The Painters of the Sacred Heart bookcover

The Painters of the Sacred Heart

André Bauchant, Camille Bombois, Séraphine Louis, Henri Rousseau, Louis Vivin

Henrike Hans 

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Udo Kittelmann 

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Annabel Ruckdeschel 

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Description

The first substantial publication on the self-taught French painters whose works tell an alternate story of modernism

By day, they were customs officers, gardeners or carnival wrestlers; by night, they were self-taught painters, working independently, who created their own fantastic worlds of imagery. Sometimes characterized as "naïve" or "outsider" artists, Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), Camille Bombois (1883-1970), André Bauchant (1873-1958), Louis Vivin (1861-1939) and Séraphine Louis (1864-1942) were dubbed "the Painters of the Sacred Heart." They were first discovered by German art historian and gallerist Wilhelm Uhde, who in 1928 organized their first joint exhibition in Paris. Uhde had long been drawn to art unconstrained by formal training or the art canon, and championed the Sacred Heart painters' warm, emotional depictions of flowers, fruit, people and landscapes, real and imaginary. This volume celebrates their magical and sensual creations.

Product Details

PublisherHatje Cantz
Publish DateOctober 04, 2022
Pages168
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9783775753395
Dimensions11.4 X 9.2 X 0.8 inches | 2.4 pounds

Reviews

Bauchant's evocative landscapes, Bombois's circus tableaux, Louis' kaleidoscopic flowers, Rousseau's exotic creatures and Vivin's skewed city scenes all reflected their vivid imaginations in drawing on artistic traditions while offering something entirely new.--Allison C. Meier "Raw Vision"

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