Hayez. L’officina del pittore romantico

Art, history and politics are intertwined in the major exhibition that GAM dedicates to the romantic genius of Francesco Hayez (Venice 1791 – Milan 1882), accompanying the public to discover the artist’s world, inside the painter’s workshop, to reveal his techniques and secrets.

An original itinerary that compares paintings and drawings, with more than 100 works from prestigious public and private collections to which are added some important paintings by the artist kept at GAM, such as the Portrait of Carolina Zucchi in Bed(The Sick) and theAnnouncing Angel.

The exhibition. “Hayez. The workshop of the Romantic painter” is organized and promoted by the Fondazione Torino Musei, GAM Torino and 24 ORE Cultura – Gruppo 24 ORE, curated by Fernando Mazzocca and Elena Lissoni, in collaboration with theAccademia di Belle Arti di Brera, from which comes an important nucleus of about fifty drawings and some of the most important paintings, many of which were in the studio of the painter, for forty years professor of painting at the Accademia.

In addition to previously unseen or little-seen works, the exhibition will feature some of the most popular masterpieces, such as La Meditazione from the Musei Civici di Verona – Galleria d’Arte Moderna Achille Forti and The Secret Accusation from the Musei Civici del Castello Visconteo in Pavia, which is juxtaposed with Il Consiglio alla Vendetta, a prestigious loan from Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna.

Curated by Fernando Mazzocca and Elena Lissoni. In collaboration with theBrera Academy of Fine Arts.