Michael Werner Gallery, Beverly Hills is pleased to present its inaugural exhibition Markus Lüpertz - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, highlighting recent paintings by German post-war artist Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941 in Liberec, Bohemia) as well as paintings and drawings by 19th century French master Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (b. 1824 in Lyon, d. 1898 in Paris). In the exhibition, the artists, born over a hundred years apart, are presented in direct dialogue with one another.