Prints in Paris 1900: From Elite to the Street
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300229135 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Van Gogh Museum is home to one of the world’s finest collections of French prints of the fin-de-siècle(1890–1905). Meanwhile, out on the streets, posters on walls and advertising columns combined with illustrated magazines on newspaper stands presented a scintillating visual spectacle for the passing crowd. Avant-garde artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec experimented enthusiastically with different graphic techniques to create beautiful and innovative artworks. The fin-de-sièclewas the heyday of French printmaking. Produced in deluxe editions as autonomous works of art, they were admired and discussed by connoisseurs and collectors in private and at exhibitions for a select and knowledgeable public. This book, based on several years of intensive research into these works and their original context, takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of Parisian printmaking, from the elite to the street. This publication includes a free color reproduction of Félix Vallotton’s Laziness, 1896 (25 x 33 cm). . Their modern prints could be seen all over Paris
"This book offers a welcome opportunity to view the complete suites, and to compare them with the artists' original drawings and trial proofs."--Nancy Campbell, "Times Literary Supplement"--Nancy Campbell"Times Literary Supplement" (10/11/2013)
Fleur Roos Rosa de Carvalho is curator of prints and drawings at Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.