A Sourcebook of Gauguin's Symbolist Followers

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) played a seminal role in Post-Impressionist France. In his writings and work he favored emotional responses to nature over intellectual uses of lines color and composition. In 1888 he and Emile Bernard developed a new style called Synthetism. Three groups of Gauguin''s symbolist followersPont Aven Les Nabis and Rose + Croix pursued and extended the Synthetist vision. This sourcebook focuses on the most prominent adherents of the three schools directly affected by Gauguin''s symbolism.This is the first comprehensive single-volume guide and bibliography of artists in these three important French avant-garde movements. This work covers the entire careers of 16 artists by providing biographical sketches chronologies citations to primary and secondary literature and exhibitions.