{"id":1001,"date":"2019-04-02T16:25:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/?page_id=1001"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:48:45","slug":"the-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/en\/the-donjon\/the-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"ffb-id-2stq53no fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-9dcmb1ck fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-12 fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"ffb-id-9dcmcass fg-paragraph ff-richtext text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffdc0e\"><strong>Discover the art in the permanent collectio<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"background-color: #ffdc0e\"><strong>n at the Donjon de Vez<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stq53np fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-2uc6l34c fg-image img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark fg-text-dark\" width=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/01-PF-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"01---PF\">\n<\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stq53nq fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2stq5s82 fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Patrick Fleury<\/h2>\n<h3>Arc large (Wide arch)<\/h3>\n<p>The artist Patrick Fleury was born in 1951.  He divides space in order to give his work an internal-external dynamic. The wide arch adds a modern touch to the classic shape of a sundial.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2stq53no{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2stq53no{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2su06anj fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2su06ank fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-2uc72d5g fg-image img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark fg-text-dark\" width=\"500\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/02-D-375x500.jpeg\" alt=\"01---PF\">\n<\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2su06ann fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2su06anp fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Eug\u00e8ne Dodeigne<\/h2>\n<h3>Carr\u00e9 (Square)<\/h3>\n<p>The work of Eug\u00e8ne Dodeigne (1923-2015) shows a form of unity. Working in close contact with Constantin Brancusi, the artist felt very early in his career the need to transmit the energy of stone, its tension between surface and volume, which he developed in a range of expressionist figurative and uncompromising sculptures.  With its clear-cut aesthetics and its sacral nature, Sans Titre (Untitled) (1997) can evoke a funerary monument from a primary civilisation, with a timeless presence and symbolic form.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2stq53no{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stq53no{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2su06anj{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2su06anj{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2stq8d09 fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2stq8d0a fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-2stq8d0c fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2616-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2616\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stq8d0d fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2stq8d0f fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>C\u00e9sar<\/h2>\n<h3>Expansion n\u00b01<\/h3>\n<p>C\u00e9sar (1921-1998) is famous for his work on Compressions, created with a hydraulic press, the chance result of a redesigned sculptural motion.  His cast iron Expansions are less well-known, of which there are 6 unique  pieces made in 1991. Expansion #1, Grosse ronde (Large round) is paradoxical, as it combines the softness of its round shape with the roughness of its material, its surface showing a telluric aspect due to rust.  The randomness of the creative process is juxtaposed with that of the transformation of matter in time, which makes this piece simultaneously monumental and vivid.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2su06anj{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2su06anj{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stq8d09{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2stq8d09{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><style>.ffb-id-2stq8d09{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stq8d09{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2str9o1u fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2str9o1v fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-2v5h360s fg-image img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark fg-text-dark\" width=\"500\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/06-AB-375x500.jpeg\" alt=\"Antoine Bourdelle - Sapho\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2str9o24 fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2str9o26 fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Antoine Bourdelle<\/h2>\n<h3>Sapho<\/h3>\n<p>This work from Bourdelle is placed in a garden of apple trees, a setting designed by St\u00e9phane Ducroux.  Bourdelle was a pioneer in the world of 20th century monumental sculpture, and developed a romantic style, as a reaction to a type of sculpture he found too expressive. <\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2str9o1u{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2str9o1u{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2su0g5dk fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2su0g5dl fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-9dmabeeo fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/05-VT2.jpg\" alt=\"05-VT2\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2su0g5do fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2su0g5dq fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Vassily Takis<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00c9olienne (windmill)<\/h3>\n<p><i>Antoine Bourdelle courtyard<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Greek artist Takis, who was born in 1925, showed early on an interest for kinetic art.  His favoured research fields are wind, signage and magnetic fields.<\/p>\n<p>The sculptures he creates are monumental and designed to interact with space, infusing oddity into landscapes.  Reminding the viewer of both futuristic railway signals and totemic figures of another era.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2str9o1u{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2str9o1u{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2su0g5dk{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2su0g5dk{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2sts3hso fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2sts3hsp fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-9dmach34 fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3720.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3720\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2sts3hss fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2sts3hsu fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Robert Couturier<\/h2>\n<h3>La Savonette (the little soap bar)<\/h3>\n<p><i>Main Courtyard<\/i><\/p>\n<p>La Savonnette is a bronze sculpture created in 1994 by French artist Robert Couturier (1905 \u2013 2008). A student of Aristide Maillol, Robert Couturier's creations had full, round and generous shapes. After World War II, the artist tried to suggest rather than to represent. He preferred lines over actual shapes around the eternal theme of nudity.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2su0g5dk{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2su0g5dk{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2sts3hso{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2sts3hso{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><style>.ffb-id-2sts3hso{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2sts3hso{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2stsonc5 fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2stsonc6 fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-9dmad6bi fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/homepage-2b.jpg\" alt=\"homepage-2b\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stsonc9 fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2stsoncb fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>\"Sol LeWitt\" room<\/h2>\n<h3>The \"Wall drawing\"<\/h3>\n<p>The large room on the Ground floor hosts a piece of work inspired by American artist Sol LeWitt, created in 1995, which is spread out on the four walls of the room.  Sol LeWitt was born in 1928 in the United States, and disrupted the arts  scene of the Sixties with a radical practice which aimed at stripping shapes and colours down to their simplest form.  This stripping-down of shapes results in pattern geometrisation and by a tonal range limited to primary colours only.  With his \u201cWall Drawing\u201d, Sol LeWitt offers the viewer a series of geometric combinations that were reproduced. <\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2stsonc5{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2stsonc5{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2stt0a64 fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2stt0a65 fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-9dmae2dv fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/homepage-5.jpg\" alt=\"homepage-5\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stt0a68 fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2stt0a6a fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Pascal Cribier<\/h2>\n<h3>Jardin minimaliste (Minimalistic garden)<\/h3>\n<p><i>Main Courtyard<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In 1990, the famous landscape designer of the jardin des Tuileries, Pascal Cribier, created for the Donjon de Vez a minimalistic garden exploring medieval iconography and the tradition of walled gardens.  Quatrefoil plants, in the iconic shape of the Middle Ages, are combined with bunches of gaura, reminding the viewer of medieval \u201cthousand-flower\u201d tapestries. The organisation of the plants, based on a concept of levels, reminds us that during the Middle Ages, the notion of perspective didn\u2019t exist, and simulation was obtained through volume variations and inverted heights. The French Ministry of Culture listed it as a\u201cRemarkable Garden\u201d. It is one of the few contemporary gardens to hold this title. <\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2stsonc5{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stsonc5{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stt0a64{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2stt0a64{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2stt9ulm fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2stt9uln fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-9dmaeo6o fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/11-FM1.jpg\" alt=\"11-FM1\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stt9ulq fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2stt9uls fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Fran\u00e7ois Morellet<\/h2>\n<h3>Ancienne chemin\u00e9e (Old fireplace)<\/h3>\n<p><i>Main Courtyard<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In 1999, Fran\u00e7ois Morellet (1926-2016) created a minimalist work of art in the context of the <i>\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019Art surprend l\u2019\u00e9clipse\u00a0\u00bb<\/i> (Art surprises the Eclipse). This work is now exposed in the old chimney of the main building. Simultaneously a painter, sculpter and engraver, he also places neon lights to his works, playing with the lighting's intensity. A major figure of geometric abstract art and a precusor of minimalism, he was curious about the relationship between lines.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2stt0a64{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stt0a64{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stt9ulm{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2stt9ulm{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2sttgufb fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2sttgufc fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-9dmafn58 fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"998\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/14-DB3.jpg\" alt=\"14-DB3\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2sttguff fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2sttgufh fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Jean-Pierre Raynaud<\/h2>\n<h3>Pot or (Gold pot)<\/h3>\n<p><i>Main Courtyard<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Behind the chapel, a water mirror creatively sets off the ruins of the old fortified house.  Designed by Pascal Cribier, this layout allows for light to fluctuate with the sunshine, and is a prime venue for Jean-Pierre Raynaud\u2019s Pot Or, a monumental sculpture covered in gold leaf. The artist, who was born in 1939, is also famous for his white faience ceramic works. Another Gold Pot, of larger dimensions, is currently exhibited on the terrace at the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris. <\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2stt9ulm{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stt9ulm{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2sttgufb{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2sttgufb{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2sttq6hj fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2sttq6hk fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-9dmajh7j fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/13-AB1.jpg\" alt=\"13-AB1\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2sttq6hn fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2sttq6hp fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Antoine Bourdelle<\/h2>\n<h3>Allegories<\/h3>\n<p><i>Main Courtyard<\/i><\/p>\n<p>These three monumental bronze pieces by Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929) evoke eloquance, strength and freedom. They were created for the statue of General Alvear in Buenos Aires. A student of Auguste Rodin and later teacher to Alberto Giacometti and Germaine Richie, Bourdelle's style is characterized by a need for order, harmony and measure inspired by ancient sculptures.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2sttgufb{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2sttgufb{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2sttq6hj{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2sttq6hj{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2stu10ak fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2stu10al fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-9dmakn6s fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4067.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4067\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stu10ao fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2stu10aq fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Daniel Buren<\/h2>\n<h3>Glass roofs<\/h3>\n<p><i>Ground floor of the Chapel<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Buren was born in 1938 and founded the BMPT Group, with Mosset, Parmentier and Toroni in 1967.  For their exhibits, each artist picks a pattern to be repeated.  Buren chose alternating black and coloured vertical 8,7cm wide stripes. The viewer can find this aesthetic concept in this work of art, created especially for the Donjon chapel, in 2005.  Working on the two large glass roofs, he offers an original perception of the place by playing with light and lines.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2sttq6hj{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2sttq6hj{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stu10ak{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2stu10ak{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2stuc2q4 fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2stuc2q5 fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-9dmal736 fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"1123\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/15-F3.jpg\" alt=\"15-F3\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stuc2q8 fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2stuc2qa fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Emmanuel Fr\u00e9miet<\/h2>\n<h3>Recumbent statues<\/h3>\n<p><i>Ground floor of the Chapel<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The white marble recumbent statues, graves of the previous owners of Vez L\u00e9on Dru and his wife, can be admired in the nave of the chapel.  These installations by Emmanuel Fr\u00e9miet, who was born in Paris in 1842, are a magnificent example of neo-Gothic sculpture.  Emmanuel Fr\u00e9miet  mostly devoted his work to animal sculpture, but he also made a name for himself for State commissions.  He is known for the first equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, erected Place des Pyramides in Paris, and also the sculpture of Saint Michael adorning the top of the steeple of the church of Mont-Saint-Michel.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2stu10ak{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stu10ak{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stuc2q4{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2stuc2q4{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><style>.ffb-id-2stuc2q4{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stuc2q4{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2stunsor fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2stunsos fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-2v61mjr8 fg-image img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark fg-text-dark\" width=\"500\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Salle-Eiffel-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Salle Eiffel - Gustave Eiffel\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stunsov fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2stunsp1 fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Gustave Eiffel<\/h2>\n<h3>Eiffel room - Framework<\/h3>\n<p>The Eiffel room, with its remarkable cradle-like framework, was designed by famous French engineer Gustave Eiffel and is a tribute to French civil engineering.  This metal architecture is a reminder of the contribution of L\u00e9on Dru, a great civil engineering industrialist and former owner of the Vez castle, who restored the Donjon to its feudal character.  L\u00e9on Dru was a patron or the Arts and Heritage, and contributed to the national collections, by donating two works by Chardin to the Mus\u00e9e du Louvre, and by assisting the State in purchasing the castle of Azay-le-Rideau.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2stunsor{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2stunsor{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2stuunpb fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2stuunpc fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-9dmamu0g fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_2593-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2593\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stuunpf fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2stuunph fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Lee Ufan <\/h2>\n<h3>Relatum X<\/h3>\n<p><i>Forecourt<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Since 2015, one year after his remarkable exhibit at the Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles, the Donjon of Vez has had the pleasure of hosting a piece of work from Korean artist Lee Ufan. <\/p>\n<p>His vocabulary is misguidingly simplistic.  This sculpture, like a dialogue between being and time, links nature to human awareness by the confrontation of the steel plate, metaphor of the industrialised society, and stone, symbol of nature.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2stunsor{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stunsor{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stuunpb{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2stuunpb{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2stv4h1i fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2stv4h1j fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-9dmanv68 fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"1338\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/KAWAMATA-1.jpeg\" alt=\"KAWAMATA 1\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stv4h1m fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2stv4h1o fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Tadashi Kawamata<\/h2>\n<h3>Tree houses<\/h3>\n<p><i>Forecourt<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The lower courtyard, which originally held the stables and storage buildings of the castle, hosts nowadays an installation of Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata.  This artist, who was born in Tokyo in 1953 and is internationally renowned, has chosen wood for his favoured material.  The in situ work is suspended in the trees and is emblematic of the work of the artist, who modifies our perception of the location through improbable constructions and invites us to experiment in a completely different way. <\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2stuunpb{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stuunpb{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stv4h1i{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2stv4h1i{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><section class=\"ffb-id-2stvb43c fg-section fg-text-dark\"><div class=\"fg-container container fg-container-large fg-container-lvl--1 \"><div class=\"fg-row row    \" ><div class=\"ffb-id-2stvb43d fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-3 fg-text-dark\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ffb-id-2stve984 fg-image  img-responsive full-width fg-text-dark\" width=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20-V1.jpg\" alt=\"20-V1\"><\/div><div class=\"ffb-id-2stvb43g fg-col col-xs-12 col-md-9 fg-text-dark\"><p class=\"ffb-id-2stvb43i fg-paragraph text-left    fg-text-dark\"><\/p>\n<h2>Michel Verjux<\/h2>\n<p><i>Underground galleries<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The medieval underground galleries can be found below the lower courtyard. They were carved out of the stone, and were where the construction stones for the castle were extracted.  French artist Michel Verjux created in March 2011 a luminous device at the heart of this tunnel.  The artist was born in 1965 and developed a concept around the device, where light has a central place, focusing on the way things are shown, more than on the things themselves.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><style>.ffb-id-2stv4h1i{ \nmargin-bottom: 20px;\npadding-bottom: 20px;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stv4h1i{ \nborder-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;\n\n}\n.ffb-id-2stvb43c{ margin-bottom: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;}.ffb-id-2stvb43c{ border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(128,128,128,0.4) !important;}<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1032,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1001","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3410,"href":"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001\/revisions\/3410"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donjondevez.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}