Abstraction is generally seen as an artistic achievement of the 20th century, yet the roots of this development can already be found in 19th century France. With their artistic innovations and the Impressionists, as well as van Gogh, C???zanne, and Gaugin, France paved the way for Modernist painting by distancing themselves from the illustration of reality and making form, color, light, and structure the focus of their painting. With its juxtaposition of important works of art from the 19th and 20th centuries, this work ...
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Abstraction is generally seen as an artistic achievement of the 20th century, yet the roots of this development can already be found in 19th century France. With their artistic innovations and the Impressionists, as well as van Gogh, C???zanne, and Gaugin, France paved the way for Modernist painting by distancing themselves from the illustration of reality and making form, color, light, and structure the focus of their painting. With its juxtaposition of important works of art from the 19th and 20th centuries, this work presents the exciting development of abstraction, which rose out of the legacy of French painting.
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VG. White and color-illus. boards with black lettering on spine. 88 pp. with 55 color images. Text is in German and English. Catalogue from the exhibition at Kunsthalle Mannheim, September 2014 to January 2015. Manet, Cézanne, Van Gogh-Guests from Around the World // "The Cardplayers" by Paul Cézanne (1892/95) are flown in from London, "The Dead Toreador" (probably 1864), a main work by Édouard Manet, is arriving from Washington. Key pieces from outstanding museums in the United States and Europe encounter the high-quality collection of late 19th-century, modern French art of Kunsthalle Mannheim. A dialogue between masterpieces begins in the lavishly refurbished Jugendstil building. For the first time, the museum in Mannheim places the focus on its most valuable art treasures and enables the audience to view rare loans from around the world. -from the KM web site.
