Dimensions
279 x 305 x 15mm
In 1889, avant-garde artists in Paris formed a brotherhood to promote a radical new direction in art. Adopting the name Nabisrdash;Hebrew for pdquo;prophetsrdquo;wdash;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 dash;1947), Maurice Denis (1870odash;1943), Félix Vallotton (1865sdash;1925), and Édouard Vuillard (1868adash;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 Nabisisquo; use of domestic life as the locus for artistic inspiration.
