From 17 December 2022 to 1st May 2024, the Forte di Bard will be hosting an exhibition entirely dedicated to Gabriel Loppé, a painter, photographer, mountaineer and traveler active from the second half of the 1800s, in the premises of the Museum of the Alps. The exhibition, curated by Anne Friang (Association Amis de Gabriel Loppé), William Mitchell (John Mitchell Gallery, London), presents about 65 works from private and public collections, dating from 1868 to the early twentieth century.

In his works, Gabriel Loppé depicts the grandeur of the mountains, the glaciers carved with crevices and cracks, and the dazzling sunsets captured at the summit of Mont Blanc. Between 1849 and 1912, he regularly stayed in Chamonix, where he found inspiration to paint the alpine landscapes and the imposing glaciers.

Loppé was one of the first painter-mountaineers and his works have very realistic features. Alongside the dominant theme of the mountains, the exhibition also documents his works associated with his numerous trips and stays in the major European capitals, London and Paris, and in Scotland, where he painted landscapes, rivers, and rocky cliffs overlooking the sea.

UNA VITA SUL MONTE BIANCO

Skyway Monte Bianco in collaboration with the Association Amis de Gabriel Loppé and John Mitchell Fine Paintings organized in the Pavillon station at 2,200 meters, an exhibition on the works of the painter and climber Gabriel Loppé (1825-1913) using photographic reproductions of his paintings. The dominant theme in this instance is the Mont Blanc massif, an area the painter was particularly fond of and one he spent over fifty years exploring in its entirety.

Photo. Sunset seen from the summit of Mont Blanc, 1873 (Courtesy Amis du Vieux Chamonix)