INFOFLASH 97 – COLOURS AND LIGHTS OF ARMENIAN IMPRESSIONISMMusée de L’esquisse, Barbizon, June 27 – November 2, 2025

The Impressionist movement played an important role in European art history. Armenian Impressionism, born in the second half of the 19th century, fully developed in the 1900s and 1910s, in harmony with other European countries, particularly France.
The exhibition, organized from June 27 to November 2, 2025, by Impressionisms Routes®, a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, at the Musée de L’esquisse in Barbizon, aims to present to the general public, for the first time in France, artists and works little known in our country. Its creation required close cooperation between our international network and the National Gallery of Armenia in Yerevan. This cooperation benefited from the full support of the Armenian and French Ministries of Culture, to whom we extend our sincere thanks. The National Gallery of Armenia has been a member of the Impressionisms Routes® network since 2023.

With this exhibition, and beyond the heritage implications of such an event, Impressionisms Routes® continues its initial mission of defending the values of the Council of Europe: freedom, human rights, democracy, and the right of peoples to self-determination. Once again, culture is concretely proving that it can actively contribute to bringing peoples together.

The inauguration of the exhibition took place on Friday, June 27, 2025, in the presence of His Excellency, Mr. Arman KHACHATRYAN, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the French Republic, and many personalities, including Ms. Astghik MARABYAN, Director of the Heritage and Culture Department at the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia, Ms. Marina HAKOBYAN, Director of the National Gallery of Armenia, Curator of the Exhibition, Ms. Anush MIRZOYAN, Head of International Relations of the National Gallery of Armenia, Mr. Bruno FAVEL, Head of the World Heritage Mission at the French Ministry of Culture, and Mr. Pierre BEDOUELLE, President of Impressionisms Routes® and Secretary General of euroart, the European Federation of Artists’ Colonies.

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