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The Pont-Aven school : cradle of the modern sensibility

The Pont-Aven school : cradle of the modern sensibility

Book 2018

Pont-Aven has lent its name to one of the most famous schools of painting in modern art and is now automatically associated with Paul Gauguin and Émile Bernard. In 1888, in this Breton village in southern Finistère, the two painters set about inventing the features of a completely new style of painting: Synthetism. Breaking with academic orthodoxy and heavily influenced by Japanese prints, they introduced novel aesthetic principles distinguishe...

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Mouradian, Alexandre (Art collector) Art collections Exhibitions
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ISBN:
9788874398171
Description:
75 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Other Title:
École de Pont-Aven. English
Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Musée de Pont-Aven, Pont-Aven, France, February 2, 2018-January 6, 2019.--Musée de Pont-Aven website
Translation of: L'École de Pont-Aven: berceau de la modernité
Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-74)
Translated from French
Contents:
Paul Gauguin, Émile Bernard: a meeting of minds in Pont-Aven / Jean-Marie Rouart
A collection of talismans: exploring the works collected by Alexandre Mouradian / Adrien Goetz
Catalogue / Estelle Guille des Buttes
Control Number:
2664850
Other Authors:
Goetz, Adrien, contributor
Goetz, Adrien. Collection of talismans
Guille des Buttes-Fresneau, Estelle, 1976- contributor
Musée de Pont-Aven, host institution
Rouart, Jean-Marie, 1943- contributor
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