Symbolist Generation

by Pierre-Louis Mathieu

Beginning with the Pre-Raphaelites and those pivotal French artists (de Chavannes, Moreau, Redon and others) who assured the transition from romanticism to symbolism, this magnificent (and splendidly color-illustrated) work turns to examine Gauguin's contribution to the spread of symbolism, an international movement that boasted such painters as the Nabis, the artists of the Rose+Croix Salons, as well as Bocklin and Hodler in Switzerland, Rops, Khnopff, and Ensor in Belgium, Toorop in the Netherlands. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

219 pages, Hardcover

First published January 15, 1991

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Less academic than Michael Gibson's popular overview of this darkly romantic art movement, but more accessible to read with an emphasis on artists and their works. Contains works I haven't seen in other books on Symbolism, and I've eagerly read several.