A masterpiece. Mrs. Jenny by Kees Van Dongen
The Dutch artist is particularly well known for her portraits of women with long-lined silhouettes and the eyes of a great intensity.
The Portrait of Madame Jenny (1923) is an eloquent example. The genius couturière is represented in a pink dress from its creation.
The jewels it carries are particularly highlighted by the painter, who had a certain fascination for the objects of the female toilet.
This web not only tells a story of friendship between two Parisian artists who regularly stayed on the Côte d’Azur, but it also reveals the story of the prodigious social ascent of two unknowns that talent has projected to one of the world newspapers of the early twentieth century. This masterpiece and the history around it are to be discovered at the Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret from January 13 to September 28, 2025.
Photo: Kees Van Dongen, Portrait of Madame Jenny, 1923, oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret, N.Mba 3055, legacy of Mrs Jenny Sacerdote in 1962 © Ville de Nice
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Johanne Lindskog,Conservatrice du patrimoine, director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret
Jeanne Pillon,Conservation Assistant, Exhibition, Documentation and Archives Officer
The Museum of Fine Arts offers its audiences the opportunity of a privileged moment with a selection of masterpieces, presenting them in a comfortable room that is dedicated to them. A rich documentary corpus accompanies them to give visitors many reading keys. After Villas in Bordighera (1884) and Monte-Carlo seen from Roquebrune, impression (1883) by Claude Monet (1840-1926), it is in turn the painter Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968) and the couturière Jenny Sacerdote (1868-1962) to be highlighted.
Temporary exhibitions
Du monday 13 january 2025 au sunday 28 september 2025
Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret
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