Kandinsky retrospective 24 avril 2009
Posted by webmaster in : Culture,News , trackbackThe Centre Pompidou, at a walking distance from our hotels in Saint Germain des Prés (the Artus Hotel, the Hôtel de Buci and the Madison Hotel), presents a major retrospective of the work of one of the 20th century’s key figure, Vassili Kandinsky.
This exhibition was assembled jointly by the Centre Pompidou, the Städtische Galerie in Lebachhaus in Munich and the Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York, which holds the largest collections of the artist’s work.
It brings together some hundred of Kandinsky finished paintings, particularly the Impressions and the Improvisations. It offers a unique chance to look through the eye of this artist born in Moscow in 1866, who died in France in 1944.
During his lifetime, Kandinsky experienced two of the high spots of creation of the 20th century: the Blue Rider in Munich before the First World War and the Bauhaus at Weimar and Dessau in the inter-war period.
The Paris exhibition shows how the artist phases out depicting reality in favour of abstraction. Kandinsky explained that, from his point of view, painting had to cause on the soul the same sensations than music.
Let’s experience these feelings with the Hôtels Maurice Hurand!
Practical informations:
From 8th April to 10th August 2009.
Open everyday except Tuesdays, from 11am to 11pm.
Centre Georges Pompidou – Place Georges Pompidou – 75004 Paris
Metro: Rambuteau (11), Hôtel de Ville (1, 11), Châtelet (1, 4, 7, 11, 14, A, B, D) / Bus : 21, 29, 38, 47, 58, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 81, 85, 96
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