Private Lives
Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900
Published on 10. August 2021
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-0-300-25759-5 (ISBN)
Description
A New York Times best art book of 2021
In 1889, avant-garde artists in Paris formed a brotherhood to promote a radical new direction in art. Adopting the name Nabis-Hebrew for "prophets"-they aimed to capture subjective experience and emotion in their paintings, prints, and drawings. This volume focuses on intimate views of home and family by four Nabi artists: Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Maurice Denis (1870-1943), Felix Vallotton (1865-1925), and Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940). For Bonnard and Denis, this arena was ideal for depicting small pleasures and modest acts of life; Vallotton and Vuillard, however, hinted at the tensions simmering just below the surface. This gorgeous catalogue is the first to delve deeply into the Nabis' use of domestic life as the locus for artistic inspiration.
Distributed for the Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
(July 1-September 19, 2021)
Portland Art Museum, OR
(October 23, 2021-January 23, 2022)
In 1889, avant-garde artists in Paris formed a brotherhood to promote a radical new direction in art. Adopting the name Nabis-Hebrew for "prophets"-they aimed to capture subjective experience and emotion in their paintings, prints, and drawings. This volume focuses on intimate views of home and family by four Nabi artists: Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Maurice Denis (1870-1943), Felix Vallotton (1865-1925), and Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940). For Bonnard and Denis, this arena was ideal for depicting small pleasures and modest acts of life; Vallotton and Vuillard, however, hinted at the tensions simmering just below the surface. This gorgeous catalogue is the first to delve deeply into the Nabis' use of domestic life as the locus for artistic inspiration.
Distributed for the Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
(July 1-September 19, 2021)
Portland Art Museum, OR
(October 23, 2021-January 23, 2022)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
308 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 305 mm
Width: 279 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-300-25759-5 (9780300257595)
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