Little summer tales - Hélios and Phaéton

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Here comes the sun

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Claude Monet's painting "Impression soleil levant" and the exhibition "Facing the Sun - a star in the arts" organised by the Marmottan Monet Museum in Paris, Art Explora Academy invites you to explore the representation of the Sun in the arts. From Monet to Turner or Van Gogh, discover this luminous star that symbolises beauty, joy, or power and which has inspired artists.

Little summer tales – Hélios and Phaéton

2:4 By: Musée du Louvre

Do you know how the dew came about? 💧

Follow the storyteller Constance Félix into the heart of the Campana gallery, she will tell you the story Hélios, the Greek sun’s god, and his son Phaéton.

In French with English subtitles.

Content produced by: Musée du Louvre