The Talisman

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The Talisman is a seminal 1888 landscape painting by Paul Sérusier that helped inspire the Nabis movement and marked a turning point toward modernist abstraction in French art.

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Le Talisman 2
The Talisman canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French painting
landscape painting
painting
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalContext Pont-Aven School
surface form: Pont-Aven school
artHistoricalRole key work in transition from Impressionism to modern art
artisticGoal to express emotion through color and form rather than realistic depiction
artisticStyle modernist abstraction
synthetism
associatedGroup Académie Julian circle
basedOnInstructionFrom Paul Gauguin
city Paris
collection Musée d'Orsay
surface form: Musée d’Orsay
colorApproach symbolic use of color
countryOfOrigin France
creator Paul Sérusier
creatorNationality French
depicts landscape of the Bois d’Amour at Pont-Aven
era late 19th century art
exhibitionVenue Musée d'Orsay
surface form: Musée d’Orsay permanent collection
genre landscape art
hasInfluenceOn development of abstract art
development of decorative painting in France
inception 1888
influenced Maurice Denis
Pierre Bonnard
Édouard Vuillard
inspiredBy Paul Gauguin
languageOfTitle French
locationCreated Pont-Aven
materialUsed oil paint
movement Vuillard
surface form: Nabis

Post-Impressionism
movementInfluence Les Nabis
notableFeature emphasis on subjective expression over naturalistic representation
simplified, non-naturalistic forms
use of flat areas of pure color
notableFor emphasis on surface and pattern over depth
radical simplification of landscape
originalTitle The Talisman self-linksurface differs
surface form: Le Talisman
paintingSchool Pont-Aven School
surface form: Pont-Aven school of painting
significance seminal work for the Nabis movement
turning point toward modernist abstraction in French art
subjectMatter trees and riverbank
support wooden panel

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Paul Sérusier notableWork The Talisman
Maurice Denis notableWork The Talisman
The Talisman originalTitle The Talisman self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Le Talisman
Landscape at the Bois d’Amour also known as The Talisman
this entity surface form: Le Talisman