Exclusive guided tour: “Renoir Rococo Revival – Impressionism and the French Art of the Eighteenth Century”
Sa., 04. Juni
|Frankfurt am Main
Join us for an exclusive tour of the exhibition “Renoir Rococo Revival – Impressionism and the French Art of the Eighteenth Century” at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt
Time & Location
04. Juni 2022, 14:15
Frankfurt am Main, Schaumainkai 63, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
About the event
Dear Alumni, dear Friends,
The first highlight at Frankfurt’s Städel in 2022 is devoted to the master of Impressionism and his passion for the Rococo – Pierrre-Auguste Renoir. The exhibition “Renoir Rococo Revival – Impressionism and the French Art of the Eighteenth Century” will show a total of some 120 outstanding paintings, works on paper and handcrafted objects from international museums as well as private collections.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the outstanding painters of French Impressionism – and far more than that. For the first time the Städel Museum will be addressing the surprising references in his art to Rococo painting in a large-scale special exhibition.
Whereas Rococo painting was considered frivolous and immoral after the French Revolution, it underwent a revival in the nineteenth century and was widely visible in Renoir’s lifetime. Trenchant juxtapositions of Renoir’s art with works of the eighteenth century as well as his own…