The collector Peggy Guggenheim photographer Arthur H. Fellig, known by the pseudonym Weigh and the merchant Paul Durand-Ruel are the protagonists of the autumn exhibition programme that the Mapfre Foundation has organized for its Madrid room, and can be visited from September 19 to January 5.
The first will be that of ‘Paul Durand-Ruel and the last flashes of impressionism’ which aims to make the public aware of the figure of this dealer and patron, who protected the art of his time from his Parisian gallery as well as from those in London and New York.
The exhibition, curated by Claire Durand-Ruel, will also showcase the work of five artists from the post-impressionist generation. Some were very close to Impressionism and the style of the Pont-Aven circle, such as the landscape and marine painters Henry Moret, Maxime Maufra and Gustave Loiseau; while Georges D’Espagnat and Albert André favoured genre scenes, portraits and decorative painting close to the Nabis.
The second exhibition deals with the work of Arthur H. Fellig, known under the pseudonym Weegge (Zólochiv, 1899-New York, 1968). The career of this photographer seems to be divided into two parts. On the one hand, the events he photographed for the New York press between 1935 and 1945; on the other, the photocaricatures of public figures that he developed during his time in Hollywood, between 1948 and 1951, and which he continued to do until the end of his life.
These two exhibitions will be followed by ’31 Women: An Exhibition by Peggy Guggenheim’which highlights Guggenheim’s patronage work and addresses the context in which the creators he worked with from his New York gallery developed their work, as well as the collaboration networks that were established between them.
At the same time, the Mapfre Foundation will hold a conference in October series of lectures on Spanish collecting and patronage and Hispanic American.
MAPFRE FOUNDATION IN BARCELONA
In turn, the Mapfre Foundation hall in Barcelona will host the exhibition ‘Henri Cartier-Bresson. WATCH! WATCH! WATCH!’one of the most renowned photographers of the 20th century. The photographer created timeless compositions and set the style for later generations of photographers.
In parallel, you can visit a new edition of KBr Flamaa project that arises from the close collaboration between the KBr Fundación MAPFRE photography center and the institutions Idep Barcelona, IEFC, Elisava, Barcelona Faculty of Design and Engineering and Serra i Abella, with the aim of introducing new generations of photographers.
The exhibition KBr Flama’24 It brings together the works of Laura Aranda Lavado (Granollers, 1994), Estefania Bedmar (Cerdanyola del Vallès, 1989), Malu Reigal (Murcia, 1992), and Alain Rojas Pastor (Esplugues de Llobregat, 1987), selected thanks to the work of a jury formed on this occasion by Carles Guerra, Silvia Omedes and Arianna Rinaldo.