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Symbolism (Late 19th Century)


Symbolism
European cultural movement that was at its peak in the last two decades of the 19th century, profoundly affecting the visual arts and inextricably bound up with music and literature. Symbolism was first identified as a literary movement by Jean Moréas (1856–1910) in the Symbolist manifesto (‘Le Symbolisme’, Le Figaro, 18 Sept 1886). Symbolism in the visual arts was further defined by Albert Aurier as the ‘painting of ideas’ (‘Les Symbolistes’, Rev. Enc., 1 April ... (view more)

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Artists Associated with Symbolism — 36 artists:

Edmond-Francois Aman-Jean
Alexander Benois
Emile Bernard
Leonardo Bistolfi
Arnold Bocklin
Eugene Carriere
Arthur Bowen Davies
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
William Degouve de Nuncques
Jean Delville
John Duncan
Leon Frederic
Louis Welden Hawkins
Jeanne Jacquemin
Ernst Josephson
Fernand Khnopff
Max Klinger
Cheryl Laemmle

Maximilian Lenz
Xavier Mellery
George Minne
Gustave Moreau
Gustave Adolphe Mossa
Edvard Munch
Alphonse Osbert
Armand Point
Odilon Redon
Carlos Schwabe
Alexandre Seon
Hugo Simberg
Konstantin Somov
Hans Thoma
Jan Toorop
Franz von Stuck
Mikhail Vrubel'
George Frederick Watts

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