Description
The National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art is Rome's great museum of 19th- and 20th-century art, in a monumental neoclassical palace in the Valle Giulia district. Klimt, Van Gogh, Monet and the great Italians of the last century are under the same roof.
Among the most famous works are Gustav Klimt's The Three Ages of Woman, Antonio Canova's Hercules and Lichas, two canvases by Van Gogh and Monet's Water Lilies.
The 20th century runs from the Futurists Balla and Boccioni to de Chirico, all the way to Alberto Burri's Grande sacco and Lucio Fontana's slashed canvases, alongside Pollock, Mondrian and Duchamp's readymades.
Cesare Bazzani built the palace for the 1911 Exhibition, marking fifty years of Italian unification. The Grande sacco, bought by the director Palma Bucarelli, sparked protests from the public and from politicians.
Among the most famous works are Gustav Klimt's The Three Ages of Woman, Antonio Canova's Hercules and Lichas, two canvases by Van Gogh and Monet's Water Lilies.
The 20th century runs from the Futurists Balla and Boccioni to de Chirico, all the way to Alberto Burri's Grande sacco and Lucio Fontana's slashed canvases, alongside Pollock, Mondrian and Duchamp's readymades.
Cesare Bazzani built the palace for the 1911 Exhibition, marking fifty years of Italian unification. The Grande sacco, bought by the director Palma Bucarelli, sparked protests from the public and from politicians.