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Rippl-Rónai

From Toulouse to the Pyrenees in paintings

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From the city, through rolling fields and small villages, climbing gradually along valleys to reach rugged mountain passes.

September 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

A Blossom Festival in paintings 2

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More wonderful paintings from Pierre Bonnard, JW Waterhouse, Théo van Rysselberghe, Nikolai Astrup and others.

March 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1919: Figures and Flowers

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Nikolai Astrup, Lovis Corinth, Pierre Bonnard, Renoir, Alphonse Mucha, Édouard Vuillard, and others in an eclectic mixture of styles and schools.

December 27, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Nabis: A brief account

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Short summary of their history, art, and their role in the evolution of painting in the twentieth century, with copious links to articles here.

July 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Nabis: 6 Destinations – Roussel, Vallotton, Ranson, Lacombe, Rippl-Rónai

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High-chroma, constructive strokes, realism typical of the mid-20th century, and ‘corn style’ using coalescent tiles of high-chroma paint – you couldn’t get further from being Nabi.

July 17, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Nabis: 4 Divergence

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After 1895, their styles and themes diverged, with Japonisme popular, and motifs ranging from the streets of Paris to the great waves of the Brittany coast.

July 3, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Medium Well Done: 15 Ground

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Never shown to the public in traditional paintings, a vital layer which goes between paint and the support. White, colour, chalk or oil.

June 25, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

The Nabis: 1 Beginnings

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Paul Gauguin inspired and launched the Nabis during the late 1880s at Pont-Aven. They first exhibited in 1889, and published their manifesto in 1890, by which time he had moved onto another project.

June 13, 2019 General, Life, Painting

József Rippl-Rónai 2: Father of modern Hungarian painting

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Around 1905, with his chroma increasing, he developed a new style of applying paint in patches: corn style. This dominated his paintings, given many a distinctive vibrance.

May 10, 2019 General, Life, Painting

József Rippl-Rónai 1: The Hungarian Nabi

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Met other Nabis when in Paris in 1888, but followed his own realist style. Excellent pastellist who retained good levels of chroma, and his paintings never lost depth.

May 9, 2019 General, Life, Painting
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