Camille Ournac

Camille Ournac (31 August 1845 – 24 February 1925) was a wine merchant, miller and French politician. In his political life, he was a member of the Departmental council, and socialist mayor of Toulouse where he initiated several reforms and improvements to the city. He later became senator for Haute-Garonne in the Third French Republic.

Life Born in Toulouse on 31 August 1845, Camille Ournac, became a wholesale wine merchant, a miller and then Conseil général of French Departments, His tenure was from 20 May 1888 until 12 October 1892.

Like his brother Henry, Ournac was a cartoonist, signing his works "Ka-Mill". He was made a knight of the Légion d'honneur in 1889. while his father, Camille, was 79 years of age when he died on 24 January 1925 in Toulouse. He was re-elected on the 9th and resigned a second time. The creation of this museum is essentially democratic in the highest sense of the word; And it is usefully, in my opinion, to work for the people, to teach him history by the eyes; It is to form his taste, to inculcate in him the love of the beautiful in all its forms, all things which make man better.

By a municipal decree of 14 April 1891, under the direction of mayor Ournac Musée Saint-Raymond became a "museum of ancient and exotic decorative arts" in Toulouse and was inaugurated by him on 24 April 1892.

In 1892, Ournac decided to create the Salle des Illustres, a large gallery of works by Toulouse artists in the Capitole de Toulouse, now used as a reception hall. The state, which was responsible for half of the renovation costs, and the city, contested the list of artists who would participate in the work. The city's choice to use only artists of the school of Toulouse prevailed when this was decided on 20 January 1892.

Also in July 1892, Ournac inaugurated the new Bourse du Travail in Place Saint-Sernin.

Senator He was first elected as senator for Haute-Garonne in the Third Republic on 3 January 1897, and re-elected in the 1906 election, but in 1920 lost his seat.