{"id":10022,"date":"2026-06-30T13:12:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.basqueeducational.org\/?p=10022"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:13:25","slug":"the-basque-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.basqueeducational.org\/fr\/the-basque-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Voyage Basque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">par Jaime Longa, Artiste Visuelle \u2014 San Francisco, CA <em>B\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaire du Fonds du Cr\u00e9ateur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c0 PROPOS DE CE COURT PROJET<\/strong><br>L'artiste basco-am\u00e9ricain Jaime Longa, bas\u00e9 \u00e0 San Francisco, cr\u00e9e une s\u00e9rie de 20 \u00e0 30 peintures \u00e0 l'huile retra\u00e7ant l'histoire et le v\u00e9cu du peuple basque et de sa diaspora. Travaillant avec des mat\u00e9riaux de qualit\u00e9 d'archive, les peintures de Longa sont destin\u00e9es \u00e0 durer \u2013 et \u00e0 \u00eatre expos\u00e9es un jour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La s\u00e9rie est profond\u00e9ment autobiographique autant qu'historique. Les racines familiales de Longa remontent \u00e0 des centaines d'ann\u00e9es dans la ville c\u00f4ti\u00e8re d'Ea, Natxitua en Bizkaia, o\u00f9 les familles Longa, Olano et Larrinaga ont construit des r\u00e9seaux maritimes et commerciaux, fondant finalement la Larrinaga Steamship Company. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, son grand-p\u00e8re a \u00e9chapp\u00e9 de justesse \u00e0 l'ex\u00e9cution par les forces de l'Axe aux Philippines apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 pris pour un espion am\u00e9ricain. Les effets de la pers\u00e9cution du peuple basque par le r\u00e9gime de Franco ont \u00e9galement touch\u00e9 sa famille, entra\u00eenant la perte de la ma\u00eetrise de l'Euskara au fil des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations successives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longa a immigr\u00e9 avec sa famille \u00e0 San Francisco dans les ann\u00e9es 1970 et consid\u00e8re son art comme une responsabilit\u00e9 \u2014 celle de raconter, d'honorer et de transmettre une identit\u00e9 culturelle que la pers\u00e9v\u00e9rance seule a maintenue en vie. La bourse du Fonds du Cr\u00e9ateur compense le co\u00fbt de mat\u00e9riaux de peinture de haute qualit\u00e9, permettant \u00e0 cet artiste qui travaille et p\u00e8re de deux enfants de continuer \u00e0 cr\u00e9er des \u0153uvres qui touchent le public et parlent aux Basques comme aux non-Basques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>POURQUOI C'EST IMPORTANT<\/strong><br>La peinture \u00e0 l'huile dure des si\u00e8cles. C'est le but. \u00c0 un moment o\u00f9 tant de m\u00e9moire culturelle basque a d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 perdue \u2013 \u00e0 cause de la guerre, des d\u00e9placements, de l'assimilation forc\u00e9e \u2013 Longa cr\u00e9e des \u0153uvres con\u00e7ues pour survivre \u00e0 tout cela. Une peinture sur un mur interpelle le spectateur d'une mani\u00e8re qu'un livre d'histoire ne fait pas. Elle vous ralentit. Elle vous fait ressentir. Pour les Basques qui reconnaissent l'histoire, c'est une affirmation. Pour tous les autres, c'est une introduction qu'ils n'oublieront pas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SOURCES<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jaimelonga.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Site web de Jaime Santiago Longa<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La peinture \u00e0 l'huile dure des si\u00e8cles. 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