Art
Access
Art
Access
is an online resource that examines objects from various areas of The
Art Institute of Chicagos permanent collection to enrich visitors'
understanding of their content, style, and historical context. The interactive
site is of special interest to educators, parents, students, and young
people, including lesson plans for the classroom and art projects for
the home. The section on Impressionism and Post-Impressionism directly
relates to this exhibition and includes paintings by Claude Monet, Henri
Matisse, and Paul Gauguin, as well as a discussion of Edouard Vuillards
Window overlooking the Woods.
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Books
and Catalogues
Titles preceded
by an asterisk (*) may be purchased at the Museum Shop of The Art Institute
of Chicago. Please
call (312) 443-3533 for information.
General
Frèches-Thory, Claire, and Antoine Terrasse. Les Nabis: Bonnard,
Vuillard, and Their Circle. Translated by Mary Pardoe. Paris, 1990.
Gold, Arthur, and
Robert Fizdale. Misia: The Life of Misia Sert. New York, 1980.
Montreal Museum of
Fine Arts. The Time of the Nabis. Exh. cat. 1998.
Bonnard
*Bell, Julian. Bonnard. Phaidon Color Library series. London, 1994.
*Bouvet, Francis.
Bonnard: The Complete Graphic Work. New York, 1981.
*Hyman, Timothy.
Bonnard. The World of Art. London, 1998.
*London, Tate Gallery.
Bonnard. Exh. cat. by Sarah Whitfield and John Elderfield, 1998.
*Watkins, Nicholas.
Bonnard. London, 1994.
Watkins, Nicholas.
Interpreting Bonnard: Color and Light. New York, 1997.
Vuillard
*Groom, Gloria. Edouard Vuillard: Painter-Decorator: Patrons and Projects,
1892-1912. New Haven/London, 1993.
London, South Bank
Centre. Vuillard. Exh. cat. by Belinda Thomson, 1991.
Lyons, Musée
des Beaux-Arts. Vuillard. Exh. cat. by Ann Dumas and Guy Cogeval.
1990. (French only)
Roger-Marx, Claude.
Vuillard: His Life and Work. Translated by E. B. DAuvergne.
London, 1946.
Russell, John. Vuillard.
London, 1971.
Thomson, Belinda.
Vuillard. Oxford, 1988.
Denis
Bouillon, Jean Paul. Maurice Denis. Geneva, 1993. (French only)
Lyons, Musée
des Beaux-Arts. Maurice Denis, 18701943. Exh. cat., 1994.
(French only)
Roussel
Musée de St.-Tropez, LAnnonciade. K. X. Roussel. Exh.
cat., 1993. (French only)
Roussel, Jacques.
K. X. Roussel. Foreword by Günter Busch. Paris, 1967. (French
only)
Stump, Jeanne. The
Art of Ker Xavier Roussel. Ann Arbor, 1972.
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Links
The Annonciade Museum, Saint-Tropez
www.boat-show.com/ANNONCIADE/index.htm
This site provides reproductions of selected works from the collection
of Nabi art in the Annonciade Museum of Saint-Tropez. The text is in both
French and English and includes biographies of Maurice Denis and Ker Xavier
Roussel (the latter in French only).
Art of the First
World War
www.art-ww1.com
Art of the First World War is an online collaboration between cultural
institutions in France, Germany, and Austria that commemorates the 80th
anniversary of the end of World War I. The Web site features reproductions
of 100 paintings from international collections, including works by the
Nabis (Bonnard, Denis, Vuillard, and Vallotton) that deal with the war.
Available in English, French, and German. For the English version, click
on the British/American flag icon, then the composite image, and finally,
go to "List of Painters."
Artcyclopedia:
The Fine Art Search Engine
www.artcyclopedia.com
This search engine features links to Web sites with information about
the Nabis and artists Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard.
The pages on artists and movements consist of links to relevant online
exhibitions and international museums. Search for Nabis, Bonnard, Vuillard,
Denis, and Roussel.
Fine Arts Museums
of San Francisco
www.famsf.org
The Fine Arts Museums, including the California Palace of the Legion of
Honor and the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, have an extensive collection
of Nabi prints, paintings, and sculptures. This site offers thumbnail
images as well as catalogue information about these Nabi objects. Use
"The Thinker ImageBase" and scroll to the bottom of the page
to do a keyword search for Bonnard, Denis, Vuillard, and Vallotton.
Fondation Bemberg
Musée, Toulouse, France
www.fondation-bemberg.fr
One entire gallery of this private collection is dedicated to the art
of Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard. Selected works from the collection
are reproduced and discussed on the museums Web site, which is available
in French and English. For English, click the British flag icon and go
to "Discovery of the Collections," and finally "Bonnard
and Vuillard."
The Minneapolis
Institute of Arts
www.artsmia.org
The MIA site offers electronic postcards of its rich collection of paintings,
lithographs, and sculptures by Nabi artists. Search the e-postcards for
Bonnard, Vuillard, and Denis.
The Montreal Museum
of Fine Arts, Quebec
www.mbam.qc.ca/expopassees/a-nabis.html
The site features an online version of The Time of the Nabis, an
exhibition that was held August 20 through November 22, 1998. Included
are examples of documentation, color reproductions, and brief texts about
14 works of art by members of the Nabis.
Musée Départemental
Maurice Denis, "Le Prieuré," Saint-Germain-en-Laye
http://www.cg78.fr/culturel/le_prieure/index2.htm
This museum outside of Paris is dedicated to the art of Maurice Denis
and his contemporaries. The site features images of the collection and
biographical information on Denis. The text is in French only.
Nart.com (online
art newsletter)
http://www.nart.com/chroniques/2000/35/bertrand/en_expos.html
This online art magazine provides a review of the 2000 exhibition Edouard
Vuillard, The Half-Open Door, held at the Annonciade Museum, Saint-Tropez.
To see a portfolio of selected paintings in the exhibition, click on the
words "his paintings" at the bottom of the first page.
The State Hermitage
Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html
The Hermitages digital collection contains reproductions and catalogue
information about the museums Nabi paintings, prints, drawings,
and sculptures. Search for Bonnard, Denis, Vuillard, and Vallotton.
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