Screen LibraryColor and light : the neo-impressionist Henri-Edmond Cross /
Inspired by the work of Realist painters such as Gustave Courbet and Francois Bonvin, Henri-Edmond Cross's earliest paintings were compositions in dark, somber colors. Following his involvement with the avant-gardist circle around Georges Seurat, he gradually adopted the Neo-Impressionist techn...
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Prestel,
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| Publisher Address: | Munich, Germany : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English French German |
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| Summary: |
Inspired by the work of Realist painters such as Gustave Courbet and Francois Bonvin, Henri-Edmond Cross's earliest paintings were compositions in dark, somber colors. Following his involvement with the avant-gardist circle around Georges Seurat, he gradually adopted the Neo-Impressionist technique and began to develop a unique visual vocabulary. After his move to the Mediterranean coast in 1891, Cross's palette became increasingly lighter, resulting in dazzlingly colorful landscapes, genre paintings, and compositions that are overlaid with mythological and allegorical allusions. This volume "In 1891 Henri-Edmond Cross was one of the first painters who decided to settle down on the coast of southern France. As Maurice Denis remembered: 'In this northerner's pale eyes there shone all the brilliant light of the Midi.' Surrounded by gloriously beautiful nature, Cross devoted himself to his art, which attests to a marvelous conquest of color. His development leads from the austere portraits of his early period to intensely colored nudes depicted in leisurely abandon in Mediterranean landscapes. This catalog retraces Cross's career in its entirety, focusing on the artist's growing co |
| Item Description: |
"Translations: Martina Dervis, Malcolm Imrie, and Robert McInnes (French-English); Philippa Hurd (German-English)"--Colophon. Catalog of an exhibition at Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, July 27-November 4, 2018; and Museum Barberini, Potsdam, November 17, 2018-February 17, 2019. |
| Carrier Form: | 272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-268). |
| ISBN: |
9783791357737 (hardback) : 3791357735 (hardback) 9783791368511 (English museum) 3791368516 (English museum) 9783791357720 (German trade) 3791357727 (German trade) 9783791368504 (German museum) 3791368508 (German museum) 9783791358048 (French trade) 3791358049 (French trade) 9783791368740 (French museum) 3791368745 (French museum) |
| Index Number: | ND553 |
| CLC: | J231(565) |
| Call Number: | J231(565)/C719-1 |
| Contents: |
Foreword -- Henri-Edmond Cross and Germany / "To paint happiness"? : Henri-Edmond Cross's landscapes / Henri-Edmond Cross : anarchism, ambiguity, and Nietzsche / Henri-Edmond Cross and Belgium / Henri-Edmond Cross : an unrecognized Néo draftsman / Catalog of exhibited works. From the academy to the pictorial avant-garde : Henri-Edmond Cross's early works / Henri-Edmond Cross, Neo-Impressionist painter / A pioneer of modern paint |