Édouard Vuillard, the Nabis, and the Politics of Domesticity2025

<b>This ground-breaking book is the first to address the feminine and feminist politics of <i>Intimiste</i> art - a modernist mode of art making developed in the 1890s by Édouard Vuillard while associated with the Nabi 'brotherhood'.</b> <b> </b>Coined by contemporary critics, '<i>intimisme</i>' encapsulated the shared approach of these artists to depicting intimate settings and themes. Vuillard's paintings, which are typically small, employ bold pigments and economic brushstrokes to depict female figures in tightly composed apartment interiors. Those portrayed include his mother and sister, just as wives and lovers dominate the art of other Nabis, including Maurice Denis and Pierre Bonnard. Francesca Berry comparatively analyses the gender politics of Nabi art to reveal real differences....