23 SEPTEMBER 2011 - 16 JANUARY 2012

FRA ANGELICO

JACQUEMART-ANDRE MUSEUM, PARIS, FRANCE

The exhibition, which brings together nearly 60 works from major international institutions, traces the career of this major figure from the first Florentine Renaissance. The exhibition is also showing some other important artists from the Italian Primitive School who were his contemporaries. Some of them, including Ghiberti, Monaco and Masaccio, had a significant influence on the art of Fra Angelico, while others, such as Gozzoli and Lippi, drew their inspiration from his work.  

Thanks to the depth of his religious feeling, Fra Angelico embodies sacred art at that decisive turning point between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginnings of the Renaissance, opening up the way for new pictorial creations. A fervent ambassador of “modern” painting, he brilliantly associated the brightness of golds inherited from the gothic style with the laws of perspective, which he was instrumental in creating.

THE EVENT : THIS DEDICATED FRA ANGELICO IS A FRENCH MUSEUM FIRST

Fra Angelico (1387-1455) was a major player in Florence’s artistic and cultural revolution at the beginning of the 15th century. His work combines the golden lustre inherited from Gothic style with a new understanding of perspective. He initiated the artistic movement which specialists have named the « Peintres de la Lumière » (painters of light). 

 Alongside his works will be hung those of renowned painters who significantly influenced his work, such as his teacher Lorenzo Monaco (1370-1424), Masolino (1383-v. 1440) and Paolo Uccello (1397- 1475), as well as artists that he inspired, such as Filippo Lippi (1406-1469) or Zanobi Strozzi (1412-1468). 

The « Fra Angelico and the Masters of the Light » exhibition is being held in partnership with major Italian museums – including the Uffizi gallery – and internationnaly famous collections. 

THE CURATORIAL TEAM

The « Fra Angelico and the Masters of the Light » exhibition is curated by Giovanna Damiani, surperintendant of the Museums of Venice, and Nicolas Sainte Fare Garnot, curator of the Jacquemart-André Museum. It is also supported by Cristina Acidini Luchinat, surperintendant of Florence Museums, Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican Museums, and Magnolia Scudieri, director of the San Marco Museum in Florence.

General information :

Musée Jacquemart-André

158, bd Haussmann
75008 Paris

Open 365 days a year from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Open every Monday and Saturday evening until 9.30 p.m.

The Jacquemart-André tea room is open from 11.45 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

The cultural gift and bookshop is open when the museum is open, including Sundays

www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com

Press Contact: Ingrid Cadoret / christelle@claudinecolin.com

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Captions
1. Fra Angelico, Le Couronnement de la Vierge : ©  2010.  Photo  Scala,  Florence  –  courtesy  of  the  Ministero   Beni  e  Att.  Culturali
2. Fra Angelico (1387-1455), Thébaïde : © 2011. Photo Scala, Florence - courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali
3. Fra Angelico (1387-1455) Triptyque du Jugement dernier : © 2011. Photo Scala, Florence
4. Lorenzo Monaco (1370-1424) Saint Nicolas sauvant un navire, avant 1424 : © 2011. Photo Scala, Florence - courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali
5. Fra Angelico (1387-1455) Prédelle de la Pala di Bosco ai Frati, vers 145 : © 2011. Photo Scala, Florence - courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali
6. Fra Angelico (1387-1455) Épisodes de la vie de saint Nicolas : la naissance, la vocation et le don aux trois jeunes filles pauvres, vers 1437 : © 2011. Photo Scala, Florence
7. Fra Angelico (1387-1455) Vierge à l’Enfant : © 2011. Photo Scala, Florence - courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali
8. Zanobi Strozzi (1412-1468), Panneau de prédelle La Dormition de la Vierge : © 2011. Photo Scala, Florence
9. Alessio Baldovinetti (1427-1499), Conversation sacré : © 2011. Photo Scala, Florence - courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali