“From Monet to Matisse. French Moderns” explores the world of French art from 1850 to 1950.
This extraordinary exhibition, staged at Palazzo Zabarella in Padua from December 16, 2023, to May 12, 2024, catapults us into one of the most fascinating centuries in art history.
In this exceptional showcase, 59 works from the prestigious European collection of the Brooklyn Museum guide us through the evolution of French artists who challenged academic conventions to embrace everyday life as a source of inspiration.
But there’s more: this exhibition celebrates France as the epicenter of international modernism from 1850 to 1950.
Paintings and sculptures, representing an extraordinary variety of subjects, sizes, and styles, come to life in the halls of Palazzo Zabarella.
Iconic works by prominent artists such as Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, and Claude Monet, along with 45 other masters, merge in a journey through key movements of the time: realism, impressionism, post-impressionism, symbolism, fauvism, cubism, and surrealism.
“From Monet to Matisse” unfolds in four sections – Landscape, Still Life, Portraits and Figures, and The Nude – tracing a captivating path that reveals fundamental transformations in art over a century.
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In this journey, France emerges as a beacon of modernism, influencing and redefining Western art for half a century.
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