A MOMENT OF CULTURE BEFORE GOING TO TURKEY
I was looking forward to going to see the Jonas Netter collection. Especially as this was a period I enjoy - the late 20’s up until the early 30’s. Gianni joined me and we joined the crowds which we were not expecting. Neither of us knew who Jonas Netter was and learnt that he was one of the most infulential collectors of the 20th century. He must have been more than discreet as he is certainly unknown to the general public. However, without him, Modigliani would probably never been discovered, nor Soutine, nor Utrillo. The exhibition let us discover works of many artists that may not have not been block buster exposed before. Such as Valadon and Kisling as well as others, even if they did not necessarily attain the same notoriety: Kremègne, Kikoïne, Hayden, Ébiche, Antcher and Fournier. Artists and works that we had never heard of and of course had never seen. Netter was obviously fascinated by art and painting. He discovered Modigliani and decided to buy one of his paintings.