Correspondent in Normandy
The Thomas-Henry Museum in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Manche), Normandy's third-largest Museum of Fine Arts with its collection of 300 works, mainly paintings ranging from the 15th to the 19th century, has nothing to be ashamed of in front of its Parisian peers. .
The originality and quality of its temporary exhibitions, such as the one in 2019 dedicated to Jack Kirby, the king of American comics, have even made it a perfect excuse for a few years to go and spend a weekend on the peninsula.
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Since June 17, change of universe therefore, with the exhibition "Louis Licherie (1642-1687), a painter under Louis XIV".
Gone are the post-war American superheroes and back to the Grand Siècle, with its Antiquity depictions and biblical themes.
Although trained in one of the greatest painting workshops in 17th century France, that of Charles Le Brun, Louis Licherie fell (unfairly) into oblivion.
Probably for not having participated in the great royal projects…
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