Row over Paris opera house ceiling reignites with lawsuit threat
The original ceiling at the Paris opera house was painted by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu. Photograph: Amis de Lenepveu J MoattiView image in fullscreenThe original ceiling at the Paris opera house was painted by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu. Now he has instructed a lawyer to take the fight to court.“The Lenepveu ceiling is classified as a historic monument and yet it hasn’t been seen for 60 years and we have no idea what state it is in,” Carayon said.Jules-Eugène Lenepveu, who was chosen by Charles Garnier to paint the ceiling of the opera house.
- ▪The original ceiling at the Paris opera house was painted by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu.
- ▪Photograph: Amis de Lenepveu J MoattiView image in fullscreenThe original ceiling at the Paris opera house was painted by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu.
- ▪Now he has instructed a lawyer to take the fight to court.“The Lenepveu ceiling is classified as a historic monument and yet it hasn’t been seen for 60 years and we have no idea what state it is in,” Carayon said.Jules-Eugène Lenepveu, who
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The original ceiling at the Paris opera house was painted by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu. Photograph: Amis de Lenepveu J MoattiView image in fullscreenThe original ceiling at the Paris opera house was painted by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu. Photograph: Amis de Lenepveu J MoattiParisRow over Paris opera house ceiling reignites with lawsuit threatDescendant of 19-century artist demands removal of Marc Chagall’s 1960s canvases that cover original frescoKim Willsher in Paris Mon 12 Oct 2026 06.04 EDTLast modified on Mon 12 Oct 2026 06.32 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleIn 1962, the then French culture minister, André Malraux, reportedly bored by the ballet he was watching at Paris’s opera house, raised his eyes to the classical ceiling and decided it needed a makeover.In his ennui, Malraux thought…
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