意大利畫家眼中的杭州

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3月20日至4月30日，“意大利畫家眼中的杭州”油畫作品展在杭州國大·恒廬美術(shù)館展出。

2011年5月7日，在杭州六公園的馬可·波羅塑像之下，“百位意大利畫家畫杭州活動”正式啟動。之后的一年時間里，共有101位意大利藝術(shù)家先后踏上了這片土地。他們追隨馬可·波羅的足跡，深入杭州的大街小巷，徜徉在杭州的自然風(fēng)光中，感受杭州文化的多種形態(tài)。本次展覽展出的70余件作品，正是“百位意大利畫家畫杭州活動”中最具代表性的作品。

An oil painting exhibition called Hangzhou in the Eyes of Italian Artists was held at Henglu Art Museum in Hangzhou from March 20 to April 30. The exhibition displayed the results of a cultural exchange program initiated in Hangzhou on May 7， 2011.

The program was unveiled in front of a stately statue of Marco Polo on the lakeside of the West Lake in Hangzhou. Within the following 365 days spanning 2011 and 2012， 101 artists from Italy visited Hangzhou in different times. They were there to see the city which Marco Polo had explored centuries ago and to paint their experiences and impressions of the city. They strolled in lanes and streets of the city， which was praised by Marco Polo in his famous travelogue， enjoyed the citys scenic beauty and made sense of the diversity of the citys culture. On display at the exhibition in 2018 were over 70 oil paintings which were considered the most representative impressions of the journey taken by the Italian artists.

Photos and text by Liang Liang