Their heroes were Cézanne and the masters of the Japanese woodblock print, but above all their guru, Gauguin. They called themselves Nabis, from the Hebrew word for ‘prophets’, because they saw beyond Impressionism and allowed imagination to play a new role in painting. By painting nature as they experienced it, in pure colours, artists like Bonnard, Vuillard, Sérusier and Denis paved the way for a new, abstract art.
The Triton Collection is a private collection of top paintings from the period between 1860 and 1970. In many ways it forms a perfect complement to the permanent collection of the Gemeentemuseum. This exhibition coincides with the publication of the sixth Triton Cahier in the series currently being issued by Waanders Uitgevers (price: € 9.95).
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