Eugène Delacroix, Des Fleurs en hiver, Othoniel, Creten
December 2012 - March 2013, Musée Delacroix, Paris, France
Discover the exhibitionOn the occasion of the renovation of the musée national Eugène-Delacroix’s garden, the exhibition brings together for the first time, under the paradoxal title "Flowers in winter", the main flower paintings of Delacroix and his finest watercolors from french and foreign museums. This exhibit will be accompanied by works by two contemporary artists, Jean-Michel Othoniel and Johan Creten, illustrating the permanence of floral inspiration, in the nineteenth century as the twenty-first century, in the works of creators fully enrolled in their time.
The exhibition celebrates a subject that has haunted the creators of modernity, from Courbet to Monet and Cézanne. It offers a parallel dialogue with the works of Othoniel and Creten. These contemporary artists who place flowers at the heart of their inspiration responded to this invitation mostly by creating new pieces. Glass, bronze, porcelain and paper, they are not literal translations of Delacroix' works, but illustrate how nature is an eternal source of inspiration to artists.
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Image 1-4
Le Nœud de Delacroix, 2012
Mirrored Grey Glass, Stainless Steel
70 7/8 x 80 3/4 x 51 1/8 in.
Private collection
Image 5
Ranunculaceae Knot, 2012
Mirrored Red and Black Glass, Stainless Steel
27 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 27 1/2 in.
Private collection
Image 6
Renonculacée, 2012
Watercolor on paper
14 x 17 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. framed
Courtesy Galerie Perrotin
Image 7
Convolvulus, 2012
Watercolor on paper
14 x 17 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. framed
Courtesy Galerie Perrotin
Image 8 - 9
Herbier merveilleux, 2008
Watercolors printed on paper / lead frame
16 x 12 x 0 1/4 in. each, framed