DRAWN TOWARD THE AVANT-GARDE. Nineteeth- and Twentieth-Century French Drawings from the Royal Museum of Fine Art, Copenhagen

Author: Frandsen, Jan Würtz
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2002
No. of pages: 279
Illustrations: 114 Color Illustrations. 89 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11”x 10”
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 883971356
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bibl. Cat. of exh.
Code: 5479

Price: $49.50

This beautifully illustrated exhibition catalogue traces the rise and transformatiopn of modern art in the 19th century, and the breakthrough of avant-garde abstraction in the 20th, through the perspective of French drawings. Exquisite finished drawings and working sketches - from Bonnard, Cézanne, Degas, Doré, Gauguin, Giacometti, Ingres, Maillol, Manet, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso, Rodin, Vuillard, and dozens more - are presented here in 80 color plates and another 60 black and white photos. Most have never been shown outside of Denmark, and many are previously unpublished. The works are annotated in detail, placing them in the context of the artist’s oeuvre and his social and artistic influences, and in some cases even naming the models.