Title

Joie de Vivre, prints from the School of Paris.

Venues

National Gallery Of Australia (19 June 1993 – 26 September 1993)

Date

(1993)

Summary

Mult-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Prints.

Web address

https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/joie-de-vivre-prin…

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

For more than a hundred years, until the 1950s, Paris was the centre of modern art. The city attracted artists from provincial France, from the rest of Europe and elsewhere; it symbolised freedom, innovation and excitement. The arts flourished in Paris, with the influx of talent, large audiences, and patronage from individuals and the state.

The School of Paris — l'école de Paris — is a general term used to describe those artists who have worked in the French capital in the twentieth century. More specifically, it refers to the heirs of Post-Impressionism and Fauvism, who no longer adhered to the rules of any group, as the Surrealists did.

Joie de vivre — the joy of life — is expressed in all its variety by these artists. They present the pleasures of the senses, unexpected revelations of everyday beauty, scenes celebrating leisure and nature, and meditations on literature and religion.

[National Gallery of Australia media, 1993].

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06 Aug 2024