[ The museum was opened in 2003 by the Maison Rannou-Métivier who are the oldest macaron bakery in Montmorillon, dating back to 1920.
The widely popular Coopération pédagogique range of educational posters were produced in Montmorillon, in the 1950s by Éditions Rossignol.]
Le Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Montmorillon (MAHM)
The Museum of Art and History in Montmorillon was created in 1936. After closing for several years, the museum reopened in 2018. Located the right bank of the Gartempe, the museum was once a primary school.
The museum has a collection of regional paintings of the 19th and 20th century. This collection of paintings comprises works by Raoul Carré, Jehan Berjonneau, Alfred Plauzeau, Raoul-Félix Etève, Jeanne Harry-Lorne and Henri-Pierre Lejeune. The subjects depicted by the artists are varied. The majority are portraits but the landscape of the local area is strongly featured with the artists having drawn inspiration both from the landscape of the region and their wider travels.
As well as the painting there are a number of graphic documents, designs by Henri Plisson and water colours by Gratiant Emmanuel.
Population
Sister cities
* Wadern
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, Germany, since 1968
* Medina del Campo
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History
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, Spain, since 1994
* Safané, Burkina Faso, since 1997
* Gościno
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, Poland, since 2003
* Putna, Romania, since 2013[Â]
Putna officiellement liée à Montmorillon
», ''La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest
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'', 15 octobre 2013.
Notable people
*Étienne de Vignolles
Étienne de Vignolles, Sieur de Montmorillon, Chatelain de Longueville (), also known as La Hire (; 1390 – 11 January 1443), was a French military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
Nickname
One explanation for his nickname of L ...
, called La Hire
Étienne de Vignolles, Sieur de Montmorillon, Chatelain de Longueville (), also known as La Hire (; 1390 – 11 January 1443), was a French military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
Nickname
One explanation for his nickname of La ...
(1390-1443), French military commander during the Hundred Years' War
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*Paul de Ladmirault
Paul de Ladmirault (17 February 1808, in Montmorillon – 1 February 1898, in Sillars) was a French general active in the French conquest of Algeria and during the wars of the Second French Empire.
Life
Ladmirault was born on 17 February 1808 ...
(1808-1898) French general and senator,
*Joseph Carré
Joseph Paul Adrien Carré (Montmorillon, France, 18 March 1870 – 2 March 1941) was a French architect practicing in Uruguay
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(1870-1941), architect
*Régine Deforges
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(1935-2014), novelist and local councillor.
*Simon Pagenaud
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(1984-), Champion Indycar Driver, 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner
See also
*Communes of the Vienne department
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References
External links
Tourisme Montmorillon
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Subprefectures in France
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