Modern art in Étroubles

Among the Italian artists exhibiting are the painter and sculptor Salvatore Sebaste, one of the major representatives of the art of the Italian Mezzogiorno; Ferrara sculptors Alberto Gambale and Sergio Zanni; the Milanese painter, Carlo Brenna; and the Florentine Andrea Granchi. French artists include Albert Féraud, the most famous living French sculptor, Guido Magnone, and the painter Evelyne Otis Bacchi. The French section is enriched with a work of the late painter Norbert Verzotto, kindly donated by the family. Swiss contributors include the famous Hans Erni and the sculptor Yves Dana. Lastly, the exhibition features Assaf Mekhtiev, native of Azerbaijan and resident in Aosta.

Opening and closing the exhibition are the wooden trails of Aosta Valley sculptors Giulio Schiavon and Siro Viérin, and several creations by Chicco Margaroli and Franco Balan. In 2006 two works of the Isola d‘Elba artist Italo Bolano were introduced, while 2010 saw the inauguration of the works of Michel Favre of Martigny and Chicco Margaroli of Aosta: these works adorn the pedestrian area in Emile Chanoux square.

Since 2007, Étroubles has organised temporary exhibitions during the summer season, featuring works from some of the most famous artists of the last two centuries: Artigas, César, Chagall, Chillida, Christo, Claudel, Daumier, Degas, Debuffet, Erni, Favre, Diego and Alberto Giacometti, Graetz, Lobo, Maillol, Pernalba, Picasso, Poncet, Raboud, Rodin and Szafran.