The museum of fine arts and archeology of Dole was founded in 1821. Since 1980, the museum is installed in the House of the Officers, an example of military architecture of

Franche-Comté Franche-Comté (, ; ; Frainc-Comtou dialect, Frainc-Comtou: ''Fraintche-Comtè''; ; also ; ; all ) is a cultural and Provinces of France, historical region of eastern France. It is composed of the modern departments of France, departments of Doub ...

at the 18th century.

Collections

The collections comprise three sections:

archeology Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeolo ...

, ancient art and

contemporary art Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, generally referring to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a ...

Archeology Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeolo ...

: It is a matter of the archeological discoveries in the area of Jura, from the Neolithic to the Merovingian era. Ancient art: * Burgundian and of Franche-Comté sculptures from the Middle Age to the 18th century (G. Lullier, F.-M. Rosset, C.-F. Attiret), * French paintings 17th century and 18th century (S. Vouet, E. Allegrain, Ch.-A. Coypel), Italian Old Master Giambattista Pittoni, Italian ones (F. Albani, L. Giordano, G. Assereto) and Nordic ones (Maître de Saint-Gilles, P. van Boucle, C. Gysbrechts). * Paintings from the 19th century (J. B. Jongkind, G. Courbet), in particular from local artistes (J.-D. Attiret, A. Pointelin, J. Machard, G. Brun). * The History of

is represented by conquest scenes painted by

van der Meulen Van der Meulen or Vandermeulen is a Dutch toponymic or occupational surname, meaning "from the (wind/water) mill" (modern Dutch ''molen'').Contemporary art Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, generally referring to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a ...

: * Paintings of artists who worked in France since the 60’ having for theme art and corporation: the Narrative Figuration (Fromanger, Rancillac, Monory, Erró) and the New Realism (Arman, Villeglé, Deschamps). * Temporary expositions: ** 1985: Claude-Max Lochu,

Erró Erró (born Guðmundur Guðmundsson in 1932 in Ólafsvík, Iceland) is a visual artist and painter, who is best known for his painted pop art collages of images from comic books and advertisements.

** 1987:

Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and Installation art, installation, and she is also active in painting, performance art, performance, video art, Fashion design, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her wo ...

** 1991:

Charlemagne Palestine Chaim Moshe Tzadik Palestine (born August 15, 1947), known professionally as Charlemagne Palestine, is an American visual artist and musician. He has been described as being one of the founders of New York school of minimalist music, first initia ...

** 1994: Peter Stampfli ** 1997: Yan Pei-Ming ** 1999: Jacques Monory ** 2000: Peter Saul ** 2003: Bernard Rancillac ** 2004:

Gérard Deschamps Gérard Deschamps (born 1937) is a French contemporary artist associated with the Nouveau réalisme movement. Career Deschamps was born in Lyon, France. His first exhibition took place in 1955 at the Gallery Fachetti in Paris. At this time he ...

** 2005: Gérard Fromanger ** 2006: Helen Frik: The Frik Collection ** 2006: La Figuration Narrative ** 2007: La sculpture du XVe siècle en Franche-Comté ** 2008: Swetlana Heger ** 2009: Jean-Olivier Hucleux ** 2010: Erró. 50 ans de collages ** 2011: Ida Tursic et Wilfried Mille ** 2012: Laurent Pécheux ** 2013: Philippe Cognée ** 2013: Gérard Schlosser

External links

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