Colour and Light: The Neo-Impressionist Henri-Edmond Cross

17 November 2018 - 17 February 2019

The Museum Barberini in Potsdam presents selected paintings by Henri-Edmond Cross, one of the masters of French Neo-Impressionism.

In the "Colour and Light" exhibition visitors can admire the works of one of the most important representatives of Neo-Impressionism: Henri-Edmond Cross. His paintings evolved from quiet works in earthy colours to true explosions of colour when he settled in the small coastal town of Saint-Clair in 1891.

Henri-Edmond Cross: Leading figure of the French avant-garde

The artist's motifs show the rustic life on the French Riviera in transfigured colours. Cross was not only a mentor for important artists of the 20th century, such as Henri Matisse and Albert Marquet, but also a pioneer of modern painting. The exhibition at the Barberini Museum is dedicated to his oeuvre and explores the anarchist theories and socio-political dimensions behind his romantic paintings. The collection comprises around 100 works from museums and private collections worldwide and includes highlights such as "Calanque des Antibois" and "Plage de la Vignasse".

About the artist Henri-Edmond Cross

Henri-Edmond Cross was born in 1856 as Henri-Edmond Delacroix in Douai, France, and is considered one of the most important representatives of French Neo-Impressionism. His artistic training began with Carolus Duran, followed by lessons at the Écoles Académiques de Dessin et d'Architecture in Lille and with the Paris painters François Bonvin and Émile Dupont-Zipcy. From 1883 he exhibited under the pseudonym Cross to avoid associations with the famous painter Eugène Delacroix.

Photo Gallery (in German)

Henri-Edmond Cross

• Das Ölbild mit dem Titel «Nachmittag im Garten, von 1904» des Malers Henri-Edmond Cross ist im Museum Barberini in der neuen Ausstellung «Farbe und Licht. Der Neoimpressionist Henri-Edmond Cross» zu sehen.

• Daniel Zamani, Kurator Museum Barberini, steht in der neuen Ausstellung «Farbe und Licht. Der Neoimpressionist Henri-Edmond Cross» vor Ölbild mit dem Titel «Monaco, von 1884». Die neue Ausstellung wird vom 17.11.2018 bis zum 17.02.2019 zu sehen sein.

• Das Ölbild mit dem Titel «Monaco, von 1884» des Malers Henri-Edmond Cross ist im Museum Barberini in der neuen Ausstellung «Farbe und Licht. Der Neoimpressionist Henri-Edmond Cross» zu sehen. Die neue Ausstellung wird vom 17.11.2018 bis zum 17.02.2019 zu sehen sein.

• Daniel Zamani, Kurator Museum Barberini, steht in der neuen Ausstellung «Farbe und Licht. Der Neoimpressionist Henri-Edmond Cross» vor Ölbild mit dem Titel «Monaco, von 1884». Die neue Ausstellung wird vom 17.11.2018 bis zum 17.02.2019 zu sehen sein.