Loan of the work from the IAC Collection, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes :
Raymond MASON, Roucas n°2, 1976
Raymond MASON, Roucas n°2, 1976
Luxe, Calme et Volupté, 01/02/2025 to 30/04/2025, Centre d’art La Malmaison, Cannes, France
La Malmaison reopens with an exhibition entitled ‘Luxe, calme et volupté’, a tribute to the beauty of Mediterranean landscapes.
A journey to the south of France in painting, from Impressionism to the present day: the call of light and Arcadian delights.
Somewhere between myth and a quest for escape, the Luxe, calme et volupté exhibition plunges us into the timeless appeal of the Midi, a land of light and intensity that has inspired generations of modern and contemporary artists. From Monet to Picasso, via Matisse and Bonnard, each artist bears witness to this fascination for a Mediterranean golden age, where nature and art intertwine in a poetic vision of the world.
It brings together 129 works by 56 modern and contemporary artists inspired by the light and colours of the Mediterranean landscape. The exhibition is a reminder of the extent to which a trip to the South of France is a founding ritual in the career of any young painter. Many of them travelled to the south of France to rediscover the serenity, the warm atmosphere, the intensity of the light and the typical architecture of roof terraces and overhanging views, opening out onto the sparkling blue of the sky and sea.
La Malmaison reopens with an exhibition entitled ‘Luxe, calme et volupté’, a tribute to the beauty of Mediterranean landscapes.
A journey to the south of France in painting, from Impressionism to the present day: the call of light and Arcadian delights.
Somewhere between myth and a quest for escape, the Luxe, calme et volupté exhibition plunges us into the timeless appeal of the Midi, a land of light and intensity that has inspired generations of modern and contemporary artists. From Monet to Picasso, via Matisse and Bonnard, each artist bears witness to this fascination for a Mediterranean golden age, where nature and art intertwine in a poetic vision of the world.
It brings together 129 works by 56 modern and contemporary artists inspired by the light and colours of the Mediterranean landscape. The exhibition is a reminder of the extent to which a trip to the South of France is a founding ritual in the career of any young painter. Many of them travelled to the south of France to rediscover the serenity, the warm atmosphere, the intensity of the light and the typical architecture of roof terraces and overhanging views, opening out onto the sparkling blue of the sky and sea.
