“GUEULES CASSÉS” DE RENÉ APALLEC
Exhibition
COLLECTIF IPN
11Nov
14Nov
About
The exhibition brings together nearly 200 works and presents a dense,
direct and clinical display of the current state of affairs regarding a war that is over but
still very much in people’s minds.
The Normandy-born collage artist René Apallec (born in 1898) served during the Great War as a nurse in a plastic surgery ward. This experience inspired the 200 portraits of disfigured generals and field marshals that make up his ‘Gueules cassées’ series. Developed shortly after the fighting ended, this body of work denounces the absurdity of the ‘butchery of war’ and the hidden suffering of those truly
traumatised by facial injuries. It may also have been an attempt to free the artist from his own haunting memories. Kept hidden during his lifetime, these destroyed and reshaped faces are now beginning to gain genuine national and international recognition.
Free
Dates
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From 11/11/2026 to 14/11/2026 Wednesday to Saturday, 2 pm to 8 pm.
Access
Metro / Tram nearby・Toulouse bike station VélÔToulouse nearby
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“GUEULES CASSÉS” DE RENÉ APALLEC
COLLECTIF IPN 30 Rue des Jumeaux 31200 TOULOUSEWhat to do?
Nearby
Restaurant
MUSEAU MUSETTE
Lodging
LES LOGES DES CHALETS
Restaurant
L’OCTAVE
Restaurant
LA RIPAILLE
