Icônes de l'art moderne. La collection Chtchoukine

The Fondation Louis Vuitton's unprecedented exhibition brings together one hundred and thirty masterpieces, among the most iconic of the collection created in Moscow by the great Russian art patron, Sergei Shchukin. From Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1866) by Claude Monet, the hieratic Mardi gras (1888-90) by Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin's Tahitian odalisque Eh quoi, tu es jalouse ? (1892), the luminescent panel L'Atelier du peintre (1911) by Henri Matisse, to conclude with Pablo Picasso's Trois femmes (1908) and the collage Compotier, grappe de raisin, poire coupée (1914), the magnificence of Shchukin's collection is most fittingly exhibited here. Extended by a group of sorne thirty major works from the Russian avant-gardes, including Counter Relief (1916) by Vladimir Tatlin, Green Stripe (1917) by Olga Rozanova, and Kazimir Malevich's monochrome painting, Black Suprematie Square (1929), Icons of Modern Art covers the extreme breadth of this journey through nineteenth- and twentieth-century creation. The presentation of these exceptional works, where our collective gaze cornes together, constitutes an exemplary "painting lesson."

Coédition Gallimard/Fondation Louis Vuitton4e de couverture : Le second volet de la grande manifestation "Icônes de l'art moderne" organisée par la Fondation Louis Vuitton réunit plus de 170 chefs-d'oeuvre inestimables de la collection d'art moderne français et russe des frères moscovites Mikhaïl et Ivan Morozov.Après celui de Sergueï Chtchoukine, la Fondation Louis Vuitton poursuit son exploration de l'univers culturel et intellectuel des collectionneurs mécènes russes, pionniers de l'art moderne. Présentée pour la première fois hors de Russie, la Collection Morozov rassemble des oeuvres iconiques de Manet, Rodin, Monet, Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Sisley, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Denis, Maillol, Matisse, Marquet, Vlaminck, Derain et Picasso aux côtés d'artistes emblématiques de l'art russe au tournant du siècle tels que Répine, Vroubel, Korovine, Golovine, Sérov, Larionov, Gontcharova, Malévitch, Machkov, Kontchalovski, Outkine, Sarian ou Konenkov. La présentation inédite de ces artistes constitue une redécouverte exceptionnelle.Philanthropes des arts, les frères Mikhaïl Abramovitch Morozov (1870-1903) et Ivan Abramovitch Morozov (1871-1921) ont dominé la vie culturelle moscovite entre la fin du XIX? et le début du XX? siècle, au même titre que les Trétiakov, Mamontov, Riabouchinski et Chtchoukine. Leur soutien inconditionnel à l'art contemporain européen et russe contribuera largement à la reconnaissance internationale des peintres modernes français.

The second installment of Icons of Modern Art, the major exhibition organized by Fondation Louis Vuitton, brings together more than 170 unparalleled masterpieces from the collection of modern French and Russian art created by the Muscovite brothers Mikhail and Ivan Morozov. Following the exhibition of the collection of Sergei Shchukin, Fondation Louis Vuitton continues its exploration of the cultural and intellectual world of Russia's collectors and patrons, pioneers of modern art. Presented for the fi rst time outside Russia, the Morozov collection includes iconic works by Manet, Rodin, Monet, Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Sisley, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Denis, Maillol, Matisse, Marquet, Vlaminck, Derain, and Picasso, alongside works of celebrated Russian artists from the turn of the twentieth century, such as Repin, Vrubel, Korovin, Golovin, Serov, Larionov, Goncharova, Malevich, Mashkov, Konchalovsky, Utkin, Saryan, and Konenkov. The unprecedented presentation of work by these artists represents an exceptional opportunity for discovering them anew. The philanthropic brothers Mikhail Abramovich Morozov (1870-1903) and Ivan Abramovich Morozov (1871-1921) dominated Moscow's cultural life from the end of the nineteenth century until the early twentieth century, along with the Tretyakov, Mamontov, Ryabushinsky, and Shchukin families. Their unconditional support of European and Russian contemporary art was integral to the international recognition of modern French painters.