Paris 1940-1980. City in movement. July 2024 – November 2024

At the beginning of the 20th century, Paris was the most important art capital of the moment. French and international artists moved to the city, igniting the birth of new Avant-guard movements, that would dominate the following years. However, World War II caused the dispersion of various artists to other countries, like the United States, generating a debate over whether Paris would continue being the art capital or if New York would take its place. “Paris 1940 – 1980. City in movement” shows that during this period, the French capital continued to be a haven for a significant number of artists, and an essential place for the creation of new styles. Abstract expressionism created a cohesive identity in New York. Nevertheless, Paris persisted in living alongside a distinct array of visual languages, including abstraction, informalism or surrealism. This fostered a profound artistic diversity, highly fueled by foreign artists like those present in the show: Vasarely, Picasso, Miró, Poliakoff or Hartung. The city of the Seine welcomed a diverse array of authors and became a prominent exhibition hub for those who didn’t officially reside there. Therefore, it revealed itself as an impossible place to encapsulate through a single artist or movement, as well as a space of inspiration, creativity, and liberty, without which the contemporary artistic landscape wouldn’t have flourished.

Works included in the exhibition

Composition sur fond rose, 1945

Bores, Francisco

Composition sur fond rose, 1945

Oil/canvas

60x73 cm

La table verte, 1951

Bores, Francisco

La table verte, 1951

Oil/canvas

73x92 cm

Arlequin au poisson, 1954

Clavé, Antoni

Arlequin au poisson, 1954

Mixed media and collage/cardboard

100x73 cm

Menina I

Equipo Crónica

Menina I, 1971

Paint/papier-mâché

100x87x50 cm

25 original versions (25/25)

Lecteur assoupi, 1978

Equipo Crónica

Lecteur assoupi, 1978

mixed media/cardboard laid down on canvas

130x100 cm

Bleu et noir, 1962

Poliakoff, Serge

Bleu et noir, 1962

Oil/canvas

81x100 cm

Frontières

Domínguez, Óscar

Frontières, 1957

Oil/canvas

113,5x162 cm

Téléphone et revolver

Domínguez, Óscar

Téléphone et revolver, 1944

Oil/canvas

81x54 cm

Untitled

Feito, Luis

Untitled, 1958

Mixed media/canvas

60x92 cm

T1962-H17, 1962

Hartung, Hans

T1962-H17, 1962

Vinyl paint/canvas

92x73 cm

Femme I

Miró, Joan

Femme I, 1973

Oil, gouache and wax crayon/paper

90x60 cm

Montagnes et oiseaux dans la nuit, 1965

Miró, Joan

Montagnes et oiseaux dans la nuit, 1965

Oil, gouache and india ink/paper

31x73 cm

Deux nus debout, 1967

Picasso, Pablo

Deux nus debout, 1967

Gouache and graphite/paper

75x56,5 cm

Les Déjeuners

Picasso, Pablo

Les Déjeuners, 1962

Graphite/paper

27x41,8 cm

Composition abstraite, 1967

Poliakoff, Serge

Composition abstraite, 1967

Oil/canvas

65x81 cm

Untitled, 1971

Francis, Sam

Untitled, 1971

mixed media/paper

56,8x76,5 cm

5 damas

Saura, Antonio

5 damas, 1959

Mixed media and collage/card

69x99 cm

Sixton

Vasarely, Victor

Sixton, 1967 (1987)

Acrylic/canvas

112x112 cm

Fleurs lasses

Mathieu, Georges

Fleurs lasses, c.1987-1990

Alkyd/canvas

92x73 cm

Clarté couverte

Mathieu, Georges

Clarté couverte, c.1987-1990

Alkyd/canvas

73x92 cm

T1965-H41

Hartung, Hans

T1965-H41, 1965

Vinyl paint/canvas

81x54 cm

Fleurs et fruits rouges et Maternité au Christ, l’hiver, 1975

Chagall, Marc

Fleurs et fruits rouges et Maternité au Christ, l’hiver, 1975

Gouache and tempera/paper

51x32 cm

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The Emperor’s New Clothes, 1966

Dalí, Salvador

The Emperor’s New Clothes, 1966

Gouache on paper

49x39 cm

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