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january 14, 2020 - Asti Palazzo Mazzetti

'Monet e gli impressionisti in Normandia. Capolavori dalla Collezione Peindre en Normandie' in Asti


With 46,908 visitors, the exhibition 'Chagall. Color and Magic', which ended on 3 February, proved a resounding success. Now from 13 September, through a project co-organized with Vittorio Sgarbi, Palazzo Mazzetti in #asti will be housing an outstanding collection of 75 works illustrating the Impressionist movement and its close links to Normandy.

On display against the backdrop of this region will be painters such as Monet, Renoir, Delacroix and Courbet, who have captured the immediacy and liveliness of the landscape by recording the changing skies, sparkling waters and verdant valleys of Normandy, the cradle of Impressionism.

Thanks to the Fondazione #asti Musei, the exhibition 'Monet and the Impressionists in Normandy. Masterpieces from the Peindre en Normandie Collection', curated by Alain Tapié, retraces the key stages of this artistic current. Works such as The Sea from the Heights of Dieppe (1834) by Delacroix, The Beach at Trouville (1865) by Courbet, Camille on the Beach (1870) and Boats on the Beach at Étretat (1883) by Monet, and Sunset, View of Guernesey (1893) by Renoir – masterpieces featured in the exhibition – illustrate the exchanges, mutual engagement and collaboration between some of the greatest painters of this epoch. With its dazzling nature, vibrant colours and sparkling vistas, Normandy was turned into a symbol of the joy of painting.

The exhibition revolves around the Peindre en Normandie Collection, one of the most representative collections for the Impressionist period. It also includes works from the Musée Alphonse-Georges- Poulain of Vernon, the Musée Marmottan Monet of Paris, and the Bemberg Foundation of Toulouse.

When British watercolourists such as Turner and Parkes crossed the Channel to devote themselves to landscape painting, they transmitted their capacity to convey the vitality of nature to French artists. The works by these British painters express the light and rich forms of Normandy, providing an enhanced sensory and visual experience. Places like Dieppe, the Seine estuary, Le Havre, the beach at Trouville, the coastline between Honfleur and Deauville, and the harbour of Fécamp – portrayed in the works on display in Palazzo Mazzetti – became an avenue for compelling artistic expression. These microcosms of wind, sea and mist possess an intense and expressive physical personality, which the French painters captured by painting en plein air, giving rise to the Impressionist movement.

Mario Sacco, President of the Fondazione #asti Musei, states: “In the wake of the remarkable success of the exhibition 'Chagall. Color and Magic', the Fondazione #asti Musei, in conjunction with the Municipality of #asti and the Regional Government of Piedmont, is carrying forward its commitment to establish #asti as an international city of culture. The exhibition 'Monet and the Impressionists in Normandy' is now coming to Palazzo Mazzetti after being seen in Memphis (USA), Japan, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland, Münster (Germany), and Scandinavian and Baltic countries. It is an honour and matter of pride for our city to host an exhibition of such artistic and cultural value. The project, co-organized with Prof. Vittorio Sgarbi, is based on a fruitful synergy with the local authorities and with Ponte – Organisation für kulturelles Management GmbH.
The works – a grand total of 75 paintings – mostly come from the Peindre en Normandie Collection, as well as from the Musée Alphonse-Georges-Poulain of Vernon, the Musée Marmottan of Paris, and the Bemberg of Toulouse. They have been harmoniously arranged by curator Alain Tapié.

For the first time, it will be possible to admire in #asti paintings by Monet, Renoir, Courbet, Bonnard, and Morisot. The exhibition illustrates the careers and mutual exchanges of some of the greatest artists from this epoch, who made Normandy the charming cradle of the Impressionist movement by bringing out the distinctive features of its natural landscape.

I am confident that the great number of visitors to our area will not only add prestige to #asti, but will also contribute to local tourism, thereby fostering the development of the whole Langhe, Monferrato and Roero region.
My heartfelt thanks go to the Gruppo Cassa di Risparmio di #asti, who have agreed to join us in this challenging and ambitious project which will promote #asti and our wonderful hills throughout the world. The dream that started with Chagall reflects itself in the crystal-clear waters of Monet's painting Bateaux sur la plage a l’Étretat-

Monet e gli impressionisti in Normandia.
Capolavori dalla Collezione Peindre en Normandie

ASTI, PALAZZO MAZZETTI

13 settembre 2019 – 16 febbraio 2020

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