The Grand Atelier du Midi.
NMR| N° d'inventaire | 17057 |
| Format | 25 x 29.7 |
| Détails | 303 p., color illustrations, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
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"A "Grand Atelier du Midi" (Great Studio of the South)" were the words used by Vincent Van Gogh when, in 1888, alongside Paul Gauguin, he dreamed of a community of artists fraternally uniting their experiences under the light of the South. The exhibition of the same name, presented as part of Marseille-Provence 2013, European Capital of Culture, in a way realizes this unfulfilled ambition. Organized in two complementary parts, the tour retraces a century of artistic ferment in the south of France, from 1880 to 1960. From Van Gogh to Bonnard, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Palais Longchamp, in Marseille, evokes the exploration of color by artists; From Cézanne to Matisse, at the Musée Granet, in Aix-en-Provence, more specifically studies the evolution of pictorial form. The event is above all an exceptional opportunity to bring together two hundred masterpieces in Provence and to make them known to the general public. In the paintings of Monet, Cézanne, Picasso, Braque and Matisse, to name but a few, there is a succession of seaside views, views of ports, scenes of bread, pine forests and scrubby mountains. Landscapes strangely familiar to visitors to the region and yet surprisingly sublimated by the genius of their creators. Through these paintings, the south of France reveals a timeless dimension, that of a cradle of Latin civilization and modern painting, a land of both history and invention. (A. Filippetti)
"A "Grand Atelier du Midi" (Great Studio of the South)" were the words used by Vincent Van Gogh when, in 1888, alongside Paul Gauguin, he dreamed of a community of artists fraternally uniting their experiences under the light of the South. The exhibition of the same name, presented as part of Marseille-Provence 2013, European Capital of Culture, in a way realizes this unfulfilled ambition. Organized in two complementary parts, the tour retraces a century of artistic ferment in the south of France, from 1880 to 1960. From Van Gogh to Bonnard, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Palais Longchamp, in Marseille, evokes the exploration of color by artists; From Cézanne to Matisse, at the Musée Granet, in Aix-en-Provence, more specifically studies the evolution of pictorial form. The event is above all an exceptional opportunity to bring together two hundred masterpieces in Provence and to make them known to the general public. In the paintings of Monet, Cézanne, Picasso, Braque and Matisse, to name but a few, there is a succession of seaside views, views of ports, scenes of bread, pine forests and scrubby mountains. Landscapes strangely familiar to visitors to the region and yet surprisingly sublimated by the genius of their creators. Through these paintings, the south of France reveals a timeless dimension, that of a cradle of Latin civilization and modern painting, a land of both history and invention. (A. Filippetti)