Every week on The Arts House Assistant Curator Dr Michael Waldron from the Crawford Art Gallery takes a journey through a currently exhibiting work in the company of Arts House presenter Conor Tallon.French artist Francis Tailleux (1913-1981) relocates us to the Dieppe seafront on the Côte d’Albâtre – Normandy’s beautiful Alabaster Coast – in A Street Scene (1936). Flags flutter on the sea breeze, as walkers make their way along the Boulevard de Verdun. Look closely and you’ll spot a girl playing ‘hoop and stick’, while a smartly dressed staff member emerges from a nearby hotel. Following the strong diagonal of the boulevard, the Hôtel Royal stands further in the background, a building which still exists today. Fun fact: this leisurely scene was completed in the same year as the Accords de Matignon, the French labour agreement that established the 40-hour workweek and two weeks paid vacation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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