The exhibition was organised by the Musée national d'Art Moderne in Paris and the State Museum (Luxembourg). In terms of content, it presented among others the works of the artists:

Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947),

Georges Braque (1882-1963),

Marc Chagall (1887-1985),

Robert Delaunay (1885-1941),

André Derain (1880-1954),

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953),

Maurice Estève (1904-2001),

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944),

Fernand Léger (1881-1955),

Alfred Manessier (1911-1993),

Henri Matisse (1896-1954),

Joan Miró (1893-1983),

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973),

Édouard Pignon (1905-1993),

Georges Rouault (1871-1958),

Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955),

Kees van Dongen (1877-1968),

Jacques Villon (1875-1963),

Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958).