Heinz Berggruen Collection at Musée de l’Orangerie | EUROtoday

Picasso, Klee, Matisse, Giacometti: examine. German artwork supplier Heinz Berggruen had a watch for expertise. His entry into the artwork market got here by way of a winding street from his Jewish origins in Berlin, exile in California in the course of the Second World War, return to his native nation as a journalist, after which to UNESCO’s Paris headquarters, the place he turned a part of the artwork scene and met younger artists.

Guided by a eager eye, Berggruen grew right into a profitable supplier but in addition turned his personal greatest buyer, increase what turned one of the vital necessary Twentieth-century collections. Bequeathed to the German state in 2000, this huge ensemble finds a selected echo within the assortment on the Musée de l’Orangerie. The exhibition mixes monographic and thematic threads, together with works by Picasso and Klee, outstanding glued paper by Matisse and threadlike sculptures by Giacometti, providing us a singular have a look at the alternatives, encounters and affinities that led to the creation of a significant artwork assortment.

Until January 27, www.musee-orangerie.fr

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