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Location | Martigny, Switzerland |
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Coordinates | 46°05′42″N7°04′16″E / 46.095°N 7.071°E Coordinates: 46°05′42″N7°04′16″E / 46.095°N 7.071°E |
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, inaugurated in 1978, administers museums and exhibitions located in Martigny, Switzerland. The permanent exhibitions include the Automobile Museum, Gallo-Roman Museum, Louis and Evelyn Franck Collection, Sculpture Park, and Chagall Court.
The Foundation was founded by Léonard Gianadda in memory of his younger brother Pierre, who was killed in an airplane crash in 1976.
Marie Laurencin was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or.
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Ronald Pickvance was an English art historian and expert in the work of Vincent van Gogh. He was Richmond Professor of Fine Art at the University of Glasgow from 1977 to 1984. Pickvance wrote the foreword to Van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook which contained reproductions of sketches said to be by the artist, but the authenticity of which has been disputed. Pickvance was suffering from cataracts at the time.
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