The Spiritual in art
abstract painting 1890-1985
by Maurice Tuchman
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Traces the use of geometric signs by the Nabis and other French artists and relates this to the development of abstraction. The author describes some of the sources of ideas about the symbolism of geometric signs, in particular the writings of Helena P. Blavatsky, and traces the impact of these on the Nabis, possibly through the stimulus of Gauguin whose paintings from his Brittany period encouraged a mystical conception of art in which sacred geometry figured as one component. He goes on to discuss in detail the paintings of Paul Serusier, Paul Ranson, Maurice Denis, Charles Filiger, Jean Delville, Frantisek Kupka and Mondrian.
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The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985
September 1999, Abbeville Press
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The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985
January 1993, Abbeville Press
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The Spiritual in art: abstract painting 1890-1985
1986-12-01, Abbeville Press, Abbeville Pr, Angeles County Museum of Art
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The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985
December 1986, Angeles County Museum of Art
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The Spiritual in art: abstract painting 1890-1985
1986, Abbeville Press
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The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting, 1890-1985
December 1986, Abbeville Press
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Exhibition schedule: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (opening Nov. 1986); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and Haags Gemeentemuseum, the Hague.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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I worked at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago shortly after this exhibition closed, and this book has had an effect on me ever since I was selling the exhibition catalogue back in 1989. I have never owned a copy, but was always mystified by the complexity of the articles, ranging from Blavatsky to every kind of Oriental Mysticism and Russian occultism and mathematical speculations about the universe, as well as every intellectual art trend from the late 1890's to the early 20C. I have been wanting to read this book for 30 years...It is a profound book, I just haven't grown up enough to read it yet.
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