Petit Palais Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

After two exhibitions devoted to Swedish painters Carl Larsson (2014) and Anders Zorn (2017), the Petit Palais pays tribute to Bruno Liljefors with the last chapter of its programme focusing on the illustrious Swedish trio known as "ABC ", a combination of the initials of their first names.

Less known than his peers, Bruno Liljefors was nevertheless an important figure on the Scandinavian arts scene in the late-nineteenth century. By showing his work for the first time to the French public, the Petit Palais seeks to highlight his pictorial skill and Liljefors' original contribution to the construction of the imaginative repertoire of Swedish nature.

The Petit Palais is presenting the first French retrospective ever devoted to Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), the terrible heir to Caravaggio, whom his contemporaries considered 'darker and more ferocious' than the great Italian master. Of Spanish origin, he spent his entire career in Italy, first in Rome and then in Naples.

With over a hundred paintings, drawings and prints from all over the world, the exhibition retraces Ribera's entire career for the first time: the intense Roman years, which have only recently been rediscovered, and the ambitious Neapolitan period, which led to his meteoric rise to fame. One thing is clear: Ribera stands out as one of the earliest and boldest interpreters of the Caravaggesque revolution, and beyond that as one of the leading artists of the Baroque age.

Curators

Annick Lemoine, Head Curator, Director of the Petit Palais
Maïté Metz, Curator of Painting and Ancient Graphic Arts, Petit Palais