{"id":3917,"date":"2021-06-06T16:28:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T14:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondation-foujita.org\/foujita-exhibition-at-the-musee-maillol-in-paris-march-7-to-july-15-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:06:08","slug":"foujita-exhibition-at-the-musee-maillol-in-paris-march-7-to-july-15-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondation-foujita.org\/en\/foujita-exhibition-at-the-musee-maillol-in-paris-march-7-to-july-15-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Foujita exhibition at the Mus\u00e9e Maillol in Paris – March 7 to July 15, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Exhibition at the Mus\u00e9e Maillol, Paris<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Foujita” exhibition<\/h2>\n

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Fifty years after Foujita’s death in 1968, the Mus\u00e9e Maillol<\/a>, in partnership with the Fondation Foujita, honors the singular and luminous work of this Franco-Japanese painter. More than a hundred works from public and private collections tell the story of Foujita’s Roaring Twenties in Montparnasse, surrounded by his friends and contemporaries. The exhibition thus focuses on the artist’s first Parisian period, between 1913 and 1931, and presents the career, inspirations and friendships of an artist trained at the Tokyo Ecole des Beaux-Arts who had only one desire: to live and succeed in Paris.<\/strong><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”20″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]L\u00e9onard Tsuguharu Foujita was an emblematic figure who seduced the Parisian elite during the Roaring Twenties, dreaming of becoming, in his own words, ” the first painter in Paris<\/em> “. His arrival in the capital was a real turning point in his rise to fame and the revelation of his work.<\/p>\n

The exhibition presents the artist’s unique career during his first period in Paris<\/strong>, evolving between two cultures and revealing a delicate art between East and West.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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The exhibition also highlights the plurality of Foujita’s work, and compares it with that of his<\/strong> contemporaries, including Modigliani, Soutine, Zadkine, Indenbaum, Kisling and Pascin. Photographs, archival documents, personal objects, monumental canvases, as well as sound and video recordings enrich the scenography<\/strong>. The exhibition features nearly one hundred major works from some 45 private collections from around the world, as well as from outstanding museums and institutions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1622989714104{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]A multi-faceted creative genius, Foujita had a powerful impact on his era. Two of his monumental dyptiches, dating from 1928, on loan from the Conseil d\u00e9partemental de l’Essonne, demonstrate the artist’s virtuoso power, but also his incredible subtlety and modernity<\/strong>. The works on display are set at the heart of the Ann\u00e9es Folles, and pay tribute to Foujita’s artistic abundance. During this interwar period, which was experienced as a festive interlude in the art world<\/strong>, Foujita was eagerly welcomed and celebrated, from bals-costum\u00e9s in Montparnasse to Deauville. Foujita cultivated his image as a dandy<\/strong>, festive and worldly, and shaped his image as an elegant, charming man at the forefront of fashion<\/strong>. For the media, he embodies success and modernity beyond convention and borders.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Exhibition from March 7 to July 15, 2018<\/h5>\n

at the Mus\u00e9e Maillol<\/p>\n

59-61, rue de Grenelle 75007 Paris<\/p>\n

10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. daily<\/p>\n

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