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Affichage des articles du septembre 8, 2012

FROM TROLLS BACK TO ART

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Lucio Fontana Attese 1967 A day at home and I was off again. This day trip had been planned for months as I wanted to go to Aix en Provence to see the Frieder Burda collection. I knew nothing about this collecter but it was his collection that interested me. Remarkable consisting of Picasso’s work as well as German and American art from the 20th century to the present day. A collection which started some 40 years ago by this German businessman who is passionate about modern and contemporary painting. He said                              «Art collecting is supreme happiness» I guess it is when you have money behind you to do so. His family background helped him to become one of the richest private collectors in Germany and possibly in Europe. Since 2004 he has a museum in Baden-Baden (have never been there...) and of course if something comes up, I will undoubtedly go. He started his collection with a Lucio Fontana. I am not a lover of his work but when I went into Intern