Vincent Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec, etc.
Bonnard Pierre
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Toulouse Lautrec
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In the mid 19th century, the United States and Europe passed several commercial treaties with Japan. These new ties allowed Westerners to discover Japanese art and artists. Their preference went especially to Utamaro and Hokusai. From then on, Japanese objets d’art, Japanese engravings and woodcuts exercised an influence on Western painting, architecture, and design. This spawned a new reflection which was to be felt in various artistic movements, such as Impressionism, the school of Pont-Aven, Nabis, Art Nouveau. The review Japon artistique became very popular among art connoisseurs.
Drawing their inspiration from kakemonos, Western artists chose to paint on square canvases or tall, narrow ones, which were new, unusual formats at the time. They contrasted flat and vivid tones to suggest substance and volume, and they often outlined their drawings in black. They favored irregular shapes, stylization of vermiculated or floral motifs as well as elegant curves.
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Others movements :
ITALIAN NOVECENTO -
RAYONNISM -
NEW FIGURATION -
Index chosen on the movements, important currents and events in the XX 2nd century art
I wanted to give here, with 46 various short introductions, some general elements on the movements or currents of art, groups or exhibitions, which concern the artists whose works are presented in gallery or were it recently. The table, above, will make it possible to visually locate the periods or dates in time.
Each entry is followed of a list of the principal artists belonging to the movement or current. It may be that there is only one simple relationship between such or such artist and the movement in which in theory one locates it (Click on the names in blue to reveal work or works currently in stock).
It will be understood, some movements are represented much than of others in my gallery. The same artist will be often found in several movements (as each one knows it, it was thus).
Although these some introductions, briefly developed, are not addressed to the specialists, they will forgive me the few lapses of memory or choices which would lend to discussion. I hope that these tiny introductions will be however useful to some of you. Michelle Champetier
