Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas y todo el esplendor del París del comienzo del siglo XX llegan a Caixaforum a través del Sterling and Francince Clark Arte Institute.
La exposición reúne un conjunto excepcional de pintura francesa del siglo xix y comienzos del xx, procedente de la colección de Sterling and Francine Clark.

The Belvedere owns the world´s largest collection of paintings by Gustav Klimt. In autumn 2011, it will present this world-famous artist together with the congenial architect and designer Josef Hoffmann. Their intense collaboration, such in the Beethoven Exhibition at the Vienna Secession (1902) and the Stoclet Palace in Brussels (1905-12), set new standards in Europe when it comes to the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk. Numerous works, such as Klimt´s Portrait of Fritza Riedler, which clearly reflects Hoffmann´s characteristic hand, attest to the two pioneers´ mutual influence, which in this comprehensive exhibition is also explored with regard to their involvement in the Wiener Werkstätte.

Art has historically played a major role in society. The objects and themes on display deal with the artists who contributed to altering the way we perceive and understand the world by imagining change using the same forms. This will be the core of the exhibition, which is aimed at all audiences.

· Artifice and nature
· Scientific realism
· Idealistic action
· Primitive passions
· The volumes of the world
· The modern movement
· Abstractions
· The Great War

Auditorium, Level -2
Free entrance according to seating availability, no reservation required.

The series commences on 1 February with a presentation by Mireia Freixa, Head of the Art History Department at the University of Barcelona, and a lecture on cabinetmakers by Teresa-M. Sala, Professor of Art History at the University of Barcelona.

Click on the link below for further information (available only in Catalan).

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