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Musée international d'art naïf Anatole Jakovsky

Nice

The Musée international d'art naïf Anatole Jakovsky is an art museum in Nice named after the donor Anatole Jakovsky. It opened on 5 March 1982 and grew out of the collection assembled by art critic Anatole Jakovsky and his wife Renée, who donated their international collection of Naive Art and Art brut to the city of Nice. The city provided Château Sainte Hélène on Avenue de Fabron for the museum. The building had previously been a villa with a large park associated with perfumer François Coty in the 1920s, and it was sold to the city in 1973 by Christiane Coty. The museum’s collection includes approximately 600 works from the 18th century to the present, including paintings, drawings, posters, sculptures, ceramic works, and artistic craft objects. It holds works by artists such as Henri Rousseau, Séraphine Louis, Gaston Chaissac, Scottie Wilson, Grandma Moses, Ivan Rabuzin, and others, as well as permanent loans from Paris Musée National d’Art Moderne in Centre Georges-Pompidou. The museum park also contains sculptures by Frédéric Lanovsky.

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Museum Profile

The Musee international d'art naif Anatole Jakovsky is an art museum in Nice. It is named after the donor Anatole Jakovsky. The museum exhibits works of Naive Art and Art brut, giving it a focused collection within the city's cultural landscape.

Origins and Location

The Musee international d'art naif Anatole Jakovsky opened on March 5, 1982. It originated from art critic Anatole Jakovsky and his wife Renee, who donated their international collection of Naive Art and Art brut to the city of Nice. The city provided Chateau Sainte Helene on Avenue de Fabron as the museum site. The building had previously been the villa of perfumer Francois Coty, who lived there with a large park in the 1920s. Christiane Coty sold the Chateau Sainte Helene building to the city in 1973.

Collection and holdings

The museum's collection comprises approximately 600 works dating from the 18th century to the present. It includes paintings, drawings, posters, and sculptures, reflecting a wide range of formats within naive art and related artistic production. Among the works held by the museum are L'Horloge by Jules Lefranc, Signes ou formes abstraites by Gaston Chaissac, Bildnis des Frumence Biche by Henri Rousseau, Composition (Histoire naturelle) by Scottie Wilson, and Corbeille de fleurs by Seraphine Louis. The collection also includes Le Musee International d'Art Naif by Therese Pouget and Portrait d'Anatole Jakovsky by Gertrude O'Brady. In addition to paintings, the museum holds ceramic works such as Souvenirs de la Promenade by Danielle Jacqui and artistic craft objects like La Maison by Auguste Forestier. Its holdings also include works by Andre Bauchant, Camille Bombois, Rene Rimbert, Grandma Moses, Louis Vivin, Anselme Boix-Vives, Ivan Generalic, Josip Generalic, Ivan Lackovic, Vincent Bouillat, Vincent Haddelsey, Ivan Rabuzin, Antonio Ligabue, Ferdinand Desnos, and Miguel Garcia Vivancos. The museum also has permanent loans from Paris Musee National d'Art Moderne in Centre Georges-Pompidou, and the park contains sculptures by Frederic Lanovsky.