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Pin-ups : Toulouse-Lautrec and the art of celebrity

Title
Pin-ups : Toulouse-Lautrec and the art of celebrity / Hannah Brocklehurst and Frances Fowle.
Author
Brocklehurst, Hannah
Publication
Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland, 2018.

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Additional Authors
  • Fowle, Frances
  • Scottish National Gallery, host institution.
Description
120 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 x 17 cm
Summary
This book offers a beautiful exploration of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's works in lithography. It explores the new artistic approach to the poster at the end of the 19th century, which bridged visual and popular culture and turned the relationship between 'high' and 'low' art on its head. Technical innovations in lithography pioneered by Lautrec and other artists produced larger sizes, more varied colours and new effects and launched the role of the poster as a powerful tool for communication and marketing in fin de siecle Paris. Lautrec's embrace of celebrity helped to define the famous hotspots (theatres, cabarets and cafe-concerts) of fin de siecle Paris and made their stars recognisable figures across the whole city. Works by contemporaries such as Pierre Bonnard, Theophile Alexandre Steinlen and Jules Cheret also feature, and Lautrec's influence on British, and particularly Scottish, artists of the period will be explored. These include Walter Richard Sickert, Arthur Melville, John Duncan Fergusson, William Nicholson and James Pryde. Exhibition: Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK (06.10.2018 - 20.01.2019).
Subject
  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1864-1901 > Exhibitions
  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1864-1901
  • 1800-1899
  • Celebrities in art > 19th century > Exhibitions
  • Lithography, French > 19th century > Exhibitions
  • Posters, French > 19th century > Exhibitions
  • Celebrities in art > Exhibitions. > 19th century
  • Lithography, French > Exhibitions. > 19th century
  • Posters, French > Exhibitions. > 19th century
  • Posters, French
  • Lithography, French
  • Celebrities in art
Genre/Form
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
Note
  • Published to accompany the exhibition Pin-Ups: Toulouse-Lautrec and the art of celebrity held at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, from 6 October 2018 to 20 January 2019.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-119).
Contents
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901 : a short biography -- Toulouse-Lautrec and the world of celebrity / Frances Fowle -- Art, advertising, and the craze for prints / Hannah Brocklehurst -- Catalogue -- Printmaking in Paris -- The celebrities of Montmartre -- Toulouse-Lautrec and Britain.
ISBN
  • 191105421X
  • 9781911054214
OCLC
  • on1060544832
  • 1060544832
  • SCSB-9508692
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library