In the 20th century, his style evolved from the Nabi. The sun came out, he used higher chroma, and painted many portraits.
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Paintings from his student days through his active membership of the Nabis, including his superb triptych ‘Public Gardens’.
Not his last great painting by any means, but his greatest and most thought-provoking. Where are the royal couple, seen only in reflection, and who is everyone looking at?
Dante and Virgil enter Hell, where they first encounter the souls of those too cowardly to choose between God and the Devil. Then it’s time for a boat trip with Charon.
Views of one glacier over 250 years show how it has changed. Others in Greenland and Iceland are rapidly vanishing too.
Between 1774-79 he painted views of the mountains, glaciers and waterfalls of the Alps. And he even made oil sketches in front of the motif.
What’s that peak over there? Ulrich Deuschle’s amazing website makes you a custom panorama showing almost anywhere on earth.
His later pastels are particularly sublime, with high chroma and mythical stories, include a drunken man being loaded onto a donkey.
A founder member of the Nabis, and close friend of Pierre Bonnard, he developed a unique high chroma style and a taste for mythical landscapes.
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