Legendary Shchukin collection magically reunited at Fondation Vuitton in Paris

©Courtesy Musée d'Etat des Beaux-Arts Pouchkine, Moscow

Paul Gauguin, Aha oé feii (Eh quoi, tu es jalouse), été 1892. Courtesy Musée d’Etat des Beaux-Arts Pouchkine, Moscow

 

A fragmented legendary art collection has, for a brief shining moment, been reunited in Paris. Sergei Shchukin, a wealthy Russian industrialist, knew how to pick the next big thing. He collected works and befriended artists long before critics ever warmed up to the new art… read on

[France Today magazine December-January 2016]