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Félix Vallotton : idyll on the edge / Christoph Becher and Linda Schädler ; with a biography by Linda Schädler ; [translation, Dream Coordination Office (Lisa Rosenblatt and Charlotte Eckler), Vienna].
Fine Arts Library ND853.V3 B4313 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Becker, Christoph, 1960-
- Standardized Title:
- Félix Vallotton. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Vallotton, Félix, 1865-1925--Exhibitions.
- Vallotton, Félix.
- Vallotton, Félix, 1865-1925.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Zürich : Scheidegger & Spiess, [2007]
- Summary:
- The Swiss painter Fé lix Vallotton (1865- 1925) and his artworks were uniquely poised to embrace both the dawn of modernism and the fading light of the post-impressionist and symbolist movements. Lavishly illustrated, "Fé lix Vallotton" traces the artist' s life from his early days as a portraitist and printmaker to his later work as painter who prefigured European modernism. Linda Schä dler and Christoph Becker reveal Valloton to be not only the most important Swiss symbolist, but an intelligent observer of his tumultuous times, highly critical of bourgeois convention. His sometimes eerie naturalism, the authors argue, links him to literary fashions of the day as well as reflecting the inception of psychoanalysis. This stunning volume forges a new understanding of landmark paintings from an especially fertile period in art history and the fascinating artist behind them.
- Notes:
- Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Kunsthaus Zürich, Oct. 5, 2007-Jan. 13, 2008 and at the Hubertus-Wald-Forum at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Feb. 15-May 18, 2008.
- Translation of: Félix Vallotton, Idylle am Abgrund.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783858817075
- 3858817074
- 9783858811943
- 3858811947
- 9783858817105
- 3858817104
- OCLC:
- 179929578
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