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The major exhibition »Orientalism in Europe: from Delacroix to Kandinsky« includes some 150 paintings and sculptures that reveal the multifaceted approach by Western artists to the islamic Orient, Northern Africa and the Near East. The show commences with Napoleon's military campaign in Egypt (1798–99), which unleashed a true "Egyptomania" in all of Europe, and ends with early 20th-century Modernism. Masterpieces by Ingres, Delacroix, Gérôme, Renoir, Klee, Kandinsky, Sargent and Matisse, present Orientalism as a significant theme across styles, artistic convictions and national borders. The show will also offer many surprising discoveries through works by lesser known artists, such as Alma Tadema, Bauernfeind, Cermák, Evenepoel, Fabbi, Gentz, Gleyre, Hamdi Bey, Lewis, von Meckel, Passini, Poynter and Villegas.
In order to appropriately treat this rich and complex subject matter in an exhibition, it is pertinent to not only address the many artistic approaches, but also deal with the social, political, ethnic and religious aspects. In the recent past, Orientalism has been dealt with in various focus exhibitions, yet a larger survey of this important, and again topical, theme in the art of the 19th and early 20th centuries is long overdue. The exhibition is organised by the Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung in collaboration with the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels (shown there from October 15, 2010 – January 9, 2011), the Réunion des musées nationaux and the City of Marseille (shown there at the Centre de la vieille charité from May 27 – August 28, 2011). |
Opening hours
January 28 – May 1, 2011 open daily from 10 am to 8 pm Admission fees → further reductions Guided tours How to get to the Kunsthalle Private events Café Kunsthalle Museum store |
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