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Palazzo Roverella presents a major exhibition that brings together, for the first time in an organic way, a leading figure in 19th-century Italian art and one of the most influential names on the European scene: Federico Zandomeneghi (Venice 1841 – Paris 1917) and Edgar Degas (Paris 1834 – 1917).
The exhibition, curated by art historian Francesca Dini, reconstructs the intense relationship – sometimes edgy, always fruitful – that united the two artists over the course of a long Parisian friendship. The exhibition path illuminates affinities, references and surprising convergences between two masters capable of redefining the modern gaze, and is made unique by national and international loans of extraordinary quality from important museums and collections.
The exhibition is promoted by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, in collaboration with the Municipality of Rovigo and the Accademia dei Concordi, with the support of Intesa Sanpaolo, and produced by Silvana Editoriale.
The historiography of the time describes Zandomeneghi and Degas as two personalities with difficult characters, but united by a deep mutual esteem. Degas was a teacher and mentor to Zandò, and the Italian painter described his colleague as "the noblest and most independent artist of our time", while Degas called him, with a touch of affectionate sarcasm, "le vénetien", alluding to the pride with which his colleague defended his Italian identity within the Impressionist milieu. The exhibition explores in detail the exchanges, influences and enrichment that, in this constant dialogue, fuelled the work of both.
This exhibition not only illuminates an artistic relationship of extraordinary vitality, but also restores the complexity of an era in which Florence and Paris, tradition and the avant-garde, stain and impression, interacted in a tightly woven tapestry that continues to speak to us with great force.
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Source: Rovigo IAT
