Hayez. The workshop of the romantic painter

Art, history and politics intertwine in major exhibition dedication to the romantic genius of Francis Hayez (Venice 1791 - Milan 1882), accompanying the public to discover the world of the artist, inside the painter's workshop, to reveal his techniques and secrets. An original itinerary that compares paintings e drawingswith over 100 works from prestigious public and private collections in addition to some important paintings by the artist held at GAM, such as the Portrait of Carolina Zucchi in bed (L'ammalata) and theAnnouncing angel.

Hayez. The workshop of the romantic painter is organised and promoted by Fondazione Torino Musei, GAM Turin and 24 HOUR Culture - 24 ORE Group, edited by Fernando Mazzocca and Elena Lissoniin collaboration with the Brera Academy of Fine Artsfrom which comes an important nucleus of around fifty drawings and some of the most important paintings, many of which were in the studio of the painter, who was professor of painting at the Academy for forty years.

In addition to previously unpublished or little-seen works, some of the most popular masterpieces, such as Meditation of the Municipal Museums of Verona - Achille Forti Gallery of Modern Art and theSecret accusation of the Civic Museums of the Visconti Castle in Pavia, which is juxtaposed The Council of Vengeanceprestigious loan from Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna.

Via ten sections In chronological succession, the exhibition starts from the years of his training between Venice and Rome, where Hayez enjoyed the protection and friendship of Canova, through to his first affirmation in Milan and the last trials of his maturity. A special focus section is dedicated to designs for the Thirst of the Crusaders, his most ambitious and challenging work, which the painter had planned as his masterpiece, executed between 1833 and 1850 and intended for the Royal Palace of Turin, where it can still be admired. The exhibition evokes the intense biographical story and creative journey of the artist, undisputed protagonist of Romanticism.

Civil painterinterpreter of the destinies of the Italian nation, capable of extending the breath of his painting from history to thepolitical topicalityhe was also among the greatest portrait painters of all time, whose production interpreted the spirit of his era.