Opera Gallery Monaco 4 July - 31 August 2025 |
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Fernand Léger, Nature morte aux trois papillons, 1952,
oil on canvas, 91 x 63 cm | 35.8 x 24.8 in, © Adagp, Paris 2025 |
Under the High Patronage of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, Opera Gallery is pleased to present ‘The Monaco Masters Show: Chagall & Léger, la couleur et la forme’ a masters exhibition with a special focus on Marc Chagall (1887–1985) and Fernand Léger (1881–1955). With 2025 marking the 40th anniversary of Chagall’s death and 70th anniversary of Léger’s death, this exhibition explores the parallel experiences and respective influences of both Chagall and Léger. From their crossover within the avant-garde scene in the Montparnasse neighbourhood of Paris in the early 20th century, to their overlapping exile to the United States during WWII, to eventually settling as residents in the South of France (Léger in Biot and Chagall in Vence and then Saint-Paul-de-Vence), the exhibition further explores how their time in France –where both artist’s formal artistic journeys began and ended– made an indelible influence on art history. Additionally, the exhibition will feature a wider presentation of nearly thirty 20th and 21st century masterworks from artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fernando Botero, Alexander Calder, George Condo, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Dubuffet, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Alex Katz, Yayoi Kusama, Roy Lichtenstein, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Soulages, Manolo Valdés, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann.
For more than ten years, Opera Gallery in Monaco is proud to offer their continued support for the Mission Enfance Association, an organisation that works for children in distress in disadvantaged countries. A percentage of the sales from ‘The Monaco Masters Show: Chagall & Léger, la couleur et la forme’ will go towards supporting the association.
Marc Chagall La Peinture, 1976 |
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Jean Dubuffet Paysage avec villa et Personnage, 1974
Roy Lichtenstein Apple, Grapes, Grapefruit, 1974.
