Angladonsky Museum
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Angladonsky Museum (official name - the Museum Angladon-Dyubryuzho) - a private museum, which is located in Avignon in the old hotel of the XVIII century. The museum was founded in 1996 and Jean-flight Angladon Dyubryuzho heirs patron and collector Jacques Doucet in Paris. The museum houses a magnificent collection of works of art XVIII-XX centuries.

Jacques Doucet was the creator of the first houses of haute couture, opened in Paris between 1895 and 1927. Street la Paix. Having earned a large fortune, he started collecting paintings and furnishings. He was particularly attracted to works of art, dating from the late XVIII - early XX centuries. He has also actively supported the arts and helped famous people such as Louis Aragon, Andre Breton, Pierre Raverdi and others, and donated to the University of Paris two collections, consisting of thousands of books and documents.

In 1958, his widow bequeathed the collection to his son Jean Dyubryuzho, who in turn passed it on to his son Jean-Dyubryuzho Angladonu, painter and printmaker. He lived in Avignon and his wife Flying Martin, who also was fond of art. Having inherited, the couple decided to transfer some of the paintings to the museums of France.

The museum is located at the Masilyan, named after the family that lived there in the XVIII century. It was built in 1694 by architect Jean Peryu. The hotel also kept furnishings, decorative elements of the first floor and a beautiful staircase.

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