Galerie Maeght
Saul Steinberg exhibition, 1966 | |
| Established | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Location | 42, rue du Bac, Paris VII, France |
| Type | Art gallery |
| Collection size | Modern art |
| Founder | Aimé Maeght |
| Director | Isabelle Maeght |
| Website | www |
The Galerie Maeght (French pronunciation: [ɡalʁi maɡ]) is a gallery of modern art in Paris,[a] France, and Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The gallery was founded in 1936 in Cannes.[1][2] The Paris gallery was started in 1946 by Aimé Maeght. The gallery represents artists primarily from France and Spain.[3]
History
The Maeght Gallery opened in Paris in December 1945 with an exhibition of Henri Matisse's work. Beginning in 1946, Bonnard, Braque, Marchand, Rouault, and Baya held their first exhibitions at the Paris gallery. In 1949, the gallery hosted The First Masters of Abstract Art, featuring Andry-Farcy's collection from the Grenoble museum.[4]
In 1956, Paule and Adrien Maeght opened their own gallery at 42, rue du Bac in Paris, with an exhibition by Alberto Giacometti. The gallery introduced a new generation of Maeght artists: Kelly, Cortot,[5] Bazaine, Derain, Tal-Coat, Palazuelo, Chillida, Ubac, Fiedler. They were joined in 1966 by Bacon, Riopelle, Tàpies, Rebeyrolle, Bury, Adami, and Monory.
In 1964, Adrien Maeght established the ARTE printing house in Paris, which has produced all Maeght editions since. Maeght Éditeur published more than 12,000 titles.
Today, the Maeght gallery and the editions are managed by Isabelle Maeght. Exhibitions show works by artists such as Miró, Calder, Braque, Matisse, Chagall, Tàpies, Chillida, Gasiorowski, Rebeyrolle, Monory, Del Re, Depin, Doerflinger, Couturier, and Levy.
Notes
- ^ Formerly in rue de Téheran, Paris VIII; later at 42, rue du Bac, Paris VII.
References
- ^ "Galerie Maeght Paris". Mediterranean Connect. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "Aime Maeght". theartsection. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
Maeght had dabbled in the art market since 1936. It is a sad fact of this era that since many of the noted Parisian dealers had been Jewish, there was less competition and more opportunities for the taking in the art world of Nazi-occupied France. Maeght, aware of the difficulties that both Matisse and Bonnard were experiencing, especially Bonnard, whose wife, Marthe, had recently died, helped both artists throughout the war years and was repaid with canvases that were displayed in the shop window.
- ^ "Galerie Maeght". Artnet. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "Jean Arp | Le Musee de Grenoble - De l'Art Abstrait (1949)". MutualArt. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "La galerie Maeght célèbre Cortot, le peintre des mots" [The Galerie Maeght celebrates Cortot, the painter of words]. Le Parisien (in French). 11 October 2017. ISSN 0767-3558.
External links
- Media related to Galerie Maeght at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website