Cross-perspective exhibitions between Troyes Modern Art and Laren Singer Museums

The Troyes Museum of Modern Art in France and the Laren Singer Museum in Netherlands partnered to display their counterpart works in 2 cross-perspective exhibitions.

The French museum hosts works from the collection of patrons Pierre & Denise Lévy, which offer a rich panorama of French painting (and sculpture) from the 1850s to the 1950s.

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Exhibition Modigliani, Soutine and the legend of Montparnasse, Pinacothèque

The exhibition focuses on the paintings that Jonas Netter, an inspired art collector, acquired from art dealer Léopold Zborowski. He was one of the first to buy paintings by Amedeo Modigliani (with Paul Alexandre) – acquiring some 40 paintings in about 15 years – and Chaim Soutine before the famous Barnes episode.

But his collection – and the exhibition – goes well beyond these 2 masters and includes works by Maurice de VlaminckAndré Derain, and artists who made up the Paris School: Maurice Utrillo (there are also paintings by his mother Suzanne Valadon),  Moise Kisling, Pinchus Krémègne, Michel Kikoine, and less famous artists. Continue reading