Morandi’s spare still lifes of simple household things flew in the face of modern movements such as Surrealism. This exhibition shows how he looked instead to past masters’ handling of specific objects such as El Greco’s flowers, or Chardin’s boxes. Find out more from the Guggenheim Bilbao’s website.
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Still Life with Fruit (1927), Giorgio Morandi. © Giorgio Morandi, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2019
Still Life (1920), Giorgio Morandi. © Giorgio Morandi, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2019
Still Life (1956), Giorgio Morandi. © Giorgio Morandi, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2019
Still Life (1951), Giorgio Morandi. © Giorgio Morandi, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2019
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