Explore Bohemian Paris In The 1920s At This Incredible Louvre Abu Dhabi Exhibition
Louvre Abu Dhabi has a new exhibition, in partnership with Centre Pompidou in Paris.
A brilliantly curated show, featuring more than 80 artworks from the most influential artists of the 1920s, it includes masterpieces from Picasso, Brancusi and Brassai.
Why visit? A trip will give you an insight into the lives of foreign artists in Paris during an extraordinary artistic renaissance. You’ll see various artistic movements including fauvism and cubism, works from important artists of the time will be highlighted along with discovering the famous bohemian Parisien districts where creatives from around the world flocked during the period.
Introducing: Rendezvous in Paris: Picasso, Chagall, Modigliani & Co. (1900-1939) at Louvre Abu Dhabi
The exhibition tracks the defining moments of modern art and is open to the public now.
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You’re invited to explore the beating heart of Paris as it transformed into a hub for creatives
The exhibition introduces Paris at the turn of the 20th Century, at a time when an influx of foreign painters, sculptors and photographers – many of them women –from Europe, Asia and the Americas descended on the French capital. Driven from their countries but welcomed in Paris, this was a cultural moment when artistic freedom and the creative exchange of ideas was supported by a liberal French regime at the time.
You’ll see Fauvism pieces, one of the first avant-garde movements
Inspired by Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, fauvism is the style of Les Fauves, a movement known for its intense and bright palettes.
You’ll also see works from the cubism movement
The exhibit brings work from Pablo Picasso to the UAE, Young Girl with a Hoop (1919) will be on display along with Juan Gris’ Still Life on a Chair, (1917) both part of the cubism movement.
Paris in the 20s was a flurry of artistic activity, centred around one district
Montmartre, and the Montparnasse district, both meeting points for artists, writers and poets. The feeling of the moment is captured in works such as Alfred Flechtheim dressed as a Toreador, 1925.
The important bits:
Rendezvous in Paris: Picasso, Chagall, Modigliani & Co. (1900-1939) is at Louvre Abu Dhabi until December 7.
The museum also offers free Exhibition Mini Tours daily (excluding Mondays) 11.30am and 2.30pm
