Le Talisman de Paul Sérusier
Subtitle: une prophétie de la couleur
By: sous la direction de Claire Bernardi et Estelle des Buttes-Fresneau
Contributors: Bernardi, Claire, editor; Guille des Buttes-Fresneau, Estelle, 1976- editor; Musée de Pont-Aven; Musée d'Orsay
Publisher: Musée d'Orsay; Réunion des musées nationaux
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9782711871353; 9782354332716
Subjects: Exhibitions; Influence; French Landscape painting; Symbolism (Art movement)
Other titles: Talisman de Sérusier
Work titles: Paintings
Description: Paul Sérusier's "The Talisman", painted in 1888 in Pont-Aven under the direction of Gauguin, returns from Saturday in the small Breton city to take place in the heart of an exhibition retracing the fabulous history of the small painting. In the summer of 1888, Paul Sérusier (1864-1927), then 23 years old, stayed at the pension Gloanec Pont-Aven, a small town in Finistère popular painters and especially the master of Impressionism Paul Gauguin. The painting of the young man is then academic, as shows "An interior in Pont-Aven", a table of meticulous realism opening the exhibition presented until the end of December at the Museum of Pont-Aven, and realized only a few weeks before "The Talisman". At the beginning of October, on the eve of his return to Paris, he succeeded finally thanks to the intervention of Émile Bernard to meet Gauguin. The latter, intrigued by the personality of the young artist, takes him to the Bois d'Amour, a place of inspiration for painters staying in the small town, conducive to walking and daydreaming... "The Talisman is a simple wooden board, but it has had a huge influence on the artists and especially on the Nabis (postimpressionists)", explains to AFP Claire Bernardi, curator at the Musée d'Orsay, owner of the painting and partner of the exhibition entitled "The Talisman of Paul Serusier, a prophecy of color".--Le Point.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the musée de Pont-Aven, Pont-Aven, France, June 30, 2018-January 6, 2019 and at the musée d'Orsay, Paris, France, January 29-April 28, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index.