A place;
A collection of contemporary art and design;
Two reference libraries on fashion and art;
Didier Grumbach and his family
HISTORY
Since 1988, Didier Grumbach has imagined making the Domaine des Oseraies and the collection it houses a place of meetings and lifelong learning where fashion and contemporary art, professionals and young people in training, local residents and the international public would meet.
Rich in some 300 works, the collection, built up over the course of a lifetime of passionate amateurism, occupies the entire house from room to room, but also in the park, where a dozen contemporary works have been placed. Paintings, sculptures, and photographs trace the journey of an enlightened collector through the last half-century of contemporary creation, a journey of loyalty to certain artists and a few gallery owners with great freedom.
Located in the commune of Faverolles, two buildings have housed the works over the years: a former 17th-century fortified farm surrounded by a moat and a contemporary house on the edge of an alder forest. Furnished with furniture that itself represents the major trends in 20th-century design, these two living spaces integrate the pieces from the collection into a display that varies over time.
The estate's park, a remarkable garden surrounded by the moats of the old fortified farm, is punctuated by a collection of contemporary sculptures.
VISION
A PROJECT OPEN TO MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES
THE COLLECTION
Allow access to the collection, as it is presented in the premises, to school audiences accompanied by their teachers, to students from creative schools for integration seminars or workshops, to students from other schools looking for an opening to contemporary creation (management, engineers, etc.). Everyone can spend a privileged moment of contact with art at the Domaine des Oseraies.
RESEARCH
Conduct research: two libraries, one dedicated to art and design and the other to fashion, can enrich the discovery of the artists presented, or, particularly for fashion, serve as support for research activities; Host professional seminars, conferences or summer universities, less than an hour from Paris.
THE ARTISTS
Being hosted in residence: Since 2022, Domaine des Oseraies has been developing a residency program for artists selected by an advisory committee. In 2023 and 2024, these residencies were supported by the Ministry of Culture – DRAC Centre Val-de-Loire.
Our Partners
Since the Institute's creation in 1986, to which Didier Grumbach contributed, alumni have organized a meeting day each year at the Domaine, in partnership with the latter. Les Oseraies also hosts induction seminars for certain training cycles, customized training seminars, and leadership workshops in Faverolles. A multi-year agreement links the IFM, the Alumni Association, and the Domaine.
In which Didier Grumbach played a role: the Federation of Haute Couture and Fashion, the Association of Friends of the Centre Georges Pompidou, as well as the Association of Villa Noailles which has organized the International Fashion Festival since 1986 and, since 1997, the Photography Festival, but also, since 2006, the Design Parade in Hyères.
In 2018, the Orléans-Tours academy signed a cultural partnership agreement to supervise school visits to the Domaine des Oseraies;
Le ministère de la Culture, (DRAC Centre Val-de-Loire) soutient depuis 2023 les résidences d’artistes au sein du Domaine, notamment dans le cadre du programme L’été culturel.
Domaine des Oseraies collaborates with artistic and cultural venues in the Centre Val-de-Loire region, particularly with L'ar[T]senal, the contemporary art center in Dreux.
Close links are also established with the Municipality, the District, the Department and the Region.
Corporate seminars are regularly organized for management committees or working groups.
MEET THE TEAM
The administrative and legal structuring of the project:
SYLVIE GRUMBACH
Fondatrice et directrice de l’agence de presse 2e BUREAU. Rédactrice de mode et attachée de presse pour des designers de renommée mondiale.
PASCAL MORAND
Executive President of the Federation of Haute Couture and Fashion
PIERRE OUDART
Conseiller à la direction générale de la création artistique au Ministère de la Culture
STEPHANE WARGNIER
Former Executive President of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. Head of the Image Master's program at IFM.
LAURENT RAOUL
Consulting engineer and partner at XL Conseil. Affiliate professor at the French Fashion Institute.
The endowment fund . The Grumbach family has entrusted the definition and management of the general interest project related to the Domaines des Oseraies to an endowment fund specifically created for this purpose. The board of directors is chaired by Mr. Laurent Raoul.
The association is the arm of the endowment fund, particularly for implementing public partnerships. Its board of directors is chaired by Mr. Philipe Pasquet. Its treasurer is Ms. Sylvie Coumau.
The Grumbach family entrusted the definition and management of the general interest project related to the Domaines des Oseraies to a specifically created endowment fund. The board of directors is chaired by Mr. Laurent Raoul.
LAURENT RAOUL
Ingénieur conseil et associé de la société XL Conseil. Professeur affilié à l’Institut Français de la Mode.
José Alvarez: editor, founder of Éditions du regard;
Quentin Bertoux: photographer
Jean-Pierre Blanc: director of the Villa Noailles, founder of the Hyères Fashion and Photography Festival;
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac: artist, fashion designer
Véronique de Montchalin: art historian, former MP for Eure-et-Loir
Sylvie Ebel: Deputy Director General of the French Fashion Institute;
Gérard Garouste: artist, founder of the association La Source;
Nicolas Gausserand: advisor to the president of the Orsay and Orangerie museums - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Fabrice Hyber: artist, member of the Institute, president of the National Center for Plastic Arts
Hélène Kinsey-Grumbach: videographer
Pascale Siegrist Mussard: President of the Villa Noailles in Hyères
Alfred Pacquement: art historian, former director, notably, of the National Museum of Modern Art and the School of Fine Arts in Paris;
Bruno Remaury: writer;
Amélie Rouyer: producer.
The Domaine des OSERAIES and all its friends would like to pay tribute to Marie-Claude Beaud: art historian, former museum director (Toulon, Luxembourg, Monaco, etc.) and member of this committee, who left us in December 2024.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE DOMAINES DES OSERAIES
José Alvarez : éditeur, fondateur des Éditions du regard ;
Quentin Bertoux : photographe
Jean-Pierre Blanc : directeur de la Villa Noailles, fondateur du Festival de mode et de photographie de Hyères ;
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac : artiste, créateur de mode
Véronique de Montchalin : historienne de l’art, ancienne députée d’Eure-et-Loir
Sylvie Ebel : directrice générale adjointe de l’Institut Français de la Mode ;
Gérard Garouste : artiste, fondateur de l’association La Source ;
Nicolas Gausserand : conseiller du président des musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Fabrice Hyber : artiste, membre de l’Institut, président du Centre national des arts plastiques
Hélène Kinsey-Grumbach : vidéaste
Alfred Pacquement : historien de l’art, ancien directeur, notamment, du Musée National d’Art Moderne et de l’école des Beaux-Arts de Paris ;
Bruno Remaury : écrivain ;
Amélie Rouyer : productrice.
Pascale Siegrist Mussard : Présidente de la Villa Noailles à Hyères
catherine jacquet : Conseiller Mode et Luxe, PrésidentE d'ifm ALUMNI
Le domaine des OSERAIES et tous ses amis souhaitent rendre ici hommage à Marie-Claude Beaud : historienne de l’art, ancienne directrice de musées (Toulon, Luxembourg, Monaco…) et membre de ce comité, qui nous a quittés en décembre 2024.