Portrait de Pierre Soulages © Collection Raphaël Gaillarde, dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Raphaël Gaillarde
© RMN-Grand Palais-Gestion droit d’auteur pour Raphaël Gaillarde © ADAGP, Paris 2019 pour Pierre Soulages.
Sempre più spesso il Louvre apre le sue porte al contemporaneo, come con la mostra sulle opere di Pierre Soulages, che festeggia il suo centenario, con una ampia mostra antologica nelle sale dello storico museo parigino fino al 9 Marzo.
Pierre Soulages Walnut Stain 48.2 x 63.4 cm 1946 Rodez, Musée Soulages © Archives Soulages/ADAGP, Paris 2019
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Pierre Soulages, “painter of black and light,” is a major figure of
non-figurative painting, recognized as such since the start of his
career after World War II. Born on December 24, 1919, in Rodez (south of
France), Soulages, who continues to produce work at a steady pace, is
celebrating his 100th birthday at the end of this year. To mark this
event, the Musée du Louvre is devoting an exceptional exhibition to the
artist in the prestigious Salon Carré, which is located between the
Galerie d’Apollon and the Grande Galerie and used to house the Paris
Salon.
This tribute exhibition traces the chronological development of
Soulages’s work from 1946 to the present day, through a limited
selection of pieces created over eight decades of artistic research.
Soulages’s exceptionally long career is illustrated by some of his major
works, most of them from prominent French and foreign museums. The
exhibition covers every period, with a focus on the outrenoir polyptychs.
It also presents a number of very large paintings executed in recent
months, demonstrating the remarkable vitality of Soulages, who has never
stopped working.
