The Last Impressionists. A Time of Intimacy.
Monelle Hayot| N° d'inventaire | 23330 |
| Format | 25 x 31 |
| Détails | 320 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Saint-Remy-en-L'eau, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9791096561285 |
The first retrospective devoted to the intimist movement of the Belle Époque, and the accompanying book, are dedicated to the Société nouvelle de peintres et de sculpteurs. This brotherhood of artists was the most famous and characteristic of its time. Every early spring, in the famous main room of the Georges Petit gallery, under the presidency of the writer Gabriel Mourey and then the sculptor Auguste Rodin, the group received the applause of the public and the unanimous praise of the press. For nearly half a century, in the face of a modernity that would gradually devour everything, our artists knew how to seduce amateurs and professionals on both sides of the Atlantic, imposing themselves in all international exhibitions. Coming from the glorious Symbolist generation, they had breathed the same perfumes, in particular that of Impressionism. Each of them had their own style, perfectly identifiable, but they all shared a sentimental vision of nature? : to render beings and nature as we perceive them, by hinting at what is profound, tragic or mysterious about them. This is how they were described as intimists. By respecting the veracity of appearances, by perpetuating the permanent values of European art, the concern for evocation and psychology, by striving to render the poetry, the tenderness of their subjects, they succeeded in speaking to us about ourselves. This is undoubtedly why the public always rediscovers them with enthusiasm, as evidenced by the success of the exhibitions devoted to each of them. Intimism was the last major movement in French art to be devoted to nature. Successive movements in contemporary art have since moved away from it. Thus, at the end of their careers, our artists were regarded by observers of their time as the last representatives of Impressionism. Presented at the exhibition are the painters Edmond Aman-Jean, Eugène Carrière, Emile Claus, Charles Cottet, André Dauchez, George Desvallières, Henri Duhem, Antonio de La Gandara, Gaston La Touche, Ernest Laurent, Henri Le Sidaner, Henri Martin, Emile René Ménard, René-Xavier Prinet, Jean-François Raffaëlli, Lucien Simon and Frits Thaulow.
The first retrospective devoted to the intimist movement of the Belle Époque, and the accompanying book, are dedicated to the Société nouvelle de peintres et de sculpteurs. This brotherhood of artists was the most famous and characteristic of its time. Every early spring, in the famous main room of the Georges Petit gallery, under the presidency of the writer Gabriel Mourey and then the sculptor Auguste Rodin, the group received the applause of the public and the unanimous praise of the press. For nearly half a century, in the face of a modernity that would gradually devour everything, our artists knew how to seduce amateurs and professionals on both sides of the Atlantic, imposing themselves in all international exhibitions. Coming from the glorious Symbolist generation, they had breathed the same perfumes, in particular that of Impressionism. Each of them had their own style, perfectly identifiable, but they all shared a sentimental vision of nature? : to render beings and nature as we perceive them, by hinting at what is profound, tragic or mysterious about them. This is how they were described as intimists. By respecting the veracity of appearances, by perpetuating the permanent values of European art, the concern for evocation and psychology, by striving to render the poetry, the tenderness of their subjects, they succeeded in speaking to us about ourselves. This is undoubtedly why the public always rediscovers them with enthusiasm, as evidenced by the success of the exhibitions devoted to each of them. Intimism was the last major movement in French art to be devoted to nature. Successive movements in contemporary art have since moved away from it. Thus, at the end of their careers, our artists were regarded by observers of their time as the last representatives of Impressionism. Presented at the exhibition are the painters Edmond Aman-Jean, Eugène Carrière, Emile Claus, Charles Cottet, André Dauchez, George Desvallières, Henri Duhem, Antonio de La Gandara, Gaston La Touche, Ernest Laurent, Henri Le Sidaner, Henri Martin, Emile René Ménard, René-Xavier Prinet, Jean-François Raffaëlli, Lucien Simon and Frits Thaulow.