The greatest works of art by the most creatively gifted artists from the early 20th century are going to be revealed in Paris at the Louis Vuitton Foundation gallery. Anticipated to arrive in 2020, the new project from the Louis Vuitton Foundation will be introducing numerous renowned master painters with their works reaching well over 200 pieces all together.
Louis Vuitton Foundation building
The artwork for the Louis Vuitton Foundation gallery were once owned by Russian industrialists Ivan and Mikhail Morozov, who possessed one of the world’s greatest private collections of modern art. The Soviet state confiscated their private art collection after the revolution in 1917 was concluded, where after all the paintings were retained by the Russian authorities. This forthcoming art exhibition went through several years of meticulous negotiations between Chairman and CEO of LVMH, Bernard Arnault and the Russian authorities.
picture of Ivan Morozov
In October 2016 to March 2017 the foundation once hosted a relatively analogous exhibition labeled “Icons of Modern Art“. The event brought in 1.2 million people and showcased the artwork from Sergei Shchukin’s private collection, which was an equally grand art collection when compared to the one the Morozov brothers owned. The foundation said, “the Morozovs and the Shchukins… dominated Moscow‘s cultural life at the beginning of the 20th century, and helped contribute to the international recognition of French model painters.”
Jeanne Samari portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Louis Vuitton Foundation’s upcoming exhibition is going to present paintings from the greatest names in the art world such as Picasso, Bonnard, Maurice Dennis and Derain, In addition, the industrialists had accumulated a massive number of paintings before the Russian revolution that included works by Van Gogh, Monet, Cezanne, and Renoir. Jean-Paul Claverie, the art adviser to LVMH boss Arnault, who is the head of the Louis Vuitton Foundation, said the Morozov’s’ private art collection has not once been showcased to such a large extent anywhere in the world ever since it was seized by the Russian authorities.
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