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As it celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, the Foundation is adding an extension designed by the architect Silvio d\u2019Ascia<\/strong> and a new exhibition titled \u201cFriendships, Bonnard-Matisse.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Inaugurated on July 28, 1964<\/strong>, the Maeght couple’s Foundation is the result of sublimated sorrow. The lives of Aim\u00e9 and Marguerite were marked by the loss of their second son, Bernard. Barely 11 years old, the little boy was taken by leukemia in 1953. For their friend, the painter and sculptor Georges Braque, “one must undertake something greater than oneself” to overcome misfortune.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This “something” would come in the form of a foundation. Aim\u00e9, already a significant name in the art world thanks to his position as a dealer exhibiting in Paris, had numerous connections with the most popular artists of the time, such as Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, or Joan Mir\u00f3.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, the true trigger for this project would be a trip to the United States where the Maeght couple discovered in 1955 the Guggenheim Foundation in New York, the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, and the Phillips Collection in Washington<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This cultural institution might never have come into being if life had not intertwined the destinies of Aim\u00e9 and Marguerite with those of illustrious artists. For the Maeght Foundation is above all a witness to the friendship linking the couple with the painters, sculptors, and engravers who made up their close circle.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fon-1024x767.webp\")
A project fueled by grief<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Of friendship and art<\/strong><\/h2>\n