The Galerie Maeght () is a gallery of

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in Paris, France, and

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, Spain. The gallery was founded in 1936 in

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. The Paris gallery was started in 1946 by

Aimé Maeght Aimé Maeght (; 27 April 1906 – 5 September 1981) was a French art dealer, collector, lithographer, and publisher. He founded the Galerie Maeght in Paris and Barcelona, and the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence near Nice (southern France) ...

. The artists exhibited are mainly from France and Spain.

History

The Maeght gallery was inaugurated with the Henri Matisse exhibition in December 1945 in Paris. From 1946, Bonnard, Braque, Marchand, Rouault, Baya exhibited for the first time at the Parisian gallery. In 1949,

Andry-Farcy Pierre-André Farcy (18 May 1882 - 5 July 1950) was a French museum curator, designer and artist, heading the Museum of Grenoble (1919-1943 and 1946-1949) and musée Fantin-Latour (1949-1950). He was popularly known as Andry-Farcy. He brought con ...

exhibited his collection of abstract art from the Grenoble museum there during the exhibition The First Masters of Abstract Art. In 1956, Paule and Adrien Maeght opened their own gallery at 42, rue du Bac in Paris, with an exhibition by Alberto Giacometti. The new generation of “Maeght” artists is exhibited there: Kelly, Cortot,«», ''Le Parisien'',11 octobre 2017 (ISSN 0767-3558, lire en ligne Bazaine, Derain, Tal-Coat, Palazuelo, Chillida, Ubac, Fiedler. They were joined in 1966 by Bacon, Riopelle, Tàpies, Rebeyrolle, Bury, Adami, Monory. In 1964, Adrien Maeght created the ARTE printing works in the heart of Paris, where all Maeght editions have been produced ever since. Maeght Éditeur published more than 12,000 titles. Today, the Maeght gallery and the editions are managed by Isabelle Maeght. The exhibitions allow visitors and collectors to find the works of historical artists such as Miró, Calder, Braque,

Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual arts, visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, ...

Chagall Marc Chagall (born Moishe Shagal; – 28 March 1985) was a Russian and French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with the School of Paris, École de Paris, as well as several major art movement, artistic styles and created ...

, Tàpies, Chillida, Gasiorowski, Rebeyrolle, Monory, Del Re, Depin, Doerflinger, Couturier, Levy.

References

External links

Official website
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