| Description |
xvii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Note |
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Face to Face: Neo-Impressionist Portraits, 1886-1904. ING Cultural Centre, Brussels, February 19-May 18, 2014, Indianapolis Museum of Art, June 15-September 7, 2014." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-227) and index. |
| Summary |
Neo-Impressionism, the style pioneered by Georges Seurat (1859-1891), has long been associated with landscapes and scenes of urban leisure. Yet the movement's use of dotted brushwork and color theory also produced portraits of unusual beauty and perception. The Neo-Impressionist Portrait is the first book to examine the portraits produced by the most important figures of Neo-Impressionism, including Seurat himself, Henri-Edmond Cross, Georges Lemmen, Maximilien Luce, Paul Signac, Henry van de Velde, Vincent van Gogh, and Théo van Rysselberghe. Essays by scholar Jane Block detail the emergence of portraiture as a genre within the Neo-Impressionist movement, first in France and then in Belgium, as well as the continuing artistic dialogues between the regions. More than one hundred color illustrations, biographies of seventeen Neo-Impressionist artists, and a catalogue of sixty paintings make up this book on a key chapter of the Post-Impressionist era. |
| Subject |
Portrait painting, French -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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Portrait painting, Belgian -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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Neo-impressionism (Art) -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Lee, Ellen Wardwell.
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ING Cultuurcentrum.
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Indianapolis Museum of Art.
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| ISBN |
9780300190847 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0300190840 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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