Private garden, dream garden.
Gallimard| N° d'inventaire | 22113 |
| Format | 22.5 x 28.5 |
| Détails | 168 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782072865473 |
Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867-1944), little known to the general public, is one of the most original artists of the Post-Impressionist generation. Resolutely modern in his painting style, but fiercely attached to ancient texts, he occupies a special place among the Nabis. At the turn of the century, he moved away from the mysticism of Maurice Denis and the scenes of everyday life in which his friends Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard excelled. From then on, satyrs and nymphs, bacchantes and fauns inhabit landscapes radiant with color. Between private gardens, where one encounters his children, and dream gardens, which invite Acis, Galatea, Eurydice, or Leda, Roussel freely blends the intimate with the imaginary. This book constitutes the catalog of the first major retrospective devoted to the painter in several years. Presented at the Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny, this exhibition brings together around a hundred works, most of them previously unseen, from Nabi experiments to the vast mythological narratives that Roussel revisits with constant force. It's an opportunity to discover his decorative power, a surprising palette and, through a beautiful series of prints, the graphic delicacy of an artist haunted by the twilight melancholy of fin-de-siècle symbolism.
Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867-1944), little known to the general public, is one of the most original artists of the Post-Impressionist generation. Resolutely modern in his painting style, but fiercely attached to ancient texts, he occupies a special place among the Nabis. At the turn of the century, he moved away from the mysticism of Maurice Denis and the scenes of everyday life in which his friends Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard excelled. From then on, satyrs and nymphs, bacchantes and fauns inhabit landscapes radiant with color. Between private gardens, where one encounters his children, and dream gardens, which invite Acis, Galatea, Eurydice, or Leda, Roussel freely blends the intimate with the imaginary. This book constitutes the catalog of the first major retrospective devoted to the painter in several years. Presented at the Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny, this exhibition brings together around a hundred works, most of them previously unseen, from Nabi experiments to the vast mythological narratives that Roussel revisits with constant force. It's an opportunity to discover his decorative power, a surprising palette and, through a beautiful series of prints, the graphic delicacy of an artist haunted by the twilight melancholy of fin-de-siècle symbolism.