The [size=14][red]Louis Vuitton Foundation[/red][/size] presents the exhibition Icons of Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection , which includes emblematic works by prominent artists from the early 20th century and that runs from October 22, 2016 to February 20, 2017 within the scope of the France-Russia Year of Cultural Tourism.

Thanks to the generous participation of the Hermitage Museum and the Pushkin Museum, which greatly contributed to the conception of the project, the exhibition presents 130 masterpieces by Monet, Cézanne, Gauguin, Renoir, Picasso, Van Gogh… The collection constituted by [size=14][red]Sergei Shchukin[/red][/size] includes works by the most renowned impressionist, post-impressionist and modernist masters. The Moscow industrialist was a visionary in his taste for modern French art, leading him to begin forming an exceptional collection from 1898, representing the most radical trends in art from the era. Nationalized during the Russian revolution, the paintings in the collection have been displayed at separate locations in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.

The exhibition retraces the genesis of the collection from 1890 to 1914 and proposes a comparison between the works by these modern French masters and those by Russian avant-garde painters. Moreover the multiscreen video-installation Shchukin, Matisse: La Danse et la Musique by the producer and director duo Peter Greenaway and Saskia Boddeke re-enacts the conditions in which Shchukin commissioned Matisse to create a monumental work for his home, the Trubetskoy Palace’s staircase. A cultural program designed around the exhibition and focusing on dance and music will bear witness to the artistic dialogue between France and Russia at the beginning of the 20th century and still present within contemporary creation today.

The exhibition and related events were curated and planned by Anne Baldassari, who also edited the catalog. The participation of Sergei Shchukin’s grandson, [size=14][red]André-Marc Delocque Fourcaud[/red][/size], an expert in the work of his ancestor and historical advisor on the project, was crucial to its success, as was the collaboration of Marina D. Loshak, director of the Pushkin Museum, Mikkhail B. Piotrovky, director of the Hermitage Museum and finally Zelfira Tregulova, director of the Tretyakov State Gallery.

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