The Villa that houses the Gallery of Modern Art in Milan is one of the masterpieces of Milanese Neoclassicism. It was built between 1790 and 1796 as the residence of Count Ludovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso, it is also famous, in fact, as Villa Belgiojoso. It was designed with elegance and functionality by the Austrian architect Leopoldo Pollack.
The value of the works on display makes the Gallery of Modern Art of Milan internationally known: in its rooms you can admire masterpieces by Andrea Appiani, Francesco Hayez, Cherubino Cornienti, Pompeo Marchesi, Tranquillo Cremona, Giovanni Segantini (L’amore alla fonte della vita), Federico Faruffini, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Antonio Canova, Daniele Ranzoni, Medardo Rosso, Gaetano Previati, undisputed protagonists of Italian and European art history. Masterpieces that, thanks also to 20th century collecting and donations from some important families, have enriched the artistic heritage of the Gallery over the years.
The rooms of the Villa also host works by Paul Cézanne, Giovanni Fattori, Vincent Van Gogh, Silvestro Lega, Giovanni Boldini, Edouard Manet, Giacomo Balla, Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Umberto Boccioni and other exponents of the Italian twentieth century.
