Ritual and Reality: Prints of the Nabis

Exhibition

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Ritual and Reality: Prints of the Nabis
Elizabeth Broun, curator
Jeanne Stump, curator
White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Late 19th century French prints. These artists, much concerned with theories about the true nature of art, paved the way for 20th century modernism by insisting that the higher meaning of a subject be revealed in its form.

Works of art

Eugène Carrière (1849–1906), Meditiation
Eugène Carrière (1849–1906), Meditiation
Eugène Carrière
Meditiation
late 1800s
Félix Edouard Vallotton (1865–1925), Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers)
Félix Edouard Vallotton (1865–1925), Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers)
Félix Edouard Vallotton
Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers)
1891
Maurice Denis (1870–1943), Les attitudes sont faciles et chastes (Attitudes are Easy and Chaste)
Maurice Denis (1870–1943), Les attitudes sont faciles et chastes (Attitudes are Easy and Chaste)
Maurice Denis
Les attitudes sont faciles et chastes (Attitudes are Easy and Chaste)
1899
Henri Gabriel Ibels (1867–1936), Program for the Theâtre Libre: La Belle au bois rêvant, Mariage d'argent, and Ahasvère
Henri Gabriel Ibels (1867–1936), Program for the Theâtre Libre: La Belle au bois rêvant, Mariage d'argent, and Ahasvère
Henri Gabriel Ibels
Program for the Theâtre Libre: La Belle au bois rêvant, Mariage d'argent, and Ahasvère
1893
Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867–1944), untitled (deux femmes conversant, or La Terrasse)
Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867–1944), untitled (deux femmes conversant, or La Terrasse)
Ker-Xavier Roussel
untitled (deux femmes conversant, or La Terrasse)
early 1900s
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender en Buste
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender en Buste
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender en Buste
1895

Resources

Documents

Exhibition Pamphlet