Dreamy Childhoods. Bonnard, the Nabis and Childhood.
Silvana Editorial| N° d'inventaire | 26978 |
| Format | 21.5 x 25.5 |
| Détails | 280 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Milan, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788836644254 |
The Impressionists were the first to grant children a special status, independent of the commissioned portrait that had until then been the sole vehicle for their representation. In turn, the Nabis were certainly those who, at the end of the 19th century, placed children at the heart of their pictorial mechanics, which oscillated between the private and public spheres, inaugurating a new space of creative freedom. This complex universe is at the crossroads of family, play, gardens, the street, music, illustration, and photography, all of which are subjects that have inspired them for a long time.
The exhibition gives prominence to the works of Bonnard, Vuillard, Vallotton, and Denis, not forgetting Lacombe, who are the main protagonists of a new image of childhood. Also represented, alongside the Nabi movement, are the sensitive works of Delâtre, Evenepoel, Maillol, Müller, and Lemmen.
With essays by Isabelle Cahn, Paul Denis, Dominique de Font-Réaulx, Emmanuel Pernoud, Sylvie Patry and Véronique Serrano, this catalog offers a general and scholarly vision of the subject.
The Impressionists were the first to grant children a special status, independent of the commissioned portrait that had until then been the sole vehicle for their representation. In turn, the Nabis were certainly those who, at the end of the 19th century, placed children at the heart of their pictorial mechanics, which oscillated between the private and public spheres, inaugurating a new space of creative freedom. This complex universe is at the crossroads of family, play, gardens, the street, music, illustration, and photography, all of which are subjects that have inspired them for a long time.
The exhibition gives prominence to the works of Bonnard, Vuillard, Vallotton, and Denis, not forgetting Lacombe, who are the main protagonists of a new image of childhood. Also represented, alongside the Nabi movement, are the sensitive works of Delâtre, Evenepoel, Maillol, Müller, and Lemmen.
With essays by Isabelle Cahn, Paul Denis, Dominique de Font-Réaulx, Emmanuel Pernoud, Sylvie Patry and Véronique Serrano, this catalog offers a general and scholarly vision of the subject.