Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aimé Maeght and his artists - The Royal Academy, 4 October 2008 – 2 January 2009

“This show brings to London an international group of distinguished artists, who furthered their careers in Paris through the influential Maeght Gallery, each challenging the status quo in his field. As a bank, BNP Paribas shares this pioneering ethos and is proud to be associated with such illustrious company by supporting the Royal Academy and this show” said Ludovic de Montille, UK Chief Executive, BNP Paribas.


The Royal Academy of Arts presents Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aimé Maeght and His Artists an exhibition of works selected from the collection of the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. The exhibition contains more than 140 paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, and artists' books by these four artists, as well as works by Bonnard and Matisse. Little-known film footage of the artists at work and relaxing with their patron and his family are on display, revealing the remarkably close relationship that existed between Aimé Maeght and his artists.

Always proud of his early training as a lithographer and publisher, Aimé Maeght encouraged his artists to make prints and artists' books (livres d'artiste). The final gallery displays outstanding examples of collaborations between poets and artists in artists' books, as well as original prints, which ranges from large, vivid lithographs by Miró and Calder, to Braque's subtle explorations of the medium and the introspective, spectral figures that Giacometti drew from the lithographer's stone. A spectacular collage of the covers of Derrière le Miroir, the periodical that served as a catalogue for each of the Galerie Maeght's exhibitions, illustrated by the artists' original lithographs, closes the exhibition.

Dates
. Open to public:
Saturday 4 October 2008 – Friday 2 January 2009