{"id":25080,"date":"2026-03-12T10:53:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/?p=25080"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:03:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:03:30","slug":"colette-soulages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/colette-soulages\/","title":{"rendered":"Colette Soulages, 105 ans d\u2019une vie au c\u0153ur de l\u2019art"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Colette Soulages<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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105 ans d\u2019une vie au c\u0153ur de l\u2019art<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dimanche, <\/span>Colette <\/span>Soulages<\/span><\/strong> c\u00e9l\u00e9brera <\/span>ses <\/span>105 <\/span>ans<\/span><\/strong>. <\/span>Compagne <\/span>de <\/span>toute <\/span>une <\/span>vie <\/span>du <\/span>peintre <\/span>aveyronnais <\/span>Pierre <\/span>Soulages<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span>elle <\/span>a <\/span>\u00e9t\u00e9 <\/span>bien <\/span>plus <\/span>qu\u2019une <\/span>\u00e9pouse : <\/span>une <\/span>pr\u00e9sence <\/span>constante, <\/span>un <\/span>regard <\/span>exigeant <\/span>et <\/span>une <\/span>m\u00e9moire <\/span>pr\u00e9cieuse <\/span>de <\/span>l\u2019\u0153uvre <\/span>de <\/span>l\u2019artiste <\/span>ruth\u00e9nois. <\/span>Discr\u00e8te <\/span>mais <\/span>essentielle, <\/span>elle <\/span>incarne <\/span>depuis <\/span>plus <\/span>de <\/span>huit <\/span>d\u00e9cennies <\/span>une <\/span>fid\u00e9lit\u00e9 <\/span>rare <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>la <\/span>cr\u00e9ation <\/span>et <\/span>demeure <\/span>aujourd\u2019hui <\/span>l\u2019un <\/span>des <\/span>derniers <\/span>t\u00e9moins <\/span>directs <\/span>de <\/span>l\u2019aventure <\/span>artistique <\/span>qui <\/span>a <\/span>conduit <\/span>l\u2019\u0153uvre <\/span>de <\/span>Soulages <\/span>des <\/span>premiers <\/span>ateliers <\/span>aux <\/span>plus <\/span>grands <\/span>mus\u00e9es <\/span>du <\/span>monde.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Colette <\/span>Marcelle <\/span>Llaurens <\/span>na\u00eet <\/span>le 14 <\/span>mars 1921 <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>S\u00e8te. <\/span>Tr\u00e8s <\/span>t\u00f4t <\/span>attir\u00e9e <\/span>par <\/span>les <\/span>arts, <\/span>elle <\/span>entreprend <\/span>des <\/span>\u00e9tudes <\/span>artistiques <\/span>et <\/span>fr\u00e9quente <\/span>l\u2019\u00c9cole <\/span>des <\/span>beaux-<\/span>arts <\/span>de <\/span>Montpellier. <\/span>C\u2019est <\/span>l\u00e0 <\/span>qu\u2019elle <\/span>rencontre <\/span>en 1942 <\/span>un <\/span>jeune <\/span>\u00e9tudiant <\/span>originaire <\/span>de <\/span>Rodez : <\/span>Pierre <\/span>Soulages.<\/span><\/p>

Entre <\/span>les <\/span>deux <\/span>jeunes <\/span>artistes, <\/span>la <\/span>complicit\u00e9 <\/span>est <\/span>imm\u00e9diate. <\/span>Ils <\/span>partagent <\/span>une <\/span>m\u00eame <\/span>curiosit\u00e9 <\/span>pour <\/span>la <\/span>peinture, <\/span>une <\/span>admiration <\/span>pour <\/span>les <\/span>grands <\/span>ma\u00eetres <\/span>et <\/span>un <\/span>regard <\/span>attentif <\/span>sur <\/span>la <\/span>modernit\u00e9 <\/span>artistique <\/span>qui <\/span>s\u2019annonce. <\/span>Leur <\/span>relation <\/span>se <\/span>transforme <\/span>rapidement <\/span>en <\/span>une <\/span>union <\/span>durable : <\/span>ils <\/span>se <\/span>marient <\/span>la <\/span>m\u00eame <\/span>ann\u00e9e <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>S\u00e8te.<\/span><\/p>

Commence <\/span>alors <\/span>un <\/span>compagnonnage <\/span>exceptionnel <\/span>qui <\/span>durera <\/span>pr\u00e8s <\/span>de <\/span>huit <\/span>d\u00e9cennies. <\/span>Tr\u00e8s <\/span>vite, <\/span>Colette <\/span>Soulages <\/span>choisit <\/span>de <\/span>mettre <\/span>de <\/span>c\u00f4t\u00e9 <\/span>sa <\/span>propre <\/span>carri\u00e8re <\/span>artistique <\/span>pour <\/span>accompagner <\/span>celle <\/span>de <\/span>son <\/span>mari. <\/span>Un <\/span>choix <\/span>qui <\/span>n\u2019a <\/span>rien <\/span>d\u2019effac\u00e9 : <\/span>elle <\/span>devient <\/span>l\u2019interlocutrice <\/span>privil\u00e9gi\u00e9e <\/span>du <\/span>peintre, <\/span>la <\/span>premi\u00e8re <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>d\u00e9couvrir <\/span>les <\/span>\u0153uvres <\/span>dans <\/span>l\u2019atelier <\/span>et <\/span>souvent <\/span>la <\/span>premi\u00e8re <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>en <\/span>discuter.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dans <\/span>l\u2019histoire <\/span>de <\/span>l\u2019art, <\/span>certaines <\/span>figures <\/span>restent <\/span>dans <\/span>l\u2019ombre <\/span>tout <\/span>en <\/span>jouant <\/span>un <\/span>r\u00f4le <\/span>d\u00e9terminant. <\/span>Colette <\/span>Soulages <\/span>appartient <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>cette <\/span>cat\u00e9gorie <\/span>rare.<\/span><\/p>

Pendant <\/span>des <\/span>d\u00e9cennies, <\/span>elle <\/span>accompagne <\/span>le <\/span>travail <\/span>du <\/span>peintre <\/span>au <\/span>quotidien. <\/span>Elle <\/span>observe <\/span>la <\/span>naissance <\/span>des <\/span>toiles, <\/span>partage <\/span>les <\/span>r\u00e9flexions <\/span>autour <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>mati\u00e8re, <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>lumi\u00e8re <\/span>et <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>couleur \u2013 <\/span>ou <\/span>plut\u00f4t <\/span>du <\/span>noir, <\/span>qui <\/span>deviendra <\/span>la <\/span>signature <\/span>de <\/span>l\u2019artiste <\/span>avec <\/span>l\u2019invention <\/span>de <\/span>l\u2019\u00ab <\/span>outrenoir \u00bb <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>la <\/span>fin <\/span>des <\/span>ann\u00e9es 1970.<\/span><\/p>

Elle <\/span>joue <\/span>\u00e9galement <\/span>un <\/span>r\u00f4le <\/span>discret <\/span>mais <\/span>essentiel <\/span>dans <\/span>l\u2019organisation <\/span>des <\/span>expositions, <\/span>les <\/span>relations <\/span>avec <\/span>les <\/span>galeries <\/span>et <\/span>les <\/span>institutions, <\/span>et <\/span>la <\/span>conservation <\/span>des <\/span>archives. <\/span>Les <\/span>nombreux <\/span>voyages <\/span>li\u00e9s <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>la <\/span>reconnaissance <\/span>internationale <\/span>de <\/span>Pierre <\/span>Soulages \u2013 <\/span>de <\/span>New <\/span>York <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>Tokyo \u2013 <\/span>sont <\/span>aussi <\/span>l\u2019histoire <\/span>d\u2019un <\/span>couple <\/span>avan\u00e7ant <\/span>ensemble <\/span>dans <\/span>l\u2019aventure <\/span>artistique.<\/span><\/p>

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Beaucoup <\/span>de <\/span>proches <\/span>du <\/span>peintre <\/span>ont <\/span>souvent <\/span>soulign\u00e9 <\/span>la <\/span>justesse <\/span>de <\/span>son <\/span>regard <\/span>et <\/span>la <\/span>qualit\u00e9 <\/span>de <\/span>ses <\/span>remarques. <\/span>Sa <\/span>connaissance <\/span>intime <\/span>du <\/span>travail <\/span>de <\/span>Soulages <\/span>fait <\/span>d\u2019elle <\/span>une <\/span>v\u00e9ritable <\/span>m\u00e9moire <\/span>de <\/span>l\u2019\u0153uvre.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Une m\u00e9moire vivante pour l\u2019Aveyron<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Le <\/span>lien <\/span>entre <\/span>Colette <\/span>Soulages <\/span>et <\/span>l\u2019Aveyron <\/span>s\u2019inscrit <\/span>aussi <\/span>dans <\/span>l\u2019histoire <\/span>du <\/span>Mus\u00e9e <\/span>Soulages <\/span>de <\/span>Rodez<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span>inaugur\u00e9 <\/span>en 2014. <\/span>La <\/span>cr\u00e9ation <\/span>de <\/span>cet <\/span>\u00e9quipement <\/span>culturel <\/span>majeur <\/span>est <\/span>rendue <\/span>possible <\/span>gr\u00e2ce <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>une <\/span>donation <\/span>exceptionnelle <\/span>du <\/span>couple : <\/span>plusieurs <\/span>centaines <\/span>d\u2019\u0153uvres, <\/span>de <\/span>documents <\/span>et <\/span>d\u2019archives <\/span>viennent <\/span>constituer <\/span>le <\/span>c\u0153ur <\/span>des <\/span>collections.<\/span><\/p>

Colette <\/span>Soulages <\/span>participe <\/span>activement <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>cette <\/span>d\u00e9marche <\/span>de <\/span>transmission. <\/span>Elle <\/span>veille <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>ce <\/span>que <\/span>l\u2019\u0153uvre <\/span>du <\/span>peintre <\/span>soit <\/span>conserv\u00e9e, <\/span>\u00e9tudi\u00e9e <\/span>et <\/span>partag\u00e9e <\/span>avec <\/span>le <\/span>public <\/span>dans <\/span>les <\/span>meilleures <\/span>conditions.<\/span><\/p>

Apr\u00e8s <\/span>la <\/span>disparition <\/span>de <\/span>Pierre <\/span>Soulages <\/span>en 2022 <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>l\u2019\u00e2ge <\/span>de 102 <\/span>ans, <\/span>elle <\/span>reste <\/span>une <\/span>figure <\/span>importante <\/span>pour <\/span>tous <\/span>ceux <\/span>qui <\/span>s\u2019int\u00e9ressent <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>son <\/span>travail. <\/span>Par <\/span>sa <\/span>m\u00e9moire, <\/span>sa <\/span>connaissance <\/span>des <\/span>tableaux <\/span>et <\/span>des <\/span>circonstances <\/span>de <\/span>leur <\/span>cr\u00e9ation, <\/span>elle <\/span>demeure <\/span>l\u2019un <\/span>des <\/span>derniers <\/span>t\u00e9moins <\/span>directs <\/span>de <\/span>cette <\/span>trajectoire <\/span>artistique <\/span>exceptionnelle.<\/span><\/p>

\u00c0 105 <\/span>ans, <\/span>Colette <\/span>Soulages <\/span>incarne <\/span>ainsi <\/span>bien <\/span>plus <\/span>qu\u2019un <\/span>anniversaire <\/span>remarquable : <\/span>elle <\/span>repr\u00e9sente <\/span>une <\/span>fid\u00e9lit\u00e9 <\/span>rare <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>la <\/span>cr\u00e9ation <\/span>et <\/span>une <\/span>part <\/span>vivante <\/span>de <\/span>l\u2019histoire <\/span>culturelle <\/span>contemporaine. <\/span>Pour <\/span>l\u2019Aveyron <\/span>comme <\/span>pour <\/span>le <\/span>monde <\/span>de <\/span>l\u2019art, <\/span>sa <\/span>long\u00e9vit\u00e9 <\/span>rappelle <\/span>qu\u2019une <\/span>\u0153uvre <\/span>se <\/span>construit <\/span>parfois <\/span>\u00e0 <\/span>deux, <\/span>dans <\/span>la <\/span>dur\u00e9e, <\/span>la <\/span>confiance <\/span>et <\/span>une <\/span>discr\u00e8te <\/span>complicit\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Photographies : Patrice Th\u00e9bault<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colette Soulages c\u00e9l\u00e9brera ses 105 ans. Compagne de toute une vie du peintre aveyronnais Pierre Soulages, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 bien plus qu\u2019une \u00e9pouse : une pr\u00e9sence constante, un regard exigeant et une m\u00e9moire pr\u00e9cieuse de l\u2019\u0153uvre de l\u2019artiste ruth\u00e9nois. Discr\u00e8te mais essentielle, elle incarne depuis plus de huit d\u00e9cennies une fid\u00e9lit\u00e9 rare \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation et demeure aujourd\u2019hui l\u2019un des derniers t\u00e9moins directs de l\u2019aventure artistique qui a conduit l\u2019\u0153uvre de Soulages des premiers ateliers aux plus grands mus\u00e9es du monde<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[428,1824,1820,1823,155,1817,1808,1697,1819,1821,1822,167,1818,64,109],"class_list":["post-25080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-anniversaire","tag-105-ans","tag-art-contemporain","tag-artistes-aveyronnais","tag-aveyron","tag-colette-soulages","tag-culture-en-aveyron","tag-histoire-de-lart","tag-musee-soulages","tag-outrenoir","tag-patrimoine-culturel","tag-peinture","tag-pierre-soulages","tag-rodez","tag-soulages"],"views":688,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25080"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25093,"href":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25080\/revisions\/25093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aveyronline.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}