Pont-Aven School. Variations on the line.
Silvana Editoriale| N° d'inventaire | 23871 |
| Format | 18 x 26 |
| Détails | 111 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Milan, 2021 |
| Etat | nine |
| ISBN | 9788836647248 |
This book aims to highlight, based on the museum's collection, the intimate, instinctive, and preparatory aspects of the creative process of artists associated with the "Pont-Aven School" movement and Synthetism. The selection of works on paper reveals a certain freedom of gesture, specific to each artist. Generally the precursors to more accomplished oils on canvas, the sketches reveal the initial intention, the unconscious element prior to the plastic translation of lines and shapes.
The variety of techniques presented in the exhibition also demonstrates the group's appetite for printmaking, combined with often bold choices of papers with various finishes. The famous exhibition at the Café Volpini, presented at the 1889 Universal Exhibition, included, among other things, two series of zincographs, on yellow paper, produced for the occasion by Gauguin and Bernard.
The exhibition will feature several original copies. The interplay of correspondences and repetitions of motifs will be explored through the lens of characters featured in several works. The artists also devoted themselves to illustrative work for several magazines of the time, such as Ymagier, an illustrated literary magazine founded by Remy de Gourmont and Alfred Jarry in October 1894. Foreword by Laurence des Cars, president of the Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie.
This book aims to highlight, based on the museum's collection, the intimate, instinctive, and preparatory aspects of the creative process of artists associated with the "Pont-Aven School" movement and Synthetism. The selection of works on paper reveals a certain freedom of gesture, specific to each artist. Generally the precursors to more accomplished oils on canvas, the sketches reveal the initial intention, the unconscious element prior to the plastic translation of lines and shapes.
The variety of techniques presented in the exhibition also demonstrates the group's appetite for printmaking, combined with often bold choices of papers with various finishes. The famous exhibition at the Café Volpini, presented at the 1889 Universal Exhibition, included, among other things, two series of zincographs, on yellow paper, produced for the occasion by Gauguin and Bernard.
The exhibition will feature several original copies. The interplay of correspondences and repetitions of motifs will be explored through the lens of characters featured in several works. The artists also devoted themselves to illustrative work for several magazines of the time, such as Ymagier, an illustrated literary magazine founded by Remy de Gourmont and Alfred Jarry in October 1894. Foreword by Laurence des Cars, president of the Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie.