The monumental exhibition \u201cFrom El Greco to C\u00e9zanne\u201d was held under a successful programme of cultural exchange between Greece and the U.S.A. to mark the 2,500th anniversary of the birth of the Greek Democracy. The exhibition \u201cFrom El Greco to C\u00e9zanne\u201d comprised 72 masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibition \u201cThe Greek Miracle\u201d, featuring unique masterpieces dating back to the 5th century BC, was also held in these two museums.
\nThe exhibition title does not only reflect its time span, but also the influence El Greco had on C\u00e9zanne. The selection of artworks aimed to form an \u201cimaginary museum\u201d of masterpieces covering three centuries of European painting.
\nBesides El Greco, other great Mannerist, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassical, Romantic and Impressionist artists were represented by major works.
\nThe exhibition met with extraordinary success, with unprecedented numbers of visits, upwards of 600,000, a fact that made newspaper headlines and remained in the news for months.
\nThe artworks were selected by a committee comprising the Chairman Panayiotis Tetsis, Member of the Academy and Professor, Professor Marina Lambraki-Plaka and Dr. Nelly Missirli, then Director of Collections and Museum Planning of the National Gallery of Greece.<\/p>\n
Exhibition Curator: Angela Tamvaki, Curator at National Gallery of Greece<\/p>\n
Sponsor: Philip Morris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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