The Neo-Impressionist Portrait 18861904

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Neo-Impressionism the style pioneered by Georges Seurat (18591891) has long been associated with exquisite landscapes and intriguing scenes of urban leisure. Yet the movements use of dotted brushwork and color theory also produced arresting portraits of unusual beauty and perception. The Neo-Impressionist Portrait is the first book to examine the astonishing portraits produced by the most important figures of Neo-Impressionism including Seurat himself Henri-Edmond Cross Georges Lemmen Maximilien Luce Paul Signac Henry van de Velde Vincent van Gogh and Tho van Rysselberghe. Essays by esteemed scholar Jane Block detail the emergence of portraiture as a genre within the Neo-Impressionist movement first in France and then in Belgium as well as the continuing artistic dialogues between the regions. More than one hundred color illustrations biographies of seventeen Neo-Impressionist artists and a catalogue of sixty paintings make up this authoritative book on a key chapter of the Post-Impressionist era. Published in association with the Indianapolis Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: ING Belgium (02/19/1405/18/14) Indianapolis Museum of Art (06/15/1409/07/14)