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Museum Address
65 Rue Joseph Vernet, 84000 Avignon, France
Avignon, France
Ticket Prices
Free
Featured Artists
2 artists in database
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The Musée Calvet occupies an elegant 18th-century mansion on rue Joseph Vernet in Avignon. Named after Esprit Calvet, a physician who donated his art and natural history collection to the city in 1810, the museum has grown into one of southern France's better regional galleries. The collection spans paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts from the 15th to 20th centuries.
Highlights include works by Édouard Manet and Raoul Dufy, whose bright harbor scenes and church paintings capture the light of southern France. The museum's French painting collection covers Impressionism through early modernism. Avignon itself draws visitors for the Palais des Papes, but the Calvet is a quieter stop with real depth in its galleries.
Musée Calvet, Avignon in Avignon, France houses 3 masterpieces in our database, including works by Raoul Dufy and .
Visiting Musée Calvet, Avignon
The collection includes Raoul Dufy's Pier of Le Havre in the Evening and Manet's Guitar and Hat. French painting from the 15th to 20th century is the strength.
Esprit Calvet, a local physician, donated his collection to Avignon in 1810. The museum opened in the Hôtel de Villeneuve-Martignan, a fine 18th-century townhouse. It's been expanding its Impressionist and modern holdings ever since.
At 65 rue Joseph Vernet in Avignon, inside the old city walls. It's a 10-minute walk from the Palais des Papes. Dufy's colorful paintings of French ports fit well with the Provençal atmosphere outside.
French painting is the core, from Baroque religious works through Impressionism and early modern art. The Dufy and Manet holdings give the collection a real lift. There's also a solid group of regional Provençal painters.
If you're already in Avignon for the Palais des Papes, it's a worthwhile stop. Smaller crowds than Paris museums, and the 18th-century mansion setting is beautiful. Manet and Dufy works alone justify the visit for art fans.
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