Galerie Maeght

42, rue du Bac, 75007, Paris, France

Galerie Maeght was one of the most influential galleries in postwar Paris, specializing in modern and contemporary art. Founded in 1945 by Aimé Maeght, the gallery quickly established itself as a leading platform for both European modern masters and contemporary artists.

The gallery represented major figures including Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, and Fernand Léger. Its programme combined painting, sculpture, and graphic works, with a strong emphasis on artists associated with Cubism, Surrealism, and postwar abstraction.

In addition to exhibitions, Galerie Maeght functioned as a major publishing house, producing high-quality illustrated books, prints, and the influential art journal Derrière le miroir, which featured original lithographs and texts by leading artists and writers.

The gallery also hosted the annual Tendance exhibition, directed by Louis Clayeux, which presented contemporary developments in abstraction. Ellsworth Kelly participated in these exhibitions in the early 1950s. Joan Mitchell’s partner Jean-Paul Riopelle later exhibited with Galerie Maeght in the 1960s, therefore the couple maintained a long-term relationship with the gallery and its associated institution, the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.

Exhibitions & Events

  • Arp

    Years: 1946–1968

  • Braque

    Years: 1947

    DLM No. 4. G. Braque. Texts by René Char and Jacques Kober. June 1947.

  • Joan Miró

    Years: 1948

    DLM No. 14–15. Joan Miró. Texts by Tristan Tzara, Jean Cassou, Joan Prats-Vallès, Raymond Queneau, Georges Duthuit, Christian Zervos, Georges Limbour, Joaquim Gomis, Paul Éluard, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Lise Deharme, Maurice Raynal, Robert Desnos, Michel Leiris, Georges Hugnet, Ernest Hemingway, René Gaffé, Pierre Loeb, Josef Llorens-Artigas, and Jacques Kober. November–December 1948.

  • Hans Hofmann

    Years: 1949

    DLM No. 16. Hans Hofmann. Texts by Charles Estienne, Peter Neagoe, Tennessee Williams, and Weldon Kees. January 1949.

  • L’art abstrait.

    Years: 1949

    DLM No. 20–21. L’art abstrait. Fernand Léger and Jean Arp; texts by Andry-Farcy, Henri Laugier, Jean Cassou, and Michel Seuphor. May 1949.

  • 'Calder: Mobiles & Stabiles'

    Years: 1950

  • Les mains éblouies

    Years: 1950

    Group exhibition that included works by Palazuelo and Youngerman, Jean Cassou wrote an essay for the associated Derrière le mirror

  • G. Braque

    Years: 1950

    DLM No. 25–26. G. Braque. Texts by René Char and Henri Maldiney. January 1950.

  • Miró

    Years: 1950

    DLM No. 29–30. Miró. Texts by Raymond Queneau, Jacques Prévert, and Michel Leiris. May 1950.

  • Arp

    Years: 1950

    DLM No. 33. Arp. Texts by P. Bruguière, Jean Cathelin, and Jean Arp. November 1950.

  • Sur quatre murs

    Years: 1951

    DLM No. 36–37–38. Sur quatre murs. Braque, Matisse, Miró, Chagall, Léger, and Bazaine; text by Pierre Reverdy. March–May 1951.

  • Alberto Giacometti

    Years: 1951

    DLM No. 39–40. Alberto Giacometti. Text by Michel Leiris. June 1951.

  • Tendance

    Years: 1951

    DLM No. 41. Tendance: Germain–Kelly–Palazuelo–S. Poliakov. Texts by Pierre Pallut and Charles Estienne. October 1951.

  • Bram van Velde

    Years: 1952

    DLM No. 43. Bram van Velde. Text by Georges Duthuit. February 1952.

  • Chagall

    Years: 1952

    DLM No. 44–45. Chagall. Texts by Gaston Bachelard, Charles Estienne, and Ambroise Vollard. March 1952.

  • Matisse

    Years: 1952

    DLM No. 46–47. Matisse. Text by Jean Bazaine. May 1952.

  • Braque

    Years: 1952

    DLM No. 48–49. G. Braque. Texts by Alberto Giacometti and Jean Grenier. June–July 1952.

  • Tendance: Pablo Palazuelo

    Years: 1952

    The 1952 Tendance exhibition was a group exhibition held in October 1952 at Galerie Maeght in Paris. It featured Ellsworth Kelly alongside artists such as Pablo Palazuelo and Alain Naudé. Kelly met Giacometti at that exhibition, and that led to Kelly visiting his studio. DLM No. 50. Tendance: Pablo Palazuelo. Text by Michel Seuphor. October 1952.

  • Lam

    Years: 1953

    DLM No. 52. Lam. Texts by Michel Leiris, Georges Braque, André Breton, Aimé Césaire, René Char, Leone Kochnitzky, Pierre Mabille, Fernando Ortiz, Pablo Picasso, Herbert Read, and Christian Zervos. January 1953.

  • Miró

    Years: 1953

    DLM No. 57–58–59. Miró. June 1953.

  • Giacometti

    Years: 1954

    DLM No. 65. Giacometti. Text by Jean-Paul Sartre. May 1954.

  • Calder

    Years: 1954

    DLM No. 69–70. Calder. Texts by Frank Elgar and Henri Pichette. October–November 1954.

  • Braque

    Years: 1955

    DLM No. 71–72. G. Braque. Text by Georges Limbour. December 1954–January 1955.

  • F. Léger

    Years: 1955

    DLM No. 79–80–81. F. Léger. Text by Pierre Reverdy. October–December 1955.

  • Braque

    Years: 1956

    DLM No. 85–86. Braque. Text by Jacques Dupin. April–May 1956.

  • Sur 4 murs

    Years: 1958

    DLM No. 107–108–109. Sur 4 murs. Miró, Chagall, Giacometti, Tal-Coat, Léger, Kandinsky, Matisse, and Bazaine. June–July 1958.

  • Kelly

    Years: 1958

    DLM No. 110. Kelly. Text by E. C. Goossen. October–November 1958.

  • Miró

    Years: 1961

    DLM No. 125–126. Miró. Texts by René Char and Jacques Dupin. April 1961.

  • Georges Braque – Pierre Reverdy

    Years: 1962–1963

    DLM No. 135–136. Georges Braque – Pierre Reverdy. Texts by Stanislas Fumet, François Chapon, and Pierre Reverdy. December 1962–January 1963.

  • Kelly

    Years: 1964

    DLM No. 149. Kelly. Text by Dale McConathy. November 1964.

  • Miró: Cartons

    Years: 1965

    DLM No. 151–152. Miró: Cartons. Text by Jacques Dupin. May 1965.

  • Riopelle

    Years: 1966

    DLM No. 160. Riopelle. Texts by André du Bouchet, Pierre Schneider, Jean-Luc de Rudder, and Jacques Dupin. June 1966.

  • Tàpies

    Years: 1967

    DLM No. 168. Tàpies. Texts by Michel Tapié and Jacques Dupin. November 1967.

  • Riopelle

    Years: 1968

    DLM No. 171. Riopelle. Text by Pierre Schneider. April 1968.

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