Unseen works by Italo Mus at Castello Gamba
Twenty-three paintings from the 1940s on show in Châtillon, from 20 November 2026 to 17 January 2027
The Aosta Valley’s museum of modern and contemporary art, housed in Castello Gamba in Châtillon, is showing twenty-three paintings by Italo Mus that have never been seen in public. The painter, born in Châtillon in 1892 and died in 1967, is one of the leading figures of painting in the Aosta Valley.
A rediscovered collection: paintings from the 1940s
The canvases date from the 1940s. They belonged to a private collection in Domodossola, the Varicchio collection, whose existence was unknown. The Region recently bought them to enrich the museum’s collections.
What Italo Mus’s paintings show
The subjects are the ones Italo Mus painted throughout his life: the mountains, valleys and villages of the Aosta Valley, workplaces and the daily life of ordinary people. The exhibition highlights the bond between the inhabitants and their land.
It is the ninth exhibition in the ‘Détails’ series, organised by the regional department of Education and Culture. The curator, Sandra Barberi, knows the painter’s work well.
Practical information
- Dates: 20 November 2026 to 17 January 2027; opening on Thursday 19 November at 6 pm.
- Guided tour: Thursday 26 November at 5 pm with the curator, included in the entry ticket.
- Opening hours and prices: see the museum’s website, castellogamba.vda.it.
Sources: Valledaostaglocal, Castello Gamba.
Main photo: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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