FACE AU SOLEIL / FACING THE SUN

In 2022, the Musée Marmottan Monet, in collaboration with the Museum Barberini celebrates the 150th anniversary of, Impression, soleil levant [Impression, Sunrise] and pays tribute to it through the exhibition “Facing the Sun”, presented in Paris from 21 September 2022 to 29 January 2023 and in Potsdam, from 25 February to 11 June 2023 under the title “Sonne. Die Quelle des Lichts in der Kunst”.

With Albrecht Dürer, Luca Giordano, Pierre-Paul Rubens, Claude Gellée known as “Le Lorrain”, Joseph Vernet, Mallord William Turner, Gaspar David Friedrich, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Camille Pissarro, Paul Signac, André Derain, Maurice Denis, Félix Vallotton, Laurits Tuxen, Edvard Munch, Otto Dix, Otto Freundlich, Sonia Delaunay, Wladimir Baranov-Rossiné, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Otto Piene, Gérard Fromanger, and Vicky Colombet.

“Impression, Sunrise”, Monet’s iconic painting which gave its name to Impressionism will be on view at the Bund One Art Museum in Shanghai as a Cultural and Diplomatic event. Colombet’s paintings in dialogue with Monet “Impression, Sunrise” are included in the museum show “The Sun Rises Every Day” along with the artist Gerard Fromanger.