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THE FOUJITA CHAPEL

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33, rue du Champ-de-Mars, 51100Reims, France
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2024
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Chapel with frescoes inspired by biblical scenes and Japanese culture

Touched by the beauty of the Saint-Remi basilica, Foujita had a mystical illumination. He converted to Catholicism and after his baptism in 1959 built a neo-Romanesque chapel. With the participation of his godfather René Lalou, director of the House of Mumm, the Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix chapel was built in 1965. After having designed the plans and drawn the stained glass windows, the Japanese artist, then 80 years old, started to work on the interior decoration. His frescoes, inspired by biblical scenes and Japanese culture, cover nearly 200m2.

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Japonais, Tsuguharu Fujita, né en 1886, vint à Paris pour y poursuivre ses études d'art, période au cours de laquelle il se lia avec Modigliani, Pascin, Soutine, Léger, Picasso et Matisse, entre autres. Rencontrant rapidement un succès international, il revient au Japon en 1933, où il participera, en tant que peintre, à l'effort de guerre. En 1949, il s'installe à nouveau définitivement en France, obtenant la nationalité en 1955 avant d'être baptisé en 1959. C'est à la suite de ce dernier évènement qu'en collaboration avec son parrain René Lalou, il décide d'édifier, à Reims, la chapelle Notre-Dame de la Paix (ou chapelle Fujita), un édifice néo-roman entièrement décoré, à l'intérieur, de ses peintures murales. Une curiosité à ne pas manquer !
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kovish
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un endroit curieux à visiter. Elle est toute petit et un peu à l'écart de centre ville. Mais c'est charmant et on peu faire le tour au cimetière en passant;
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sandinou
sandinou
The chapel is very beautiful even if it is a bit small. The drawings Foujita are very beautiful and surprising.
It is necessary to careful opening hours.
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