Louvre Abu Dhabi unveils "Chocolate Cup" within the exhibition "Impressionism on the Path of Modernity"

Louvre Abu Dhabi has revealed the addition of the Chocolate Cup by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1877-1878, to its collection in an important acquisition that was announced for the first time during the opening of the museum's first international exhibition for this season, entitled "Impressionism: On the Path of Modernity", as part of its anniversary celebrations. Fifth to establish it.

The painting depicts a young woman, sitting in front of her with a cup of coffee or chocolate, and it may seem at first glance that she belongs to the middle class and sits in a comfortable luxurious house, but in fact it is to Marguerite Legrand, nicknamed Margot, who was a worker in the Montmartre district, and was a model for painting for Renoir in the middle 1870, and the painting focuses on the cafe, which was a scene or a recurring ritual of daily life in that period, where Renoir tended to deal with artistic forms and structural influences, and the painting acquires great importance for its mastery and for being the artist's return to the "Salon" in 1878.

The exhibition, which was inaugurated by the Chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Khalifa Al Mubarak, yesterday morning, and receives the public during the period from October 12, 2022 to February 5, 2023, is the first of its kind and the most comprehensive in the region alone, and it is one of the three main exhibitions to be held On the sidelines of the museum's cultural season for 2022-2023.

The exhibition includes more than 150 artworks that shed light on the artists’ reactions to the social and economic fluctuations that took place in the period from the mid-1850s until the end of the same century, providing a new look at impressionism and that time period and how artists interacted with the events it witnessed.

The exhibited works include more than 100 paintings, 40 drawn and printed artworks, 20 photographs, 5 dresses attributed to this era, as well as a contemporary installation work. Karoui and the signs of Impressionism, and he presented the collection for the first time in 1874, and the artworks of the salon, the mobile look, the development of Impressionism, and finally the new generation of it that we see today.

The exhibition provides visitors with the opportunity to contemplate the impressionist paintings created by Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Morezzo, Pissarro, and Sisley, as if in dialogue with the works of the previous generation, such as Manet, as well as supporters of the realist scene in the 1850s such as (Courbet, Rousseau, Corot) or what They are called academic artists.

The exhibition also highlights the boundary, or rather the extent of fluctuation, that quickly emerged between the sides of this artistic movement, or between the call for the adoption of the modern method and the desire to glorify nature alone.

Highlights include a selection of artworks from the Louvre Abu Dhabi Collection, including two paintings by Edouard Manet: The Bohemian, 1861-1862, Still Nature with Cuff and Garlic, 1861-1862, along with Alfred Sisley's La Ferrier Trail, 1872. , and a painting of a card game "Bézig" by Gustave Caillebotte, 1881. Notable works on loan from the Musée d'Orsay include: The Terrace by Edouard Manet, 1868–69, the Magpie by Claude Monet, 1868–69, the parquet planks by Gustave Caillebotte, and the Hippodrome.

Amateur horsemen near a carriage by Edgar Degas, 1876-1887, and the Woman with a Coffeepot by Paul Cézanne, 1890-1895.

The Director of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, Manuel Rabaté, said that the exhibition "Impressionism: On the Path of Modernity" is of great importance as it stimulates thought, is organized on an unprecedented level in the Arab Gulf region, and expresses the meanings of determination and ambition. To art history, promoting awareness of new perspectives, and supporting cultural communication and dialogue.

He expressed his thanks to the Musée d'Orsay and the Foundation Museums de France, along with other French partners.

Christophe Leribault, President of the General Organization of the Musée d'Orsay and Musée de la Orangerie - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, pointed out that the exhibition includes an exceptional collection of loaned pieces, and responds to the aspirations of dialogue and openness at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, allowing the public to explore the modernity that rose to prominence in the second half of the year. The nineteenth century, which was embodied in the creations of artists such as Manet, Degas, Caillebotte and Monet.

The exhibition is a tour of one of history's greatest periods, spanning from the mid-1850s to the end of the century.

During this period, the Industrial Revolution radically reshaped the look of the world and the nature of social relations.

The Impressionists were also able to translate this rapid societal change on canvases by adopting a fast and ambiguous style of painting.

The artists whose works appeared in the Louvre Abu Dhabi exhibition provide us with a window through which we look at this unique historical moment when borders seemed to be expanding, while reality was no longer stable and interconnected, but rather became fragmented and subject to a set of interpretations and perceptions.

The exhibition is mainly inspired by the Impressionist collection of the Musée d'Orsay, the first of its kind in the world.

The Musée d'Orsay is also lending these exceptional pieces of art for the first time in the region, in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the establishment of Louvre Abu Dhabi.

In addition to a group of holdings provided by prominent French institutions such as: the French National Library, the Museum of Decorative Arts, and the Louvre Museum in Paris.

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