Exposition Mireille Cristol

The exhibition takes place at the Musée d'Art et d'Essais de Tourrettes,
located in the heart of the village, 4 rue de la Jetterie.
On-site, the Café du Musée offers coffee, tea and flower syrups from the Pays de Fayence region, served in the small lounge and also on the terrace, with a lovely view of the glazed-tile cloister and the wooded hills of Tourrettes.
A store selling local produce and a small bookshop complete the cultural offering.

Bio by Mireille Cristol:

Mireille Cristol has been painting since childhood.

1949-1956 :Graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Toulon,
winning 1st prize for interior decoration.
1957-1973: In Paris, she took courses in various decoration workshops,
and entered the Ecole Nationale des Arts appliqués à l'Industrie, Volume section.
During this period, she also obtained a diploma from the Ecole de Soudure.

Her achievements:
1959: Executes a Way of the Cross for the Italian Chapel in Toulon, commissioned by the Vatican.
1960: Works at the Nice Opera and creates theater sets for Boris Goudounoff.
1960-1969: Wins the Prix de la Jeune Peinture.
She takes part in numerous exhibitions in Toulon, Marseille, Nice, Vichy and Stockholm.
1960-1974: Decorates government buildings, and creates several "Bas-reliefs":
for the Military Social Security in Toulon, and for a clinic in Aix-en-Provence.
in Aix-en-Provence.
In 1975, in Nice, Mireille Cristol became a teacher at the Atelier d'Art Graphique,
specializing in original engravings on her press: Carborandum and Eaux fortes.
She died in Nice in 2022.