There will be exhibited great sketches to paintings of the chapel in the town of Saint-Paul-de-Vence

As reported by The Art Newspaper, this year the Vatican Museums open" matissovsky " Hall. Among the exhibits will consist of three graphic sheet - sketches and paintings to stained glass chapel of the Rosary in the French town of Saint-Paul-de-Vence. They were donated to the Vatican in 1980, the artist's son Pierre. The general public will see the drawings for the first time.

Matisse was an unbeliever, but, nevertheless, considered the chapel in Vence "main achievement" of his career. Presumably, this project was inspired by his friendship with his sister Jacques-Marie from the local Dominican monastery. Several years earlier, a nun, then a nurse named by Monique Bourgeois (Monique Bourgeois), an old artist emerged after a complicated operation.

Matisse worked on the chapel, from 1948 to 1951. He designed the building and all interior design - from furniture to the altar coverings and vestments of priests. Most notable decorative elements are, of course, stained glass windows depicting the tree of life, as well as painting on ceramic panels - "Way of the Cross" and "Madonna and Child».

stored in the Vatican made an outline life-size, each of them - more than five meters in height. Figures are subject to restoration, since they made the surface of the glue with which they once were attached to the substrate. The Director of modernism and contemporary art Mikola Forti (Micol Forti) spoke about another problem - the lighting in the room: how to create a room without windows environment sunlit chapel? .. According to the Fort, she wants to achieve the effect of "solar flare».

coexist with pictures will be five silk cassocks and a bronze cross with a bell tower, created based on sketches by the artist. The total cost of items is estimated at 350 thousand Euro. Now in this room exhibited stone sculpture "Madonna" (1956), Lucio Fontana, which is not going to clean up - it is too heavy.

Department of Contemporary Art was opened in 1973. Its collection includes works by artists such as Marc Chagall (Marc Chagall) , Paul Gauguin (Paul Gauguin), Fernand Leger, (Fernand Léger), Max Ernst (Max Ernst), Emil Nolde (Emil Nolde) and Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon). According to Fort, the Vatican owns a lot of excellent work 1960. Since the Vatican Museums can not always afford to buy art, for the moment the priority of the department is working with legacy.

Forti also wants to open a new research center, which would establish stronger ties with contemporary artists. In recent years the Vatican is actively engaged in the development of these relations: for example, in 2009, Pope Benedict XVI met in the Sistine Chapel with 260 creators, which talked about the beauty. In addition, the Vatican is seriously considering participating in the next Venice Biennale.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Source: theartnewspaper.com , artinvestment.ru