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Theatres of Melancholy: The Neo-Romantics in Paris and Beyond

Theatres of Melancholy: The Neo-Romantics in Paris and Beyond

Mauriès, Patrick

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ISBN10: 0500094071
ISBN13: 9780500094075
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: Apr 19 2022
Pages: 256
Weight: 3.35
Height: 1.10 Width: 9.30 Depth: 11.20
Language: English

In 1926, the Galerie Druet in Paris made waves presenting a group of young painters, consisting of an international group of artists: Christian Bérard and Thérèse Debains, both French; Russians Pavel Tchelitchew and the brothers Eugene and Leonid Berman; and the Dutchman Kristians Tonny. These artists had spurned modernist abstraction and returned to a form of figurative painting. For most of them, this was the first time they had exhibited, but their impact was considerable. Art critic Waldemar-George baptized them the Neo-Romantics or the Neo-Humanists. They were influenced by Picasso, in particular his Blue and Rose periods, but went beyond him to forge new ways of painting. These artists liked to play with forgotten references and obsolete visual devices such as trompe l'oeil. They also produced work for secondary art forms, including the theater, set design, and ballet.

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