Musée des Beaux-Arts La Chaux-de-Fonds

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The Museum of Fine Arts of La Chaux-de-Fonds has its origins in the creation, in 1864, of the Society of Friends of the Arts (today Society of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts), whose goals were then , through the acquisition of works of art and the organization of exhibitions, to develop the artistic culture of the region and to "make art useful to industry". Until the erection of the current building inaugurated in 1926, the collection, still modest, was presented permanently from 1877 in a room of the Industrial College, then from 1910, in the converted attic of the Post Office. Long focused on Swiss art, the museum opened up to international contemporary art at the end of the 1940s, under the aegis of curator Paul Seylaz, with exhibitions of French and Italian abstract art in particular. The collection is developing in parallel and contemporary art now occupies an important place in the Museum's acquisitions. Became an institution of the City in 1985, the museum has since been managed by a commission appointed by the City Council; the Société des Amis du Musée des beaux-arts, for its part, devotes its resources to the acquisition of works and activities. The current building, classified as a historical monument, is remarkable for the polychromy of its facades, the ordering and clarity of its rooms and its decor. It was built in an art deco style with a neo-classical tendency by the architect René Chapallaz and the artist Charles L'Eplattenier, master of the future Le Corbusier at the City's School of Art. Following the legacy of the Junod Collection in 1986, the museum was renovated and extended from 1990 to 1993 by the architect Georges-Jacques Haefeli. The underground extension blends in discreetly and harmoniously with the 1926 building.

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The company Musée des Beaux-Arts La Chaux-de-Fonds on Rue des Musées 33 in 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds with the phone number 032 913 04 44 is listed on Yellowpages.swiss. Latitude and longitude coordinates for Musée des Beaux-Arts La Chaux-de-Fonds are: 47.1004522 and 6.8294094. The unique identification number of this portrait is YPW-97018.

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