Icons of Modern Art: The Morozov collection

Review
A masterclass on Impressionist and Modern Art. ―
HypeArt\nFrench and Russian art on a ‘War and Peace' scale. ―
The New York Times
From the Back Cover
The second installment of Icons of Modern Art, the major exhibition organized by Fondation Louis Vuitton, brings together more than 170 unparalleled masterpieces from the collection of modern French and Russian art created by the Muscovite brothers Mikhail and Ivan Morozov.Following the exhibition of the collection of Sergei Shchukin, Fondation Louis Vuitton continues its exploration of the cultural and intellectual world of Russia's collectors and patrons, pioneers of modern art. Presented for the fi rst time outside Russia, the Morozov collection includes iconic works by Manet, Rodin, Monet, Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Sisley, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Denis, Maillol, Matisse, Marquet, Vlaminck, Derain, and Picasso, alongside works of celebrated Russian artists from the turn of the twentieth century, such as Repin, Vrubel, Korovin, Golovin, Serov, Larionov, Goncharova, Malevich, Mashkov, Konchalovsky, Utkin, Saryan, and Konenkov. The unprecedented presentation of work by these artists represents an exceptional opportunity for discovering them anew. The philanthropic brothers Mikhail Abramovich Morozov (1870-1903) and Ivan Abramovich Morozov (1871-1921) dominated Moscow's cultural life from the end of the nineteenth century until the early twentieth century, along with the Tretyakov, Mamontov, Ryabushinsky, and Shchukin families. Their unconditional support of European and Russian contemporary art was integral to the international recognition of modern French painters.
About the Author
Anne Baldassari is a noted author, art historian and curator based in Paris. She is an expert on Picasso and from 2005 to 2014 was the president of the Musée National Picasso in Paris. She is the curator of the exhibition, and the editor of the catalog.\nAlbert Kostenevitch, a senior curator in the Western European Art Department at the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg); Mikhail Dedinkin, a curator of exhibitions and Deputy Head of the Western European Art Department at the State Hermitage Museum; Ilia Doronchenkov, Deputy Director for Research at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow); Natalia Semenova, art historian and the author of numerous books, including “The Collector: The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces” (Yale University Press, 2018), and “Morozov: The Story of a Family and a Lost Collection” (Yale University Press, 2020); Tatiana Udenkova, curator and Director at the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow); Jean-Claude Marcadé, research director emeritus at CNRS (Centre national de la recherché scientifique), and a specialist in Russian avant-garde art.