From Gentile da Fabriano to Pinturicchio, all of Umbria is on display in Perugia

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Gallery of Umbria, which opened its doors on Jan. 17, 1918, “All Umbria an exhibition” will be staged from March 11 to June 10.Curated by Cristina Galassi and Marco Pierini, the exhibition is inspired by the historic 1907 "Exhibition of Ancient Umbrian Art," the most impressive exhibition ever organized in the region (we talk about 170 paintings, more than 30 wooden and stone sculptures and furnishings, a hundred goldsmiths’ artifacts, 300 objects including sacred vestments, ancient textiles and lace, 160 illuminated manuscripts and about 200 ceramics) that helped to define for the first time the characteristics of the Umbrian school and its original features.

The exhibition will display about 130 works by artists from Umbria or who worked in Umbria such as Arnolfo di Cambio, Gentile da Fabriano, Niccolò di Liberatore, Benozzo Gozzoli, Matteo da Gualdo, Pintoricchio and Perugino, and will re-propose the surprising richness of theart that flourished in Umbria between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, while at the same time highlighting the evolution of the historical-critical studies conducted in the time span from 1907 to the present, all thanks to the layout designed by Daria Ripa di Meana and Bruno Salvatici.

“This is an exhibition that is truly tied to the territory,” says Gallery director Marco Pierini, “not only because most of the works are still preserved in Umbria, but especially because it was possible to set aside a significant portion of the budget to finance numerous restorations and conservation work. This proves that museums are (and must continue to be) institutions dedicated to protection, as well as to enhancement, and cannot sever the very close bond with the geographical, historical and cultural context from which they were born and in which they have operated until now.”

“It was thought,” adds Cristina Galassi, "that no event more than this could celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the National Gallery of Umbria because of its strong identity character and the innovations that emerged from the 1907 exhibition, which are still relevant today. Designed to highlight Umbria’s exceptional artistic flowering between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, it was a resounding success with the public because of the effective involvement of the territory, the presentation of the various artists from Umbria or neighboring areas and different schools, the rediscovery of forgotten masters such as thePupil and Matteo da Gualdo or of exquisitely Umbrian types of works such as the Gonfaloni, the scientific and modern setting of the museographic layout inside the Palazzo dei Priori."

The catalog published by Silvana editoriale will contain essays by Alessandro Angelini, Giulio Busti and Franco Cocchi, as well as contributions by the two curators. Hours: Mondays from 12 to 7:30 p.m. (last admission 6:30 p.m.) and Tuesday through Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Closed on March 12 and 19.
Ticket price: €8 full, €4 reduced. For all information you can call 075.58668415, send an e-mail to gan-umb@beniculturali.it or visit www.gallerianazionaledellumbria.it

From Gentile da Fabriano to Pinturicchio, all of Umbria is on display in Perugia

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