International Museum of Naive Art
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The International Museum of Naïve Art is situated at 15, rue de la Mairie, in the village of Vicq
, 25 km from Versailles
at the centre of the Yvelines
département in France
.
The museum opened in 1973, in the house that was the former home to Max Fourny
and his wife Françoise Adnet
, the figurative painter. The paintings are from Max Fourny's own collection as well as other collections. The museum is a non-profit organisation.
Vicq, Yvelines
Vicq is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France....
, 25 km from Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
at the centre of the Yvelines
Yvelines
Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...
département in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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The museum opened in 1973, in the house that was the former home to Max Fourny
Max Fourny
Max Fourny was a French publisher, Art collector and former motor racing driver. He founded the Musée d'Art Naïf - Max Fourny in Paris, which houses an important collection of naïve paintings and sculptures from around the world. His art collection was later distributed between the museum in Paris...
and his wife Françoise Adnet
Françoise Adnet
Françoise Adnet is a French figurative painter born in Paris.Adnet originally intended a professional career as a pianist. She gradually gave up the piano to devote herself to the drawing and the painting which she had always practised since her childhood.In 50 years of creation Françoise Adnet...
, the figurative painter. The paintings are from Max Fourny's own collection as well as other collections. The museum is a non-profit organisation.