Toward modern art
Subtitle: from Puvis de Cahvannes to Matisse and Picasso
By: edited by Serge Lemoine.
Contributors: Lemoine, Serge.; Palazzo Grassi.
Publisher: Rizzoli; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
Subjects: Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre, -- 1824-1898 -- Criticism and interpretation; Art, European -- 19th century -- Exhibitions; Art, European -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: From Puvis de Cahvannes to Matisse and Picasso.
Work titles: Da Puvis de Chavannes a Matisse e Picasso. English.
Description: "This catalogue of the exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice presents a ground-breaking interpretation of the birth of modern art. Serge Lemoine, curator of the exhibition and director of the Musee d'Orsay, proposes that "modern art does not descend, as is commonly thought, from Manet and Impressionism, but from ... the French painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898)." The author of monumental mural decorations in such civic buildings as the museums of Amiens, Lyons, Rouen, the Pantheon and the Sorbonne, Puvis de Chavannes had a remarkable influence on his contemporaries in France and abroad, including Seurat, Gauguin and Cezanne, as well as on later generations of artists. Equally indebted to Puvis de Chavannes are the great European symbolist painters, from Munch to Hodler. However, perhaps his most prestigious modern acolytes were Picasso and Matisse, who remained loyal to him all their lives." "This volume features detailed scholarly contributions analyzing Puvis de Chavannes's work and all his affiliations, as well as offering rich critical and documentary data on his numerous and notable disciples. Accompanied by over five hundred illustrations, this volume is a superb evocation of a period of great artistic ferment and outstanding creativity."--Jacket.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 2002.

Translation of: Da Puvis de Chavannes a Matisse e Picasso.

Also published with title: From Puvis de Cahvannes to Matisse and Picasso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 553-557) and indexes.