09.19.2024-11.01.2024
PAINTING THE WORLD
A Flemish perspective of the 17th century
Flemish artists of the 17th century painted an authentic world. Vibrant, timeless, and sometimes fanciful, this window on their era evokes life and its conditions, sometimes happy, sometimes fragile. With a curiosity focusing on human beings, nature and spirituality, these illustrations defy time and our sensibilities.
In a world where we are overstimulated by pictures, photographs, paintings and now AI-generated images, the exploration of abstraction and hyper-realism by contemporary artists has already come full circle. As for the Flemish masters, their images were presented to a public whose daily lives were conditioned by the cycle of the seasons and religion. They developed a language of description and perfection, miraculously providing us with a key to these paintings today, which allows us to understand the period. Indeed, in their landscapes, genre scenes, still lifes and portraits, the Flemish perspective is one of precision, closeness to nature and an invitation to imagine.
Through this selection of subjects executed by artists from the Southern Netherlands, this exhibition showcases the creativity, visual genius and, above all, the eloquence of these artists with their unique style.
Image
Maître de Francfort, Saint Christophe, cira 1495, panneau, 46 x 30,4 cm