On a Lighter Note

There seemed to be an interesting exhibit at the Musee de Luxembourg. It was a show on the "Nabis".

The museum is a small one on the edge of the large Jardin de Luxembourg. It was the perfect size for an exhibit.
As we did not have tickets, we had to wait in line and 5 people at a time were allowed to enter. It took us 45 minutes to enter and we were done in about 30 minutes.
What or who are the "Nabis"? The Nabis were a group of painters who came after the Impressionists. They thought that the Impressionists were too realistic. Imagine that! Their name is hebrew or arabic for "Prophet" as they were going to show the world what the
true art was, an Art Nouveau. The most well know were Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis and Serusier.


As we had already been to an exhibit of Bonnard in London, Judy was looking forward to this show. The paintings were from private collections so  none  of them had been exhibited before. The show was organized by how the paintings were being used in the decor of a home. Some were for the walls of a living room, some for a bedroom, some as panels in a room, some to cover all the walls in a room and even lampshades.

Here's Judy with one of her favorites. Young kids in a park in subdued colors.

Here are a couple which were meant for a living room. The patterns in the women's clothing almost matches the patterns in the wallpaper. This was typical of many of the Nabis' paintings.




















Here is a large painting by Vuillard that was meant to cover a whole wall.

This was a small but very interesting exhibit. There were about 90 pieces but that included manuscripts and sketches, etc.There were about 25-30 painting which made it well within my normal attention span for a museum.