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Intimisme

A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art | 1999 | | Copyright

Intimisme. A type of painting featuring intimate domestic scenes, more or less Impressionist in technique, particularly associated with Bonnard and Vuillard, who practised it from the 1890s (this is when the term was first used). Whereas the Impressionists in their landscapes usually aimed at accurately reflecting the colours of the natural world, the Intimistes often exaggerated and distorted colour to express mood, conveying the warmth and comfort of an untroubled domestic life. Vuillard's style remained essentially Intimiste for the rest of his career, but Bonnard's work sometimes has a grandeur and richness to which the term does not seem altogether appropriate.

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Intimisme

The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | | Copyright

Intimisme. A type of painting featuring intimate domestic scenes, more or less Impressionist in technique, particularly associated with Bonnard and Vuillard, who practised it from the 1890s (this is when the term was first used). Whereas the Impressionists usually aimed at accurately reflecting the colours of the natural world, Bonnard and Vuillard often exaggerated and distorted colour to express mood, conveying the warmth and comfort of an untroubled domestic life.

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Intimisme

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists | 2003 | | Copyright

Intimisme A type of painting featuring intimate domestic scenes, more or less Impressionist in technique, particularly associated with Bonnard and Vuillard, who practised it from the 1890s (this is when the term was first used). Whereas the Impressionists usually aimed at accurately reflecting the colours of the natural world, the Intimistes often exaggerated and distorted colour to express mood, conveying the warmth and comfort of an untroubled domestic life.

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