Centre Pompidou-Metz hosts first major retrospective of artist Séraphine Louis

The Centre Pompidou-Metz in France is hosting the first international retrospective of artist Séraphine Louis, also known as Séraphine de Senlis.

The exhibition features nearly 100 works, which represents almost the entire recorded production of the artist from her first known painting to her final unfinished canvases. Elia Biezunski, a research officer at the museum and the exhibition curator, organized the project over a period of 18 months.

The museum aims to move past the myths surrounding the artist to show the intensity and optimistic force of her floral paintings. Biezunski says the exhibition seeks to return the artist's complex history to the public. This effort addresses the fact that Louis was often dismissed as a mere domestic worker who painted. The collection allows viewers to see her work in a comprehensive way for the first time.