Exhibition of iconic French Impressionists in Hong Kong

Masterpieces by two iconic French Impressionists, Paul Cézanne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, will be showcased in Hong Kong, funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

The exhibition, titled The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Cézanne and Renoir Looking at the World -- Masterpieces from the Musée de l’Orangerie and the Musée d’Orsay, will run from January 17 to May 7 at the Hong Kong Museum of Art.

This marks the first large-scale exhibition in the Special Administrative Region (SAR) featuring the works of these two renowned artists.

Among the guests at the exhibition’s opening ceremony on Thursday were Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Rosanna Law Shuk-pui, and Michael Lee Tze-hau, chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Lee said the club's commitment to collaborating with the government over the past 20 years to bring world-class exhibitions to Hong Kong, while also supporting arts and cultural projects in the SAR.

Visitors will have the opportunity to view 52 masterpieces from the prestigious Musée de l’Orangerie and the Musée d’Orsay, which includes 49 paintings by Cézanne and Renoir, along with two works by Pablo Picasso and a portrait of the art collector Paul Guillaume, who amassed many pieces featured in the exhibition.

According to the Hong Kong Jockey Club, "The collection offers insights into how these two masters reinvented the art of their time and influenced new generations of painters, including the Spanish master Picasso."

Also, attendees will be able to experience a specially designed “French train platform,” and the exhibition will include exclusive content, such as simulated conversations between Cézanne and Renoir.

(Wallis Wang)