Le jardin des Tuileries sous l’œil des photographes by Emmanuelle HÉRAN – Château de Bénouville
Few gardens have been as widely photographed as the Tuileries. As of 1839, the year of this new art’s official invention, the garden became a subject of choice among pioneers such as Daguerre. All the greatest names in photography have walked the length and breadth of the Tuileries, some of their pictures becoming famous. This conference is the result of a study conducted over the past eight years among museum collections, archives, photography agencies and old postcard sales points… to unearth some truly original images. Beyond the delicious nostalgia they arouse, these photographs offer improved understanding of the garden’s history, by filling gaps in written archives.
Emmanuelle Héran
Chief curator of heritage, Emmanuelle Héran has, since 2015, been in charge of garden collections at the Louvre and the Tuileries national estate. As such, in 2016, she published a book entitled Au jardin des Tuilleries hier et aujourd’hui, guide du promeneur (Visitor’s guide to the Tuileries Garden, yesterday and today). Specialising in 19th-century and early 20th-century sculpture, she was curator of sculptures at the Musée d’Orsay for thirteen years, then in charge of exhibition programmes at the Grand Palais. Author of a number of articles and books, she has also acted as commissioner for fifteen exhibitions in France and abroad, including Le Dernier Portrait Rodin/Carrière Renoir au XXe siècle and Beauté animal.
Further reading :
Au jardin des Tuileries hier et aujourd’hui – guide du promeneur, Emmanuelle Héran, Somogy, Les éditions du Musée du Louvre, 2016