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Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900
Mary Weaver Chapin and Heather Lemonedes Brown; With contributions by Francesca Berry, Francesca Brittan, Kathleen Kete, and Saskia Ooms
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Format: HardcoverPrice: $65.00
A New York Times best art book of 2021
In 1889, avant-garde artists in Paris formed a brotherhood to promote a radical new direction in art. Adopting the name Nabis—Hebrew for “prophets”—they aimed to capture subjective experience and emotion in their paintings, prints, and drawings. This volume focuses on intimate views of home and family by four Nabi artists: Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), Maurice Denis (1870–1943), Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), and Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940). For Bonnard and Denis, this arena was ideal for depicting small pleasures and modest acts of life; Vallotton and Vuillard, however, hinted at the tensions simmering just below the surface. This gorgeous catalogue is the first to delve deeply into the Nabis’ use of domestic life as the locus for artistic inspiration.
Distributed for the Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
(July 1–September 19, 2021)
Portland Art Museum, OR
(October 23, 2021–January 23, 2022)
Mary Weaver Chapin is curator of prints and drawings at the Portland Art Museum. Heather Lemonedes Brown is Virginia N. and Randall J. Barbato Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
The Cleveland Museum of Art
(July 1–September 19, 2021)
Portland Art Museum, OR
(October 23, 2021–January 23, 2022)
Publication Date: July 6, 2021
Publishing Partner: Distributed for the Cleveland Museum of Art
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