Color and light : the neo-impressionist Henri-Edmond Cross
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Color and light : the neo-impressionist Henri-Edmond Cross
Prestel, c2018
- Engl. trade ed
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Catalog of an exhibition at Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, July 27-Nov. 4, 2018; and Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Nov. 17, 2018-Feb. 17, 2019
Text in English, translated from the French and the German
Other editors: Marina Ferretti Bocquillon, Ortrud Westheider, and Michael Philipp
Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-268)
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Inspired by the work of Realist painters such as Gustave Courbet and Francois Bonvin, Henri-Edmond Cross's earliest paintings were compositions in dark, somber colors. Following his involvement with the avant-gardist circle around Georges Seurat, he gradually adopted the Neo-Impressionist technique and began to develop a unique visual vocabulary. After his move to the Mediterranean coast in 1891, Cross's palette became increasingly lighter, resulting in dazzlingly colorful landscapes, genre paintings, and compositions that are overlaid with mythological and allegorical allusions. This volume traces Cross's artistic trajectory through all stages of his prolific career and situates his masterful approach to color and light within the broader context of the European avant-garde of his time. In addition, it examines the painter's anarchist sympathies and the political dimensions of his depictions of utopian sceneries.
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