'Romantic Life: Chopin, Scheffer, Delacroix, Sand' – a Parisian circle reimagined in Warsaw

In nan early 19th century, Frédéric Chopin, George Sand, Ary Scheffer, and Eugène Delacroix lived successful adjacent proximity successful nan Parisian territory of New Athens (Nouvelle Athènes). More than neighbours, they became friends, collaborators, and sources of communal inspiration.

At nan bosom of this creator circle was Ary Scheffer’s workplace connected rue Chaptal, now location to nan Museum of Romantic Life successful Paris. It was present that music, art, and lit converged.

This friendly world of French Romanticism has now been brought to life astatine nan Frédéric Chopin Museum successful Warsaw done nan accumulation Romantic Life. Chopin, Scheffer, Delacroix, Sand, curated by Seweryn Kuter and Urszula Król. According to its creators, nan accumulation is simply a communicative not only astir creation and music, but besides astir friendship, emotion, and memory.

On show are 59 objects connected indebtedness from nan Museum of Romantic Life successful Paris, divided into 4 thematic sections:

The Chopin experience

Visitors to nan accumulation are transported to nan property of George Sand, Frédéric Chopin’s partner, successful Nantes, according to Dr. Artur Szklener, head of nan Frédéric Chopin Institute and curator of nan exhibition’s philharmonic component.

The acquisition is designed to evoke nan ambiance of Chopin’s imaginative world — arsenic if, from different room, 1 tin perceive nan ever-present sound of nan composer tirelessly astatine work.

"From nan very beginning, we intended for nan philharmonic constituent to beryllium much than conscionable inheritance — it is 1 of nan cardinal narratives of nan exhibition," explains Dr. Artur Szklener, head of nan Frédéric Chopin Institute.

"In position of nan acoustic dimension, we were inspired by a missive from Eugène Delacroix, who described his enactment astatine George Sand’s property successful Nantes. He wrote of nan exceptional hospitality of his hosts and nan regular delight of proceeding Frédéric Chopin's euphony drifting done nan windows — Chopin, perpetually astatine work, creating beauty without pause."

He adds: "Such an bonzer accumulation of almost symbolic objects — and assembling them into different kinds of narratives — is genuinely a singular undertaking and a awesome adventure."

The accumulation brings together 59 cautiously selected objects connected indebtedness from nan imperishable postulation of nan Museum of Romantic Life successful Paris, divided into 4 thematic sections.

The first is titled “Ary Scheffer’s Atelier,” a abstraction wherever each nan cardinal figures of nan accumulation converge. It features paintings by Scheffer himself, alongside useful by his contemporaries and adjacent friends. This is wherever nan communicative begins.

“Ary Scheffer was a Dutch creator who lived successful Paris, and from 1830 to 1858, his location was what is now nan Museum of Romantic Life,” explains Gaëlle Rio of nan Paris Museum. “Scheffer was a adjacent friend of some Frédéric Chopin and George Sand. The mates lived nearby, and his salon became a gathering spot for artists, musicians, and writers of nan Romantic era.”

The 2nd conception of nan accumulation is titled “Romantic Themes.”

"We wanted to show that definite motifs successful Romantic art—whether successful music, literature, aliases ocular arts—are shared crossed cultures," explains Urszula Król, co-curator of nan exhibition.

"These themes look successful Polish, French, and German creation alike. They uncover nan communal heroes, genres, and emotions that specify Romanticism," says Król. "At nan very bosom of these themes is nan ballad—found successful literature, successful painting, and of course, successful music. And here, visitors will brushwood nan ballads of Frédéric Chopin."

The 3rd portion of nan accumulation focuses connected nan societal circle of George Sand and Frédéric Chopin, offering penetration into their friendships and creator exchanges. The adjacent narration betwixt Sand and Chopin lies astatine nan bosom of this section—a taxable arsenic analyzable arsenic it is captivating, filled pinch imaginative inspiration, affectional intensity, and nan power of a singular web of friends and chap artists.

The adjacent section, 1 that holds heavy affectional value for nan curators, is titled “Souvenirs.”

"These are objects created to retrieve friends and loved ones — to guarantee that decease and nan passing of clip do not erase them from memory," explains Urszula Król.

"Sometimes these mementos astonishment america — pinch their different forms aliases nan materials from which they’re made — but their intent is ever nan same: to make representation endure, to sphere relationship and emotion beyond nan span of a quality life."

The accumulation concludes pinch a conception devoted to “Small Sculptures,” a genre immensely celebrated during Chopin’s time.

"These objects bespeak nan creator sensibilities of nan era — what group admired, what they collected, and nan benignant of artistic world they wanted to situation themselves with," opportunity nan curators.

"Thanks to nan richness and value of these collections, I dream we’ve managed — moreover conscionable a small — to immerse visitors successful nan tone of nan 'New Athens': nan vibrant world of French Romanticism and nan bonzer relationships betwixt painters, writers, and composers," says co-curator Seweryn Kuter.

Kuter adds: "If you find yourself drawn into that world, moreover briefly, we’ll see nan accumulation a success."