EXPOSITION "DUBOUT ILLUSTRE PAGNOL"

April 2 to March 31, 2026

Dubout illustre Pagnol" exhibition

Musée Albert Dubout - Redoute de Ballestras

Contacts: 04 67 68 56 41 or musee@palavaslesflots.com

Pagnol-Dubout is above all a long collaboration that began in 1936 and ended in 1965 with the creation of 22 cinema posters and the illustration of 7 titles, including Topaze.

It was also a long friendship, which can still be seen in the correspondence between the two men, with "mon cher Albert", "affectueusement", "tu es le Roi", "ton ami", and even "Topaze s'appelle Albert". In a letter dated March 26, 1959, Pagnol wrote to Dubout: "You are without doubt the greatest illustrator of our time, and your line is incomparable. A surety, strength and finesse reminiscent of the greatest Asians?

It's as strong as etchings, but finer and more delicate, and your colors, always surprising, are a feast for the eye. Dubout produced a press cartoon caricaturing Pagnol playing boules with a dozen "Immortals", published in La Bataille in April 1947, for his induction into the Académie Française.

There are many anecdotes between the two artists, some intimate, others difficult to recount outside the context of the times. Their meeting places were in Paris, either in Pagnol?s private mansion in the 17th arrondissement, or at Alexandre?s restaurant, or in Pagnol?s home in the South of France (but never in Dubout?s studio, as no one was allowed in, including family members).

After their last collaboration in 1965, Dubout began a long friendship with Frédéric Dard.

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SCHEDULES

July and August :
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 1pm and 4pm to 7pm

March to June and September to November:
(Closed May 1st)
Tuesday to Sunday, 2pm to 5pm

December to February
(Closed on December 24th, 25th and 31st and January 1st)
Open weekends and school vacations from Tuesday to
sunday, 2pm to 5pm


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RATES

Adults: 5 ?
Groups: 3.50 ? (minimum 10 people)
-Students: 3.50 ? (valid student card)
Disability card holders: 3.50 ?
Residents of the pays de l?or agglomeration: 3.50 ? (proof of address)
School groups: 2.50 ? (primary, secondary, vacation centers and camps)
Group support package: 30 ? (booklet and/or animation)

Free admission :
Children and teenagers under 19 (ID card, passport)
Palavasiens (proof of address)
Jobseekers (proof of less than 3 months' employment)
Beneficiaries of minimum social benefits (proof less than 3 months old)
Visitor with valid Pass?pro Hérault card
Palavas Culture loyalty card

(see deliberation n° 44/2016)

Free admission for groups :
All local schools
Local "Les moussaillons" day-care center
Palavas les Flots youth center
Group escorts (schools and adults)

Free admission on special day for Heritage Days

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