Nabis (artist)
The Nabis artist group was founded in 1888/1889 by a rebellious group of young art students from the Académie Julian in Paris and existed until 1905. Its director, Paul Sérusier , belonged to Paul Gauguin and came from the Pont-Aven school . The group of artists is assigned to post-impressionism .
The artists affiliated to it became known for the variety of media they used. In addition to painting and sculpture , they also worked with printing techniques , poster design , book illustrations , textiles , furniture and stage sets . They were also influential as illustrators in the field of graphic arts. Some of the nabis were influenced by the Japanese woodblock print.
Similar to contemporary art nouveau , some of the nabis put the emphasis on design . Both groups were also associated with symbolism through some of their representatives . The group of artists published their artistic goals primarily in the magazine La Revue blanche .
The name Nabi is derived from the Hebrew word for prophet , coined by Henri Cazalis .
Important members
- Mogens Ballin (1871-1914), painter
- Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), painter
- Maurice Denis (1870–1943), painter
- Henri-Gabriel Ibels (1867–1936) painter and illustrator
- Georges Lacombe (1868–1916), painter and sculptor
- Aristide Maillol (1861–1944), sculptor
- James Pitcairn-Knowles (1863-1954), painter
- Paul Ranson (1864–1909), painter
- József Rippl-Rónai (1861–1927), painter
- Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867–1944), painter
- Paul Sérusier (1864–1927), painter
- Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), painter
- Jan Verkade (1868–1946), painter
- Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940), painter
Exhibitions
- 2013: Paris Intense. The Nabis - From Bonnard to Valloton . Neue Pinakothek , Munich; Catalog.
- 2019: Les nabis et le décor, Musee du Luxembourg , Paris
literature
- Heinz Fuchs (Ed.): The Nabis and their friends / Les Nabis et leurs amis . Kunsthalle, Mannheim 1963, DNB 453526373 . Catalog of the exhibition of the same name, Kunsthalle Mannheim , October 23, 1963 to January 6, 1964
- Maurice Raynal : Modern Painting . Skira Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-88447-030-2 , p. 31 ff. (Reprint of the Geneva 1966 edition)
- Agnès Humbert : The Nabis and their epoch. 1888-1900. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1967 ( Fundus series 19)
- Claire Frèches-Thory and Ursula Perucchi-Petri (eds.): The Nabis - prophets of modernity . Prestel, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7913-1969-8 . Catalog for the exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich from May 28 to August 15, 1993.
- Arthur Ellridge: Gauguin and the Nabis . Komet, Frechen 2001, ISBN 3-89836-191-8 .
- Katherine M. Kuenzli: The Nabis and intimate modernism. Painting and the decorative at the fin-de-siècle . Shgate Books, Surrey 2009, ISBN 978-0-7546-6777-3 .
- Paris Intense. The Nabis - From Bonnard to Valloton . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-7757-3643-5 .
Web links
- Nabis in: The large art dictionary by PW Hartmann
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quoted from the art lexicon by PW Hartmann
- ↑ Les Nabis et le décor | Musee du Luxembourg. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .