The collection of the Petit Palais of Geneva: works of extraordinary artistic importance from the French school.
[From Renoir to Picasso / A century of art from the Petit Palais of Geneva] Palazzo Bricherasio hosts works of extraordinary artistic importance linked to the Petit Palais museum of Geneva, including works by Charles Angrand, Henri Martin and Paul Signac, masters of pointillism, painters who make extreme use of color, like Louis Valtat together with other “fauves” such as Maurice de Vlaminck, André Derain, Henri Manguin and Albert Marquet. The selection also includes important Montmartre painters, including Utrillo; painters of Montparnasse among the most representative figures of the “Belle Epoque”; the best-known Expressionists and Surrealists of the French school, Pablo Picasso and Giorgio De Chirico. The catalogue, of great scholarly interest, illustrates the works through accurate reproduction of the images, analytical commentary and critical-historical profiles for each work, along with a succinct guide to the collection of the Petit Palais.
Turin, 2001