{"id":371218,"date":"2016-10-31T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=104249"},"modified":"2024-12-02T20:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T20:47:46","slug":"art-of-bugatti-exhibition-opens-petersen-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/art-of-bugatti-exhibition-opens-petersen-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Art of Bugatti Exhibition Opens at Petersen Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Petersen Automotive Museum’s “The Art of Bugatti” opened October 23rd and features one of the rarest gatherings of Bugatti automobiles in history. The exhibit also includes works of art by the Bugatti family including sculpture, furniture, paintings and more. The display is located in the Mullin Grand Salon on the museum’s first floor and will run through the fall of 2017.<\/p>\n

“The work of the Bugatti family has become a great passion of mine over the years,” said Peter Mullin, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Petersen Automotive Museum.”They are one of the greatest art dynasties of the 20th century and yet many people are only familiar with their automotive works. The purpose of this exhibit is to help the public see how four generations of one family have been creating beauty in different ways \u2013 furniture, sculpture, paintings, writings and automobiles. The mediums differ but their passion and aesthetic is constant.”<\/p>\n

“This is the most significant Bugatti exhibition ever mounted. It is a great honor for us and we would like to thank the Petersen Automotive Museum, and Peter Mullin in particular, for making this possible\u201d, said Stefan Brungs, Member of the Board of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. for Sales, Marketing and Customer Service at the opening event. \u201cNo other automotive manufacturer could display the history of the brand with sculptures, furniture, paintings and many other objects of decorative art in addition to a host of dazzling automotive masterpieces, which is crowned by Bugatti\u2019s latest creation, the new Chiron. The Art of Bugatti is celebrating the roots, the past, the presence and the future of this unique brand.”<\/p>\n

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The Art of Bugatti exhibit gives museum-goers an inside look at the history of the Bugatti family beginning with its patriarch, Carlo Bugatti, and his path through the arts which included a mastery of architecture, painting, Art Nouveau furniture design and silversmithing. It then goes into great detail on the work of his sons, sculptor Rembrandt and carmaker Ettore Bugatti, as well as Ettore\u2019s children and studies the influence of Rembrandt\u2019s animal-life sculptures on his brother Ettore\u2019s art-deco era automotive designs, both of which incorporate the Fibonacci sequence, or “golden mean.” Art of Bugatti also offers a history of the family itself, including correspondence and historical artifacts.<\/p>\n

The vehicles on display at “The Art of Bugatti” exhibition include:<\/p>\n