PHOTOS. Prince Albert II visits the exhibition dedicated to Prince Albert I
© Axel Bastello / Prince's Palace
This new commemorative exhibition about the ‘Navigator Prince’ features illustrations by his official painter and photographer.
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On Wednesday, June 1st, Prince Albert II visited the exhibition “Peintre et photographe du Prince Albert I. Louis Tinayre at Spitzberg (1906-1907)”, with the actress and film director Mélanie Laurent. She is in Monaco to present “Mission Polaire”, a new exhibition by the Oceanographic Museum, which will open on Saturday, June 4.
Back to the exhibition. Louis Tinayre and Prince Albert I met at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900. The former sovereign liked the artist and asked him to illustrate the third edition of his travel journal La Carrière d ‘un navigateur (A Navigator’s Career).
From 1904 on, Louis Tinayre took part in all of the Prince’s oceanographic campaigns, and reported on them in writing and images.
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Displayed on the gates of the Saint Martin gardens, the exhibition is organised as part of the commemorations to mark the centenary of the Navigator Prince’s passing. Behind the event: the Albert I-2022 Committee, the Prince’s Palace archives and the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco. It also heralds the upcoming retrospective exhibition at the Quai Antoine I this summer.