| Color and Light: The Neo-Impressionist Henri-Edmond Cross Contributor(s): Westheider, Ortrud (Author), Philipp, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3791357735 ISBN-13: 9783791357737 Publisher: Prestel Publishing OUR PRICE: $45.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Art | Individual Artists - General - Art | European |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 9.7" W x 12" (4.14 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This beautifully illustrated book examines the artistic career of the French painter and draftsman Henri-Edmond Cross who was a key figure in the development of European modernism. Inspired by the work of Realist painters such as Gustave Courbet and Fran ois 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. |