Paul Sérusier was born on the 9th of November in 1864 in Paris, France.
1864 - 1927
Paul Serusier
description
A French artist, one of the founders and theoreticians of the Nabis group (from Hebrew “The Prophets”).
Paul’s father was the owner of a perfume factory and dreamed of making his son a merchant. However, at school young Serusier showed a penchant for fine arts and languages.
A disciple and a faithful follower of Paul Gauguin. It was Serusier who introduced the work of the outstanding painter to his friends at the Academy of Art who adopted and applied new artistic principles in their work. In addition to paintings and graphics, Serusier created several theoretical works. One of them is “The ABC of Painting”, where the artist presented his understanding of the basics of painting.
Key ideas:
– The work of Paul Seriusier, which at the very beginning strongly resembled the works of his teacher and idol Paul Gauguin, very quickly acquired its own original features. Having rethought the basic ideas of Cloisonnism, that is, creating individual colorful planes in the painting, and applying them in his works in his own way, the artist puts an additional meaning and profound content in the paintings.
– The canvases of the painter are intellectual. They make the viewer contemplate, giving a variety of historical and artistic associations. This is very clearly expressed in the work “Pont-Avent triptych”, where the heroines of the plot personify certain mythological images and are the symbols of human existence. Over time, the influence of Catholicism reinforced in Serusier’s artistic method. The artist tries to unite the Symbolist theories with religious ideas, and this is reflected in the themes on the murals of the church in Châteauneuf-du-Faou.
– The art of Paul Serusier is synthetic to the greatest extent. It miraculously combines the simplicity of artistic means with the amazing depth of design and the authenticity of the impression. The artist said, “Syntheses means the reduction of the variety of forms to the smallest number that we can only perceive: to straight lines, to several angles, to arcs of circles and ellipses. Going beyond such limits, we will be lost in the ocean of diversity.”
1864
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1919
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1927
The birth of the artist
He entered the Academy of Julian
After graduating from the prestigious Condorcet lyceum, he entered the Academy of Julian in Paris.
"The workshop of the Breton weaver"
At the exhibition in the Salon, he presented “The workshop of the Breton weaver”, which received a positive review.
In Pont-Avenue, he met Gauguin, who helped him paint the picture “Talisman”. This work became an example of a new painting style for a whole generation of young artists.
"Nabis"
Created art group “Nabis” (from the Hebrew “Prophets”); the association included such artists as Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Ker-Xavier Russell and others.
Visited Italy
Visited Italy with E. Bernard, and later Germany and other countries. These trips open the special beauty of Italian and German primitivists, with their natural strength of spirit and original decorative solutions.
Became a professor of the Ransom Academy
Became a professor of the Ransom Academy.
The personal exhibition
A personal exhibition of the painter, which was a kind of the result of his career
"ABC of Painting"
The fundamental work “ABC of Painting” was published. This work reflected the artistic views of Serusier and had a great influence on young artists of the twentieth century.
The death
The artist died on the 7th of October in 1927 in Morlaix, Finistère, France.