Pierre Bonnard was the leader of a group of post-impressionist painters who called themselves the Nabis, from the Hebrew word meaning ‘prophet’. Bonnard, Vuillard, Roussel and Denis, the most distinguished of the Nabis, revolutionized the spirit of decorative techniques during one of the richest periods in the history of French painting. Influenced by Odilon Redon and Puvis de Chavanne, by popular imagery and Japanese etchings, this post-impressionist group was above all a close circle of friends who shared the same cultural background and interests. An increasing individualism in their art often threatened the group’s unity and although tied together by a common philosophy their work clearly diverged. This publication lets us compare and put into perspective the artists within this fascinating group. The works presented in this collection offer a palette of extraordinary poetic expressions: candid in Bonnard, ornamental and mysterious in Vuillard, gently dream-like in Denis, grim and almost in Vallotton, the author shares with us the lives of these artists to the very source of their creative gifts.
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Albert Kostenevitch is a history of art graduate from Irkutsk State University in Russia and is attached to the Hermitage of St Petersburg. He is one of the great specialists on the Fauves and the Nabis.
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Bonnard and the Nabis includes the work of Pierre Bonnard along with Edouard Vuillard, Ker Xavier Roussel, Maurice Denis and Felix Vallotton. The first half of the book concerns Bonnard; in pages seven through fifty-nine the well illustrated text discusses his life and work. The Masterworks runs from page sixty to one hundred and thirteen, and comprises full page plates of Bonnard's paintings, occasionally accompanied by a page of explanatory text. The remainder of the book is given over to the other four artists; following a general discussion of the Nabis the life and work of each artist is discussed individually along with colour plates of their work. The book concludes with five separate biographies of a page each, notes and a bibliography.This is a fine book, the text is comprehensive and very readable, and it is superbly illustrated almost entirely in full colour with the vast majority of the images being full page size or nearly so. The plates illustrating the text are placed close to their mention in the text. In addition to the work of the artists under discussion there are several examples of the paintings of other artists for purposes of comparison. There are about 200 illustrations in total, all but about half a dozen in full colour, and the quality of reproduction is excellent.
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This is a 5 STAR book. The color plates (They are ALL color) are excellent as far as reproduction is concerned, and there are plenty of them. The text is informative, bringing in other painters and their paintings for references.The text and the plates shed light on the Nabis, in a useful way. Though a 2005 edition, the pages are still pristine. So, I highly recommend this book.
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Pierre Bonnard, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Maurice Denis, Ivan Morozov, Puvis de Chavannes, Early Spring, Edouard Vuillard, The Dance, National Gallery, New York, Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, Revue Blanche, Henri Matisse, Ker Xavier Roussel, Old Masters, Sergei Shchukin, Art Nouveau, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Goods Train, Paris Street, Gustave Moreau, Place Clichy, Springtime Landscape, The Triumph New!
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Pierre Bonnard, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Maurice Denis, Ivan Morozov, Puvis de Chavannes, Early Spring, Edouard Vuillard, The Dance, National Gallery, New York, Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, Revue Blanche, Henri Matisse, Ker Xavier Roussel, Old Masters, Sergei Shchukin, Art Nouveau, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Goods Train, Paris Street, Gustave Moreau, Place Clichy, Springtime Landscape, The Triumph New!
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- Daphnis and Chloe (Penguin Classics) by Longus on page 76
- Ubu Roi (Dover Thrift Editions) by Alfred Jarry on page 132
- Fiftteenth- to Eighteenth-Century European Drawings in the the Robert Lehman Collection, Vol. 7: Central Europe, The Netherlands, France, England by Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann on page 54
- Sweet Dreams by Steve Sandalis on page 153
- Claude Monet by National Gallery of Art on page 159
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