Until 26 January 2025 at the Musée de l’Orangerie
It is not only art that is avant-garde, but also the contribution of certain gallerists. In particular Berthe Weill, a rare woman in this milieu, who in 1901 opened a gallery at 25 rue Victor-Massé, in the Pigalle district. Her aim was to showcase the work of little-known artists who would go on to become the great names of the century: Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani… as well as women artists such as Emilie Charmy and Suzanne Valadon. Berthe Weill was their spokesperson, engaging with them and their potential public for forty years, until her gallery closed in 1940 following the first persecutions of Jews in France during the Shoah.
Exposition Berthe Weill. Galeriste d’avant-garde | Musée de l’Orangerie