{"title":"Giorgio de Chirico","description":"\u003cp\u003eGiorgio de Chirico (1888–1978, Volos, Greece) was an Italian painter whose work from 1909 to 1919 produced the foundational imagery of metaphysical painting and established a visual language of dreamlike urban spaces, classical statuary, long shadows and enigmatic juxtapositions that would profoundly influence Surrealism and the broader course of twentieth-century art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis \u003cem\u003ePittura Metafisica\u003c\/em\u003e works — including the \u003cem\u003ePiazze d’Italia\u003c\/em\u003e series, the \u003cem\u003eMuse Inquietanti\u003c\/em\u003e and paintings of mannequins, towers and arcaded squares bathed in raking afternoon light — created an atmosphere of melancholy, displacement and hidden meaning that Andre Breton and the Surrealists recognised as anticipating their own concerns. Works such as \u003cem\u003eThe Song of Love\u003c\/em\u003e (1914) and \u003cem\u003eThe Uncertainty of the Poet\u003c\/em\u003e (1913) remain among the most reproduced images in modern art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDe Chirico’s later repudiation of his early work — his return to academic painting, his production of replicas and his public disputes with the Surrealists — made him a controversial figure, but also one whose relationship to his own image world raised fundamental questions about authenticity, repetition and artistic identity. His inclusion in \u003cem\u003eCentenaire de Jean Paulhan: De la peinture et de l’écrit\u003c\/em\u003e (Le Bateau-Lavoir, Paris, 1984) reflects his enduring presence in the French cultural imagination. His work is held in major collections internationally, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"centenaire-jean-paulhan-peinture-ecrit-bateau-lavoir-paris-1984","title":"ARTAUD, ALECHINSKY, BRAQUE, ERNST, CHAGALL, BALTHUS, KLEE, DUBUFFET, MICHAUX et al. — Centenaire de Jean Paulhan: De la peinture et de l’écrit. Le Bateau-Lavoir, Paris, 1984–85","description":"\u003cp\u003eLe Bateau-Lavoir, 18 rue de Seine, Paris, 11 December 1984–4 February 1985. Original folded exhibition invitation. Offset-printed card stock, 15 × 10.5 cm folded, 30 × 10.5 cm unfolded. Monochrome reproduction to cover; blank reverse; exhibition details with artist list inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good. Light age toning, minor handling and surface marks, and wear along the central fold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganised for the centenary of Jean Paulhan’s birth, the exhibition brought together work by artists including Antonin Artaud, Pierre Alechinsky, Georges Braque, Max Ernst, Georges Rouault, Victor Brauner, Marc Chagall, Balthus, Paul Klee, Jean Fautrier, Henri Michaux, Jean Dubuffet, Gaston Chaissac, Germaine Richier, Giorgio de Chirico, André Masson, Friedensreich Hundertwasser and Odilon Redon. The accompanying catalogue was prepared by Mira Jacob and Claire Paulhan and combined reproductions with manuscript material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs editor of \u003cem\u003eLa Nouvelle Revue française\u003c\/em\u003e and a longstanding reader and supporter of painters, Paulhan occupied a position between literary publishing and visual art. His correspondence, criticism and editorial work connected figures who otherwise belonged to different generations and movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe invitation converts that network into a page. Names are distributed without chronology or hierarchy, moving between writers, painters and artist-writers. The centenary is recorded not through a portrait of Paulhan, but through the company assembled around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShips flat, securely backed and tracked from the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Bateau-Lavoir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54010298401106,"sku":"PAULHAN-BATEAULAVOIR-INV-1984","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Artaud_Alechinsky_Braque_Ernst_Chagall_Balthus._Show_invite_of_painting_and_writing_._1984.jpg?v=1784181297"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/giorgio-de-chirico.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}