intimism
Intimism (intimisme) was an artistic movement in the late 19th-century and early 20th-century that involved the depiction of banal yet personal domestic scenes, particularly those within domestic interiors. Most notably practiced by French painters Édouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard after the 1899 disbandment of Les Nabis. Edgar Degas and Felix Vallotton have also been characterized as intimists.
intimism
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The main interest of the intimists was their own intimate life such as portraying their family members instead of focusing on more general topics. • Illustration — Lunch at Le Grand Lamps, Pierre Bonnard, 1899 • Illustration — Madame Vuillard Cousant. Edouard Vuillard, 1895 French art critic Camille Mauclair defined Intimism as: While the movement is often associated with Impressionism, the Intimists diverged from the Impressionists in abandoning a focus on formal accuracy in depiction of light, color, and perspective in favor of emphasized texture, exaggerated palette, and merged figure and ground. The term "intimism" has since been extended to artists outside of the historical period who utilize similar techniques. Intimist film, for example, refers to cinema that utilizes domestic narratives or places focus on the mundane. Brian Fallon referred to Veronica Bolay as an intimiste.
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- 1.Intimism art. Encyclopedia Britannica.
- 2.The Nabis and Decorative Painting. www.metmuseum.org.
- 3.Cousineau, Phil. The Painted Word : a Treasure Chest of Remarkable Words and Their Origins. New South Books. 2012. 9781936740178.
- 4.Crofton, Ian. Encyklopedia Guinnessa. Universal SA, Biuro Uslug promocyjnych. 544. 1991.
- 5.Mauclair, Camille. The Great French Painters and the Evolution of French Painting from 1830 to the Present Day. Duckworth. 122. 1903.
- 6.Chilvers, Ian. The Oxford dictionary of art and artists. 9780199532940.
- 7.The life and art of Édouard Vuillard Christie's. www.christies.com.
- 8.Vanderschelden. Studying French cinema. Columbia University Press. 2013. 9781906733162.
- 9.Veronica Bolay obituary: German-born artist inspired by the West of Ireland. The Irish Times.
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