Born in Charleville in 1854 and buried in 1891 a few steps from Place Ducale in the cemetery of Avenue Boutet, Arthur Rimbaud, poet with the soles of the wind, still lives in the Ardennes which pay homage to him in different forms. For the past few years, we have been able to follow the terrible child of Charleville thanks to a street-art trail illustrating his main poems.
New: A free audio guide to discover the route!
O-DGuide, the new free audio guide to discover the Rimbaud street art trail in Charleville-Mézières.
Easy to use and without installing an application, all you have to do is scan the QR Code with your smartphone and let yourself be guided. A map appears with different points corresponding to the frescoes. Choose one, it will appear with a text to read and/or listen to.
Good discovery !
- I tested the Rimbaud course for you
- 3 questions to Antoine Maquet, the first artist to create a fresco
I tested the Rimbaud course
Absolutely modern.
The poet's injunction has been heard. More than a dozen of his poems are illustrated on the walls of the city in resolutely contemporary street-art works. A book and an open-air museum.
The life of the poet
From fresco to fresco, discover major places in the life of the poet: the Arthur Rimbaud center (museum where are poems and autograph drawings, House of Elsewhere, Chairs-poems), his birthplace, his grave… A journey of visual and historical art.
On foot or by bike
The majority of the works are in the center of Charleville. Some invite adventure to the periphery. They can be reached more easily by bike via the cycle paths or banks of the Meuse.
3 questions to Antoine Maquet, the first artist to create a fresco
Antoine Maquet, jack-of-all-trades artist-illustrator, Carolomacerian
1- You were the first artist to create a fresco?
Effectively. With Mehdi Amghar who directed Ophélie, we had the luxury of choosing the poem and the wall. I wanted it to be visible from afar to encourage people to come and read.
2- Can you tell us about your work?
I like to mix abstract and realism. Keys to the poem are visible: the overcoat, the punctured pockets, the boots of the walker that was Rimbaud. For his thoughts, I went to abstract and graff…
3- Why did you choose my Bohème?
Like many, I learned it at school but it really spoke to me. Realizing this fresco encouraged me to immerse myself in the work of Rimbaud that I still like to reread today.
Article taken from the magazine of the Tourist Development Agency "Ardennes Inspirations" and recomposed for the web.
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