241108: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe: Édouard Vuillard

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe: Édouard Vuillard Predicate delicate In 1888, Paul Sérusier, Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, and Édouard Vuillard - at that time all in their twenties - formed the artist group “Nabis” (Hebrew=prophet). The name was meant to encapsulate the group’s collective, post-Nazarene identity. Contrary to the Impressionists, named after their style of art, the "Nabis" identified themselves through the role they played in the world of art. Maurice Denis was the one who coherently described the goal of the “Nabis” and who made the group famous. He pointed it that it was important to "remember that a painting, no matter if it depicted a war horse, a nude or any anecdote, was nothing but a plain surface, filled with colours, spread according to a certain order.” “Nabis” acquired a taste for lithography and flat screen-printing. The exhibit at the Karlsruher Kunsthalle focuses on Vuillard’s works, however, without neglecting those of his colleagues . If the word 'delicate' still has some value today, then definitely here: this art is delicate. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe 76133 Karlsruhe, Hans-Thoma-Strasse 2-6, until 25.01.09 www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de