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Exhibition Review
Maurice Denis: Love
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 544-546
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Reviewer:
Deltour, Louis (Deltour, Louis)
Subjects
artists:
Denis, Maurice
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
subjects:
French art / Nabis (movement) / Symbolist movement / Decorative arts / Classicism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Maurice Denis: Love Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne 12th February–16th May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Sunlight on the terrace, by Maurice Denis. 1890. Oil on cardboard, 23.5 by 20.5 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; photograph RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt; exh. Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne).
Attributed works:
11. Bathers, beach with a small temple, by Maurice Denis. 1906. Oil on canvas, 114 by 196 cm. (Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne).
Attributed works:
12. April, decoration for a ceiling, by Maurice Denis. 1894. Oil on canvas, diameter 182 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée cantonal des beaux-arts de Lausanne).
Exhibition Review
Decadence and Dark Dreams: Belgian Symbolism
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 278-280
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Reviewer:
Anklam, Nico (Anklam, Nico)
Subjects
artists:
Minne, George / Khnopff, Fernand / Stuck, Franz von / Spilliaert, Léon
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Belgian painting / Belgian sculpture / Symbolist movement
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Decadence and Dark Dreams: Belgian Symbolism Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin 18th September 2020– 17th January 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Installation view of Fountain with kneeling youths, by George Minne, in Decadence and Dark Dreams: Belgian Symbolism, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2021.
Attributed works:
12. Caresses, by Fernand Khnopff. 1896. Oil on canvas, 50 by 150 cm. (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; exh. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
13. Self-portrait (2 November), by Léon Spillaert. 1908. Mixed media on paper, 49 by 63.8 cm. (Private collection; exh. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
Book Review
Nature’s Experiments and the Search for Symbolist Form. By Allison Morehead
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 94-95
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Belinda (Thomson, Belinda)
Subjects
art literature:
Germain, Alphonse / Zola, Emile / Poe, Edgar Allan
artists:
Denis, Maurice / Vuillard, Edouard / Strindberg, August / Munch, Edvard / Bonnard, Pierre
dates:
1850-1899 / 1900-1949 / 1890-1899 / 1890-1899 / 1900-1909 / 1910-1919
media:
Paintings / Drawings
places:
Europe
subjects:
French painting / Norwegian / Swedish painting / Symbolist movement / Art theory / Science / Psychology / Primitivism (Cultural anthropology related concept) / Children's art / Outsider art / Writings / Literature / Translations / Nudes / Landscapes (visual works) / Dreams / Disease
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Study for Décor, by Maurice Denis. c.1890–91. Charcoal and pastel on paper, 31.2 by 24.7 cm. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Making the Glasgow Style. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 681-684
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Reviewer:
Donnelly, Max (Donnelly, Max)
Subjects
artists:
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie / Thomson, Alexander / McNair, James Herbert / Macdonald, Frances / Macdonald, Margaret, 1865-1933 / Lutyens, Edwin Landseer / King, Jessie Marion / Logan, George / Walton, George
artists:
Newbery, Francis H. / Davidson, Peter Wylie / Morton, William Gibson / Wyse, Henry Taylor / Morris, Talwin / Salmon, James II / Gillespie, John Gaff
buildings:
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Great Britain
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Interiors / Furniture / Stained glass / Mosaics / Drawings / Posters / Watercolours / Textiles / Ceramics / Bookbindings / Videos / Photographs
museums and institutions:
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Great Britain / Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Glasgow / Liverpool
subjects:
Scottish architecture / British architecture / Art Nouveau / Natural disasters / Destruction / Damage to works of art / Symbolist movement / Tables (support furniture) / Screens (furniture) / Cabinets (furniture) / Metalworking / Metalworkers / Celtic / Chairs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Book binding for L’Evangile de L’Enfance de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ, by Jessie M. King. c.1900–01. Tooled vellum with gilding, 30.6 cm by 23.5 cm. (Glasgow Museums; exh. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).
Attributed works:
23. Stencil card for the decoration of the Hill House, Helensburgh, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and made by Guthrie & Wells. 1904. Card and paint, 54 cm by 41.5 cm. (Glasgow Museums; exh. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).
Attributed works:
24. Water sprite, designed by William Gibson Morton and probably made by William Stewart. 1895– 96. Leaded coloured glass, 72 cm by 64.2 cm. (Glasgow Museums; exh. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow).
Exhibition Review
Kupka: Pioneer of Abstraction. Grand Palais, Paris
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 591-593
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Reviewer:
Masters, Christopher (Masters, Christopher)
Subjects
art literature:
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm / Swedenborg, Emanuel / Leighten, Patricia
artists:
Kupka, František
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Grand Palais, Paris, France / Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland / Národní Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic
places:
France / Paris / Finland / Helsinki / Czech Republic / Prague
subjects:
Czech painting / Abstract art / Symbolist movement / Salon d'Automne, Paris / Visual sources / Anarchism / Surveys
subjects:
Salon des réalités nouvelles / Antisemitism / Theosophy
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Amorpha: fugue in two colours, by František Kupka. 1912. Canvas, 211 by 220 cm. (National Gallery, Prague; exh. Grand Palais, Paris).
Attributed works:
21. Around a point, by František Kupka. 1920–30. Canvas, 194.5 by 200 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris; exh. Grand Palais, Paris).
Attributed works:
22. Water (the bather), by František Kupka. 1906–09. Canvas, 63 by 80 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Paris; exh. Grand Palais, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Magic Realism
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 338-340
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Reviewer:
Rylands, Philip (Rylands, Philip)
Subjects
art literature:
Roh, Franz
artists:
Rousseau, Henri / Severini, Gino / Chirico, Giorgio de / Guidi, Virgilio / Carrà, Carlo / Casorati, Felice / Donghi, Antonio
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy / Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland / Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
places:
Italy / Trento / Rovereto / Finland / Helsinki / Germany / Essen
subjects:
Italian painting / Magic realism / Futurism / Symbolist movement / Post-Impressionism / Neo-classicism / Valori Plastici (periodical)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. The daughters of Lot, by Carlo Carrà. 1919. Canvas, 110 by 80 cm. (MART, Rovereto).
Attributed works:
20. The pupils, by Felice Casorati. 1927–28. Panel, 169 by 151 cm. (Galleria d’Arte Moderna ‘Empedocle Restivo’, Palermo; exh. MART, Rovereto).
Attributed works:
21. The juggler, by Antonio Donghi. 1936. Canvas, 114 by 86.5 cm. (Unicredit Art Collection; exh. MART, Rovereto).
Exhibition Review
Salon de la Rose+Croix. New York and Venice
02/2018 | 1379 | 160
Pages: 149-150
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Reviewer:
Sloan, Rachel (Sloan, Rachel)
Subjects
art literature:
Péladan, Joséphin
artists:
Aman-Jean, Edmond François / Martin, Henri Jean Guillaume, 1860-1936 / Delville, Jean / Point, Armand / Maurin, Charles / Osbert, Alphonse / Vallotton, Félix Edouard
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy / Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York / Italy / Venice
subjects:
Salons (art exhibitions) / Symbolist movement / Music / Mysticism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Vision, by Alphonse Osbert. 1892. Canvas, 235 by 138 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; exh. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice).
Attributed works:
12. The dawn of Labour, by Charles Maurin. c.1891. Canvas, 79 by 148 cm. (Musée d’art modern et contemporain, Saint-Étienne Métropole; exh. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice).
Exhibition Review
Modigliani. London
02/2018 | 1379 | 160
Pages: 152-153
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Reviewer:
Whitfield, Sarah (Whitfield, Sarah; Whitfield, Mrs)
Subjects
art literature:
Salmon, André
artists:
Modigliani, Amedeo
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Italian painting / Italian sculpture / French painting / French sculpture / Portraits / Modernism / Symbolist movement
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. Head, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1911–12. Limestone, 65.4 by 17.1 by 21.3 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Attributed works:
18. Nude study, by Amedeo Modigliani. 1908. Canvas, 81.9 by 54 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Attributed works:
19. Female nude, by Amedeo Modigliani. c.1916. Canvas, 92 by 60 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Publication Received
Mystical Landscapes: From Vincent van Gogh to Emily Carr. Edited by Katharine Lochnan with Roald Nasgaard and Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov
12/2017 | 1377 | 159
Pages: 1002
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Reviewer:
Sloan, Rachel (Sloan, Rachel)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada / Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
styles:
Symbolist movement
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