Neo-Impressionism and Anarchism in Fin-de-Siècle France: Painting, Politics and Landscape

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Robyn Roslak

Neo-Impressionism and Anarchism in Fin-de-Siècle France

Painting, Politics and Landscape

Robyn Roslak

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Routledge
01 June 2007

History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Painting & paintings; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes); Anarchism

In Neo-Impressionism and Anarchism in Fin-de-Siècle France, Robyn Roslak examines for the first time the close relationship between neo-impressionist landscapes and cityscapes and the anarchist sympathies of the movement's artists. She focuses in particular on paintings produced between 1886 and 1905 by Paul Signac and Maximilien Luce, the neo-impressionists whose fidelity to anarchism, to the art of landscape and to a belief in the social potential of art was strongest. Although the neo-impressionists are best known for their rational and scientific technique, they also heeded the era's call for art surpassing the mundane realities of everyday life. By tempering their modern subjects with a decorative style, they hoped to lead their viewers toward moral and social improvement. Roslak's ground-breaking analysis shows how the anarchist theories of Elisée Reclus, Pierre Kropotkin and Jean Grave both inspired and coincided with these ideals. Anarchism attracted the neo-impressionists because its standards for social justice were grounded, like neo-impressionism itself, in scientific exactitude and aesthetic idealism. Anarchists claimed humanity would reach its highest level of social and moral development only in the presence of a decorative variety of nature, and called upon progressive thinkers to help create and maintain such environments. The neo-impressionists, who primarily painted decorative landscapes, therefore discovered in anarchism a political theory consistent with their belief that decorative harmony should be the basis for socially responsible art.

By: Robyn Roslak
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9780754657118
ISBN 10: 0754657116
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 01 June 2007
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robyn Roslak is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA.

Reviews for Neo-Impressionism and Anarchism in Fin-de-Siècle France: Painting, Politics and Landscape

'... a brilliant and compelling contribution to art history and anarchist studies. Traversing the fields of art history, political science, history, ecology, and geography, Roslak has effectively rewritten the history of one of the 19th-century’s most important art movements.' Allan Antliff, University of Victoria, Canada ’Incorporating theories of cultural geography and tourism studies, unearthing little-discussed primary material, and presenting tightly unified argument, Robyn Roslak's Neo-Impressionism and Anarchism in Fin-de-Siècle France is essential reading for any scholar of Neo-Impressionism.’ Oxford Art Journal ’Robyn Roslak’s book is a welcome and illuminating study, adding to the still somewhat thin literature on neo-Impressionism.’ Art History '... [a] ground-breaking study. ... Roslak’s book constitutes the first synthetic study of Neo-Impressionism to consider the anarchist import of this movement, free of the distorting lens of traditional Marxism.' H-France