The 2015 edition of the Photaumnales festival pays tribute to Hippolyte Bayard (1801-1887), born in the Oise. Echoing this theme, MUDO-Musée de l’Oise presents an exhibit which, through the subject of the garden, invites viewers to discover original proofs made by photographic pioneers like Hippolyte Bayard. In the 19th century in fact the garden became the theatre of their experiments. whilst other photographers specialised in reproducing plants.

Appearing in a multitude of forms in the decorative arts, flowers and plants began decorating vases, glassware, architectural ceramics and wallpaper. The exhibit shows how rich the MUDO-Musée de l’Oise’s collection of decorative art is, particularly the exceptional collection of ceramics by Auguste Delaherche (1857-1940). The photographs of Louis Ollivier, from the Musée d’Orsay’s Auguste Delaherche collection and shown for the first time to the public, will raise a dialogue with Auguste Delaherche’s ceramics. In the same way, the vases by Emile Gallé (1846-1904) will be paired with the master glassblower’s own photographs.

In its contemporary component, the exhibit will present the works of Paul den Hollander from the Botanical Voyage series. The artist took photographs of historical plant illustrations (Humboldt, Jussieu, Tournefort) that provide a response, a century and a half later, to the photogenic drawings of Anna Atkins and Hippolyte Bayard.

The exhibit “To Each His Own Garden: a passion among artists” will bring together a hundred works in all, with more than forty old photographs (31 vintage prints, 3 extraordinary daguerreotypes and 22 prints by Paul den Hollander), about thirty ceramic pieces including 24 by Auguste Delaherche, and 3 glass works by Emile Gallé.

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