The Talisman (The River Aven at Bois d'Amour)

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While at the Pont-Aven artist's colony Sérusier painted a picture that became known as The Talisman, under the close supervision of Gauguin. The picture was an extreme exercise in Cloisonnism that approximated to pure abstraction.

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The Talisman (The River Aven at Bois d'Amour)

About the Artist

Paul Sérusier

1864 – 1927

French painter, who was a pioneer of abstract art and an inspiration for the avant-garde movement Les Nabis, Synthetism and Cloisonnism. In the summer of 1888 he travelled to Pont-Aven and joined the small group of artists centred there around Paul Gauguin , whose style he adhered to, particularly in his paintings of Breton landscapes. With Maurice Denis, Sérusier was a founder and spokesman of the Nabis. Sérusier had a highly methodical approach to art; he expressed his theories in "ABC de la peinture" (1921).

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