Matisse to Malevich: Pioneers of Modern Art from the Hermitage
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As well as Old Masters, the Hermitage has early modern art from the end of the 19th century and early 20th century. This kind of art was collected mainly by private individuals. After the October Revolution of 1917 many works ended up in the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.
The Hermitage has one of the world’s finest collections of French painting of the early 20th century, from which about 75 works by Matisse, Picasso, Van Dongen, De Vlaminck, Derain and many of their contemporaries have been selected for this exhibition. As well as works by the world-famous French masters, such equally celebrated Russian contemporaries as Malevich and Kandinsky will be represented. Most of the works in this exhibition were originally from the Moscow collections of Morozov and Shchukin and are usually on permanent display in St Petersburg. This is the first time that this extensive collection of avant-garde masterpieces will be on display in the Netherlands.
The artists represented in the show are recognised as the pioneers of Modernism. The exhibition explores the origins of modern art as an art historical phenomenon, but also looks at the passion of the artists, when at a crucial moment in art history at the beginning of the last century they initiated a revolution in art.
Further information about this exhibition will be available shortly. Please contact us if you have any queries.
