Theo van Rysselberghe - BERTRAND, Olivier ( ed.).
retrospective. belgian neo-impressionist master
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The key figure of Belgian neo-Impressionism, Th?o Van Rysselberghe (1862-1926) has a considerable reputation outside his own country. The exhibition devoted to him is the latest in a series of major historical retrospectives situating artists in the context of their times.nnVan Rysselberghe had ties with the outstanding Belgian and French painters of his day and painted a number of portraits of friends such as Emile Verhaeren, Edmond Picard, Camille Lemonnier, Andr? Gide, Paul Signac, and Henri-Edmond Cross. Celebrated masterpieces by Van Rysselberghe will be displayed alongside unknown canvasses and works on paper, along with a number of photographs and letters. Through his art, the painter entered into a dialogue with his contemporaries, including Seurat, Signac, Cross, Van de Velde, Morren, Lemmen, and Finch. A number of styles can be observed in the exhibition: orientalism (his first travels in Morocco), Impressionism (seascapes painted near Knokke, scenes from Moroccan life), neo-Impressionism, portraits...
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2006Uitgever: Exhibitions International256 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 297x245x300ISBN-10: 9057790807ISBN-13: 9789057790805Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Theo Van Rysselberghe (1862-1926) is one of the emblematic figures of Neo-Impressionism, together with Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. With his delicate touch, refined chromatic sense and great elegance, above all in his portraits, he produced some of the finest works of divisionism. Yet Van Rysselberghes oeuvre is not limited to the works of his Neo-Impressionist period (1888-96), even though it is for these that he is best known internationally. Distancing himself from the strict division of colours, he s...
