His works show intimate, personal scenes that invite you into his family circle.Īnother delightful set of works by Bonnard were drawings for a children’s music book that he worked on with his brother-in-law, musician Claude Terrasse. “The Checkered Blouse”, showing a woman and her cat, is my favorite. His use of pattern and color of clothes and wallpaper and his subject choices of women, children, dogs and cats is just charming. The feelings they evoke are more cozy than breezy. The Nabis show mostly family members in their works, but the art was produced from memory, not life, and most of the scenes depicted are indoors. Monet’s breezy portrait of his wife with an umbrella is a perfect example. The Impressionists tended to work outdoors, catching the effects of light and wind on their subjects. They were a generation or so after the Impressionists like Monet and Renoir, and their style had evolved. The wonderful new show, called “Private Lives”, features the Nabis, a group of young French artists who worked from about 1880 until 1900. We got to meet some new friends at the Portland Art Museum. Grandma Judy Author Judy Posted on NovemTags Curating art, Heatner Lemonedes Brown, mary Weaver Chapin, Portland Art Museum, Private Lives, The Nabis Leave a comment on The Art of Displaying Art Meeting the Nabis The only way to have made it more cozy would have been to have a cushy sofa in front of each piece, but that may be a bit much to ask for.Īs we headed out into the chilly wet afternoon, I felt as though I had spent an afternoon at a gracious, well decorated home. The music that was playing in the display area was fitting, as well, light and pleasant. Since so much of the mood of the display space is evoked by the wall coverings, using period wallpaper allowed us to see the paintings as they were intended to be seen: against vibrant colors and busy designs. The curators, Mary Weaver Chapin and Heather Lemonedes Brown, had done some art history sleuthing and found reproductions of historic wallpapers that looked very much like the rooms in the paintings. While I was enjoying the art of the Nabis, I was also noticing how well the display space had been designed to complement the paintings and prints.Īnd it was no accident.
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