Intimism

Intimism
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The term Intimisme refers to the small, intimate, domestic interior scenes painted by Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The style placed emphasis on color and rejected the Naturalism of the Nabis.

Intimism. Term invented to describe the type of painting of domestic interiors executed by *Bonnard and *Vuillard.

Intimisme or Intimism
intonaco - The final layer of plaster on which a fresco is painted.
intrados - The underside of an arch or a vault.

Intimism is sociable art. But it does not take off from society at large. Now all these characteristics are part of Howard Hodgkin's work.

In any event, the style had a massive impact on Parisian and world art, and was the gateway to a series of colour-related movements, including Post-Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, Pointillism, Divisionism, Fauvism, Intimism, ...

Piérre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947) and Edouard Vuillard (French, 1868-1940) were probably the best painters of the group and eventually reverted to a modified style known as Intimisme.

See also: Expression, Painting, Modernism, Impression, Roman