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 3
The Talisman canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French painting ⓘ
landscape painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalContext Pont-Aven school ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
linked to: 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 permanent collection ⓘ
linked to: Musée d'Orsay
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 Nabis ⓘ
linked to: Vuillard

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 Le Talisman ⓘ
linked to: The Talisman
paintingSchool Pont-Aven school of painting ⓘ
linked to: Pont-Aven School
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul Sérusier → notableWork → The Talisman ⓘ
Maurice Denis → notableWork → The Talisman ⓘ
The Talisman → originalTitle → Le Talisman ⓘ
linked to: The Talisman
Landscape at the Bois d’Amour → also known as → Le Talisman ⓘ
linked to: The Talisman
Le Talisman, paysage au Bois d’Amour → alternativeName → Le Talisman ⓘ
linked to: The Talisman