Manet and Modern Beauty, il Getty Museum di Los Angeles celebra il padre dell’Impressionismo

Il museo californiano dedica un’ampia esposizione all’ultimo decennio di produzione artistica di Édouard Manet. Tra ritratti di donne borghesi, attrici e dandy alla moda

Manet and Modern Beauty, il Getty Museum di Los Angeles celebra il padre dell’Impressionismo
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 Boating, 1874-1875 Oil on canvas Unframed: 97.2 × 130.2 cm (38 1/4 × 51 1/4 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.115) Image: www.metmuseum.org, CCO EX.2019.3.78

È dedicata a uno dei maestri più rivoluzionari della pittura moderna europea la mostra appena inaugurata al J. Paul Getty Museum di Los Angeles. Manet and Modern Beauty è il titolo dell’esposizione che indaga l’ultimo decennio di produzione artistica di Édouard Manet (Parigi, 1832 – 1883), considerato il padre e il precursore dell’Impressionismo. Le oltre 90 opere in mostra raccontano soggetti, scenari, personaggi, ambienti ed estetiche che hanno ispirato l’arte di Manet, tra scene di genere, nature morte, pastelli e ritratti di donne borghesi, sua moglie, gli amici, i “tipi sociali” della Parigi degli anni Ottanta dell’Ottocento, ovvero attrici e dandy alla moda. Manet and Modern Beauty è divisa in cinque sezioni: La Vie Moderne, Portraits of a Era, The Four Seasons Project, Manet at Bellevue e Flowers, Fruits and Gardens. La Vie Moderne, in particolare, si concentra sulla mostra personale che Manet tenne nel 1880, quando l’artista fu invitato a esporre nella galleria affiliata a La Vie Moderne, una nuova rivista di moda e cultura: qui presentò opere diventate iconiche nella sua produzione artistica, cabaret, bar e scene di boudoir. In occasione della mostra è esposta anche Jeanne (Spring), dipinto realizzato da Manet nel 1881 e recentemente acquisito dal Getty Museum. Le immagini delle opere in mostra. 

– Desirée Maida

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Édouard Manet Jeanne (Spring), 1881 Oil on canvas Unframed: 74 × 51.5 cm (29 1/8 × 20 1/4 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2014.62 1 / 6
Édouard Manet Jeanne (Spring), 1881 Oil on canvas Unframed: 74 × 51.5 cm (29 1/8 × 20 1/4 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2014.62
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 Boating, 1874-1875 Oil on canvas Unframed: 97.2 × 130.2 cm (38 1/4 × 51 1/4 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.115) Image: www.metmuseum.org, CCO EX.2019.3.78 2 / 6
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 Boating, 1874-1875 Oil on canvas Unframed: 97.2 × 130.2 cm (38 1/4 × 51 1/4 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.115) Image: www.metmuseum.org, CCO EX.2019.3.78
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 The Cafe-Concert, about 1878-1879 Oil on canvas. Unframed: 47.3 × 39.1 cm (18 5/8 × 15 3/8 in.) The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 37.893 EX.2019.3.53 3 / 6
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 The Cafe-Concert, about 1878-1879 Oil on canvas. Unframed: 47.3 × 39.1 cm (18 5/8 × 15 3/8 in.) The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 37.893 EX.2019.3.53
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 Woman Reading, about 1880-1881 Oil on canvas Unframed: 61.2 × 50.7 cm (24 1/8 × 19 15/16 in.) The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection, 1933.435 EX.2019.3.55 4 / 6
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 Woman Reading, about 1880-1881 Oil on canvas Unframed: 61.2 × 50.7 cm (24 1/8 × 19 15/16 in.) The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection, 1933.435 EX.2019.3.55
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 The Drinker (Alphonse Maureau), about 1878 - 1879 Pastel on canvas Unframed: 54.7 × 45.2 cm (21 9/16 × 17 13/16 in.) The Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Kate L. Brewster, 1950.123 EX.2019.3.59 5 / 6
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 The Drinker (Alphonse Maureau), about 1878 - 1879 Pastel on canvas Unframed: 54.7 × 45.2 cm (21 9/16 × 17 13/16 in.) The Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Kate L. Brewster, 1950.123 EX.2019.3.59
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 Letter Decorated with a Snail on a Leaf, Summer or Autumn 1880 Watercolor over gray wash (design); pen and ink (text) 15.8 × 11.7 cm (6 1/4 × 4 5/8 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2019.7 6 / 6
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 Letter Decorated with a Snail on a Leaf, Summer or Autumn 1880 Watercolor over gray wash (design); pen and ink (text) 15.8 × 11.7 cm (6 1/4 × 4 5/8 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2019.7
Édouard Manet Jeanne (Spring), 1881 Oil on canvas Unframed: 74 × 51.5 cm (29 1/8 × 20 1/4 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2014.62
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 Boating, 1874-1875 Oil on canvas Unframed: 97.2 × 130.2 cm (38 1/4 × 51 1/4 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.115) Image: www.metmuseum.org, CCO EX.2019.3.78
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 The Cafe-Concert, about 1878-1879 Oil on canvas. Unframed: 47.3 × 39.1 cm (18 5/8 × 15 3/8 in.) The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 37.893 EX.2019.3.53
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 Woman Reading, about 1880-1881 Oil on canvas Unframed: 61.2 × 50.7 cm (24 1/8 × 19 15/16 in.) The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection, 1933.435 EX.2019.3.55
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 The Drinker (Alphonse Maureau), about 1878 - 1879 Pastel on canvas Unframed: 54.7 × 45.2 cm (21 9/16 × 17 13/16 in.) The Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Kate L. Brewster, 1950.123 EX.2019.3.59
Édouard Manet French, 1832 - 1883 Letter Decorated with a Snail on a Leaf, Summer or Autumn 1880 Watercolor over gray wash (design); pen and ink (text) 15.8 × 11.7 cm (6 1/4 × 4 5/8 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2019.7

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Desirée Maida

Desirée Maida

Desirée Maida (Palermo, 1985) ha studiato presso l’Università degli Studi di Palermo, dove nel 2012 ha conseguito la laurea specialistica in Storia dell’Arte. Palermitana doc, appassionata di alchimia e cultura giapponese, approda al mondo dell’arte contemporanea dopo aver condotto studi…

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