginaries on the banks of the Oise" - In DAUBIGNY's footsteps
September 13th-28th 2025
In keeping with the year's theme of the imaginary, 5 artists present their works in Daubigny's Maison-Atelier, from September 13 to 28, 2025.
We are Amélie, Caroline, Claire, Emmanuelle, Olivia, and we all love to draw.
The Daubigny Workshop sparked our imagination. It inspired us to work in the spirit of Daubigny, on the spot, outdoors, observing.
We then immersed ourselves in the landscapes of Auvers, from the banks of the Oise or on excursions aboard a replica of Daubigny's boat, the Botin.
We painted on the spot, sketching as we went along, searching for light, plant silhouettes, colorful palettes, and cloudy skies that darkened dramatically and then suddenly brightened. Moving landscapes!
This exhibition retraces our drawing experience over the course of a few days. Each of us found a style that could convey a moment, an atmosphere, an impression. Watercolors, gouaches, inks, pencils, small and medium formats were our media of expression. The drawings and paintings on display at the Atelier Daubigny envision a continuity and updating of Daubigny's work through the prism of our five female perspectives.
We are delighted to present our modest perspective on Daubigny's vibrant world.
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We are Amélie, Caroline, Claire, Emmanuelle, Olivia, and we all love to draw.
The Daubigny Workshop sparked our imagination. It inspired us to work in the spirit of Daubigny, on the spot, outdoors, observing.
We then immersed ourselves in the landscapes of Auvers, from the banks of the Oise or on excursions aboard a replica of Daubigny's boat, the Botin.
We painted on the spot, sketching as we went along, searching for light, plant silhouettes, colorful palettes, and cloudy skies that darkened dramatically and then suddenly brightened. Moving landscapes!
This exhibition retraces our drawing experience over the course of a few days. Each of us found a style that could convey a moment, an atmosphere, an impression. Watercolors, gouaches, inks, pencils, small and medium formats were our media of expression. The drawings and paintings on display at the Atelier Daubigny envision a continuity and updating of Daubigny's work through the prism of our five female perspectives.
We are delighted to present our modest perspective on Daubigny's vibrant world.
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The five artists on the Botin
Présentation et mots des artistes
Caroline BOUYER
Artiste graveure
Professeure de Gravure à l’Ecole Estienne
Artiste graveure
Professeure de Gravure à l’Ecole Estienne
Au fil de l'eau, nous nous sommes retrouvées, cinq femmes animées par l'envie de partager notre plaisir du dessin en nous laissant porter par la joie d'expérimenter et la légèreté de ne pas se prendre au sérieux.
Arpenter le territoire et m’emparer par le dessin fait partie de ma pratique artistique. Vivre ce projet du collectif a été une expérience riche pour échanger, admirer, s’enrichir, croiser nos regards, se frotter aux écritures de chacune et sortir de nos ornières. Nous avons aussi beaucoup ri !
Le dessin est devenu festif, nous offrant un espace de liberté, une parenthèse suspendue où s’est révélé le tracé généreux et habité d’Emmanuelle, la folie pétillante d’Olivia, la douce force mystérieuse de Claire, la poésie sensible d’Amélie pour, modestement, rendre hommage à l’œuvre de Daubigny et aux paysages de l’Oise.
Arpenter le territoire et m’emparer par le dessin fait partie de ma pratique artistique. Vivre ce projet du collectif a été une expérience riche pour échanger, admirer, s’enrichir, croiser nos regards, se frotter aux écritures de chacune et sortir de nos ornières. Nous avons aussi beaucoup ri !
Le dessin est devenu festif, nous offrant un espace de liberté, une parenthèse suspendue où s’est révélé le tracé généreux et habité d’Emmanuelle, la folie pétillante d’Olivia, la douce force mystérieuse de Claire, la poésie sensible d’Amélie pour, modestement, rendre hommage à l’œuvre de Daubigny et aux paysages de l’Oise.
Amélie CAZALET
Architecte, scénographe
Architecte, scénographe
Au fil de l’eau, sous les ombres et les reflets mouvants.
Des motifs fugitifs apparaissent puis s’évanouissent.
L’oeil reste attiré par l’obscurité des sous-bois…
Des motifs fugitifs apparaissent puis s’évanouissent.
L’oeil reste attiré par l’obscurité des sous-bois…
Claire DAVRIL
Artiste
En cours d’écriture d’un Doctorat en Design
Professeure de Design
Artiste
En cours d’écriture d’un Doctorat en Design
Professeure de Design
Impermanence joyeuse.
Grand cadeau reçu avec l’invitation de voyager au fil de l’Oise comme Charles-François Daubigny sur la réplique du Botin ! Sur ce petit bateau, nous vivons l’expérience célèbre et si particulière de l’exercice du « paysage » au sein du motif, ouverte par les impressionnistes. L’impermanence est amplifiée par le mouvement du bateau, son glissé.
Sur ce petit bateau aussi, comme Daubigny, être accueillie par une association, avec des amis. Petit groupe joyeux, travaillant, pilotant, navigant. Il y a juste à se laisser traverser. Les dessins, la fluidité de l’encre et des lavis colorés sont les traces d’un moment.
Grand cadeau reçu avec l’invitation de voyager au fil de l’Oise comme Charles-François Daubigny sur la réplique du Botin ! Sur ce petit bateau, nous vivons l’expérience célèbre et si particulière de l’exercice du « paysage » au sein du motif, ouverte par les impressionnistes. L’impermanence est amplifiée par le mouvement du bateau, son glissé.
Sur ce petit bateau aussi, comme Daubigny, être accueillie par une association, avec des amis. Petit groupe joyeux, travaillant, pilotant, navigant. Il y a juste à se laisser traverser. Les dessins, la fluidité de l’encre et des lavis colorés sont les traces d’un moment.
Olivia DECORTE
Artiste peintre graveure
Proffesseure de graphisme à l'École nationale supérieure
des arts appliqués et des métiers d’art Olivier de Serres
Artiste peintre graveure
Proffesseure de graphisme à l'École nationale supérieure
des arts appliqués et des métiers d’art Olivier de Serres
Choisir un échantillon du paysage parmi une infinité de motifs inspirants, fuyants. À bord du Botin le paysage fluctue. Il file. Il faut se décider vite. Quel morceau choisir ? Où arrêter son regard ? Quelles sensations fixer ? Je me lance : une composition jaillit. Tout s'agite. Les roseaux frétillent, les nénuphars tanguent, les reflets dans l'eau ondulent, les feuilles de peuplier frissonnent, la brise souffle et les nuages font la course. Soudain, le ciel change. Le soleil frappe et le Botin s'arrête. Le moment de se frotter aux détails. Puis l'Oise nous emporte plus loin, au fil du dessin.
Emmanuelle TIÊU
Réalisatrice de films d’animation
Professeure de Cinema d’animation et d’illustration à l’École Estienne
Réalisatrice de films d’animation
Professeure de Cinema d’animation et d’illustration à l’École Estienne
Ici la tentative de saisir ce moment de partage et de concentration intense de dessin.
Il faut vite tracer, le bateau ne peut rester immobile. La plume me permet d'écrire avec vivacité la fugacité de l'instant. Le paysage n'est plus alors, tout à fait, le sujet principal. Ce sont ceux et celles qui l'habitent : certains sautent dans l'eau ; sur le bateau, le Botin, la silhouette de mes amies se détachent et prennent le premier plan dans le paysage. La couleur n'est jamais certaine, complètement, mais des éclats ressortent, surgissent : la lumière sur un feuillage, un pull, une chevelure. Des taches colorées se dégagent. Il faut faire vite, car tout se meut, même la couleur s'échappe.
Il faut vite tracer, le bateau ne peut rester immobile. La plume me permet d'écrire avec vivacité la fugacité de l'instant. Le paysage n'est plus alors, tout à fait, le sujet principal. Ce sont ceux et celles qui l'habitent : certains sautent dans l'eau ; sur le bateau, le Botin, la silhouette de mes amies se détachent et prennent le premier plan dans le paysage. La couleur n'est jamais certaine, complètement, mais des éclats ressortent, surgissent : la lumière sur un feuillage, un pull, une chevelure. Des taches colorées se dégagent. Il faut faire vite, car tout se meut, même la couleur s'échappe.
Over - Exhibition: "Who are we?"
May 31st - July 13th 2025
A journey of emotion
Take a stroll through the garden of Daubigny's Maison-Atelier and discover the monumental work by local artists Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier, which questions the visitor's social life and relationships with others.
The “visitor” is invited to move between the rows of the work, following a path suggested by the artists. As such, they become an integral part of the installation, forcing them to question both the meaning of the work of art, “perceived from within”, and their own experience, lived within it.
The artists are talking about it on the radio, RGB (99.2)
Listen to the Podcast, recorded on Friday June 13th (in French). This was the Fêt'Arts program, driven by José Guerin.
The first 30 minutes are dedicated to this exhibition.
The podcast is available on this page
You can also support the artists with this online kitty. Thanks !
Take a stroll through the garden of Daubigny's Maison-Atelier and discover the monumental work by local artists Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier, which questions the visitor's social life and relationships with others.
The “visitor” is invited to move between the rows of the work, following a path suggested by the artists. As such, they become an integral part of the installation, forcing them to question both the meaning of the work of art, “perceived from within”, and their own experience, lived within it.
The artists are talking about it on the radio, RGB (99.2)
Listen to the Podcast, recorded on Friday June 13th (in French). This was the Fêt'Arts program, driven by José Guerin.
The first 30 minutes are dedicated to this exhibition.
The podcast is available on this page
You can also support the artists with this online kitty. Thanks !
A major work
“Who are we?” places and re-interprets man (the viewer, the visitor) in his necessary social life and his relationships with others.
Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier's four-handed work is more than a monumental work of immersive art. Through the simplicity of its materials - steel, cloth and clay - the harmony of its organization, the symbolism of its cloths and sculpted heads, it takes on a timeless, universal dimension. It's also about connecting with the unified field of humanity. In this, we're in line with current research in quantum physics.
Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier's four-handed work is more than a monumental work of immersive art. Through the simplicity of its materials - steel, cloth and clay - the harmony of its organization, the symbolism of its cloths and sculpted heads, it takes on a timeless, universal dimension. It's also about connecting with the unified field of humanity. In this, we're in line with current research in quantum physics.
Le duo
Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier are two French artists from the Val d'Oise.
They met at an exhibition in 2016, and have been working together for five years.
They have exhibited together several times.
Their affinities, a similar artistic approach, a complementarity as artists, a shared desire to work on works whose main theme is the human, questioning human destiny, led them to co-create and pool their skills to create the installation.
They met at an exhibition in 2016, and have been working together for five years.
They have exhibited together several times.
Their affinities, a similar artistic approach, a complementarity as artists, a shared desire to work on works whose main theme is the human, questioning human destiny, led them to co-create and pool their skills to create the installation.
Presentation of Hélène Forgeait (Artist's website: https://helene-artiste.fr/)
A protean visual artist, she expresses her vision of humanity and its enigmas through drawing, engraving, painting and mixed media, sculpture, installation and photography.
She explores notions of humanism, the individual and universality. Her works vacillate between presence and absence, exaltation and despair, reality and nostalgia. Messengers of love, they invite dialogue and reflection on a fast-changing age in which the virtual and the real exist side by side. With freshness, they question human autonomy and destiny in a world of illusion and lack of meaning.
After working in audiovisual, cinema and communications for several years, she trained at the Centre Saint Charles, a school of visual arts and human sciences at the Sorbonne, graduating in 2013.
Hélène Forgeait exhibits in France and abroad, and runs courses in the Val d'Oise at her studio in Magny en Vexin and Mériel, as well as in corporate and school settings.
She sees working as a duo as a way of opening up and exploring artistic possibilities. Collaborative works complete “Homme Contemporain”.
She translates ideas and emotions into visual works of art, which can also be expressed conceptually. Her creative process takes into account various parameters, such as sociology, philosophy and the environment, which are revisited by her sensibility.
Presentation of Laurent Chambirier (Artist's website : https://sculpture-buste.com/)
Laurent Chambrier has devoted himself exclusively to sculpture for the past ten years.
With a Steiner-Waldorf education and osteopathic parents, he grew up with a deep concern for the human body and soul.
He graduated from the CEFIPA engineering school in 2009 and worked in a design office.
After several years of evening classes in sculpture at La Butte aux Cailles (Natasha Mercier), at the Paris fine arts workshops (Philippe Jourdain), at the Duperré school (Philippe Seené) and at the Saint Fargeau workshop (Francine Auvrouin), sculpture became an obvious choice for him. He has developed a real passion for the living model.
In 2013 he set up his own studio in Boissy l'Aillerie, in the Val d'Oise, where he welcomes students for workshops. His main medium is clay, which he sculpts from live models.
As an artist, he places energy at the heart of his creative process.
He has found in co-creative work a way of expressing his ideas more forcefully.
A protean visual artist, she expresses her vision of humanity and its enigmas through drawing, engraving, painting and mixed media, sculpture, installation and photography.
She explores notions of humanism, the individual and universality. Her works vacillate between presence and absence, exaltation and despair, reality and nostalgia. Messengers of love, they invite dialogue and reflection on a fast-changing age in which the virtual and the real exist side by side. With freshness, they question human autonomy and destiny in a world of illusion and lack of meaning.
After working in audiovisual, cinema and communications for several years, she trained at the Centre Saint Charles, a school of visual arts and human sciences at the Sorbonne, graduating in 2013.
Hélène Forgeait exhibits in France and abroad, and runs courses in the Val d'Oise at her studio in Magny en Vexin and Mériel, as well as in corporate and school settings.
She sees working as a duo as a way of opening up and exploring artistic possibilities. Collaborative works complete “Homme Contemporain”.
She translates ideas and emotions into visual works of art, which can also be expressed conceptually. Her creative process takes into account various parameters, such as sociology, philosophy and the environment, which are revisited by her sensibility.
Presentation of Laurent Chambirier (Artist's website : https://sculpture-buste.com/)
Laurent Chambrier has devoted himself exclusively to sculpture for the past ten years.
With a Steiner-Waldorf education and osteopathic parents, he grew up with a deep concern for the human body and soul.
He graduated from the CEFIPA engineering school in 2009 and worked in a design office.
After several years of evening classes in sculpture at La Butte aux Cailles (Natasha Mercier), at the Paris fine arts workshops (Philippe Jourdain), at the Duperré school (Philippe Seené) and at the Saint Fargeau workshop (Francine Auvrouin), sculpture became an obvious choice for him. He has developed a real passion for the living model.
In 2013 he set up his own studio in Boissy l'Aillerie, in the Val d'Oise, where he welcomes students for workshops. His main medium is clay, which he sculpts from live models.
As an artist, he places energy at the heart of his creative process.
He has found in co-creative work a way of expressing his ideas more forcefully.
FLYER
POSTER
Exhibition : From studios to landscapes
from May to end of October
In line with this year's cultural season theme at Auvers: "The 150 years of Impressionism" we are delighted to present an exhibition showing the evolution of the artists' studios.
It shows the evolution of these places of artistic creation, from in studio to the outdoors, through documents related to Charles François Daubigny, his friends and other artists. Lithographs by Daumier, a famous caricaturist and very close friend of Daubigny and Corot, add a humorous touch to this exhibition.
Charles François Daubigny was fervently devoted to outdoor painting; he enjoyed painting en plein air in order to depict landscapes directly on the final canvas or wood plates.
He invented the boat-studio, a very effective way to position himself at key locations and capture nature from various angles. Thanks to a cabin, he was able to leave his studio and paint en plein air for several days at a time.
Several years later, Monet took up the idea, but did not navigate as much.
It shows the evolution of these places of artistic creation, from in studio to the outdoors, through documents related to Charles François Daubigny, his friends and other artists. Lithographs by Daumier, a famous caricaturist and very close friend of Daubigny and Corot, add a humorous touch to this exhibition.
Charles François Daubigny was fervently devoted to outdoor painting; he enjoyed painting en plein air in order to depict landscapes directly on the final canvas or wood plates.
He invented the boat-studio, a very effective way to position himself at key locations and capture nature from various angles. Thanks to a cabin, he was able to leave his studio and paint en plein air for several days at a time.
Several years later, Monet took up the idea, but did not navigate as much.
FLYER
Click on the below image to download the flyer
Click on the below image to download the flyer
CATALOG
Exhibition's caltalog exclusively on sale at the Daubigny's Studio-House.
This catalog is containing a print of all the documents exposed, with some comments from Christian Lassalle and few other documents.
Both English and French inside.
Exhibition's caltalog exclusively on sale at the Daubigny's Studio-House.
This catalog is containing a print of all the documents exposed, with some comments from Christian Lassalle and few other documents.
Both English and French inside.
POSTER
Over - Meeting in the garden
June 7th and 8th 2025
During the two days of Meet in the Gardens international event, take a stroll through the garden of Daubigny's Maison-Atelier and discover the monumental work by local artists Hélène Forgeait and Laurent Chambrier, which questions the visitor's social life and relationships with others.
Big game-contest "Patrimoines en Poésie" 2025. 10th season
September - December 2025
Game-contest dedicated to childred from 8 to 12
Kick-off One saturday in September (not yet determined)
Come visit the Painter Charles François Daubigny's Studio-House and get inspiration from its decoration to build your poem (Exclusively in French) !
Many rooms can be source of inspiration for you to create a wonderful poem.
Game-contest "Patrimoines en poésie" from September to December 2025, organized by the Île-de-France region and the Drac Île-de-France.
Kick-off One saturday in September (not yet determined)
Come visit the Painter Charles François Daubigny's Studio-House and get inspiration from its decoration to build your poem (Exclusively in French) !
Many rooms can be source of inspiration for you to create a wonderful poem.
Game-contest "Patrimoines en poésie" from September to December 2025, organized by the Île-de-France region and the Drac Île-de-France.
Contest Kit soon available at the Studio-House
Dowload documents from the official web site (2022 data)
Bulletin d'inscription cadre familial
French Only
French Only
7 astuces pour écrire ton poème
French Only
French Only
Règlement du jeu-concours
French Only
French Only
