Introduction

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step inside the art gallery of

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Hamilton’s exhibition the artists dream

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works a French symbolism in this virtual

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tour this exhibition explores dreaming

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as a metaphor for artistic vision in the

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symbolist movement in France it features

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works by pierre bouvier des shavon

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jean-jacques hana Auguste Rodin

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Eugene Kerr here Sarah Bernhardt

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jean-jacques uma Camille Claudel and

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other artists associated with symbolism

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in France symbolism originated as a

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literary movement and flourished in the

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visual arts from the 1800’s to the turn

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of the 20th century rather than

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recording observable phenomenon in

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nature the symbol lists were drawn to

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the invisible realm of subjective ideas

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in their quest to visually Express

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subjective ideas symbolist artists drew

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inspiration from dreaming in the

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development of their imagery and style

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one of the artists featured in the

Eugene Correa

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exhibition is Eugene Correa whose

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paintings were described at the time as

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realities having the magic of a dream

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the dreamlike quality of querido style

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is apparent in painting who around 1899

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here cualquier uses a monochromatic

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palette and none finito technique

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intentionally creating an unfinished

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effect to render an allegory of painting

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the figure of painting on the right

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holds a palette in positions the model

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who gazes into the distance

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Katia used his daughters as subjects for

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this painting he frequently depicted

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members of his family as we can see also

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in the lithograph entitled the sleep

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dated to before 18 97 this print depicts

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the artists sleeping son jaha and they

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carry air sleep was a subject that the

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artist returned to throughout his career

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depicting his models in various states

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of slumber the altered states of

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consciousness associated with sleeping

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and dreaming were enduring areas of

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interest for the Symbolists in this

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little graph the artist employs the

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fluid gestures that evoke the sensation

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of falling into a deep sleep

JeanJacques Henare

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jean-jacques han there was a proto

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symbolist whose paintings influenced

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younger artists like kaffir and their

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used religious iconography to explore

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the theme of death as is evident in the

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levite of ephraim and his wife from 1895

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in this painting the artist employed

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dramatic chiaroscuro that is the use of

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strong tonal contrast to focus attention

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on the lifeless body which appears to

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glow as if illuminated from inside

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notice how the figures red hair flows

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like blood from her body alluding to the

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gruesome outcome of this biblical tale

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the otherworldly quality of light and

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hazy contours imbue hennas painting with

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a dreamlike effect one that led a

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contemporary viewer to describe henares

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art as all dreamy simplicity

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jean-jacques can air also painted a

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series of red haired women in profile

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the women in these portraits gaze into

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the distance an expression suggestive of

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being lost in reverie but that was also

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associated with entering a hypnotic

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state the emerging discipline of

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psychology generated interest in such

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altered states of consciousness which

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you can see that Henare evokes here

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through the models distant stare the

Auguste Rodin

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main gallery of this exhibition includes

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two sculptures by Camille Claudel this

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sculpture depicts a youthful figure

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seated beside a wheat sheaf Claude L

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worked closely with a sculptor Auguste

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Rodin between the years of 1883 in 1893

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their collaboration is evident when

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comparing this sculpture to Valdez

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brother and sister also on display in

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the gallery the pose of the female model

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in Rodin sculpture is indebted to Claude

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Elle’s young girl with a sheaf which was

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modeled three years earlier attesting to

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the influence of gladden on the whole

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day at this time let’s step into the

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next gallery where we’ll encounter two

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very different depictions of women made

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by symbolist artists

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you are looking at the sorceress from

Lucia Levy der Mare

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1897 by the artist Lucia levy der mare

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the sorceress was the embodiment of the

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femme fatale in late 19th century art in

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this plaster relief la vie de mer

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depicts a sorceress accompanied by

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various creatures associated with

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witchcraft

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can you see the cat on her shoulder

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what about the toad and bat

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she holds a wand and potion bottle that

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symbolizes masculinity and femininity in

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addition to the presence of the potion

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bottle and wand the figures unnaturally

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constricted pose suggests that she is in

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the midst of performing an incantation

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compare this work to sarah bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

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self-portrait as a sphinx dated to 1880

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the stage actress Sarah Bernhardt was

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also a highly accomplished visual artist

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who exhibited regularly at the Paris

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salon in this bronze sculpture which was

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a functional inkwell Bernhardt has

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transformed herself into a sphinx the

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sphinx was associated with the figure of

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the new woman

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a term that emerged in the late 19th

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century to describe modern women who

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resisted traditional gender roles

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Bernhardt’s transformation into his

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Fink’s produces a powerful self-portrait

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of the artist as a new woman that stands

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in contrast to the representation of the

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female sorceress by Livy de mer

Odile O Morado

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in this gallery we also encounter three

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lithographs by the artist

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Odile o morado who was known as the

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Prince of dreams dreaming was central to

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of Nadal’s personal definition of art he

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believed that art should be a reflection

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of both conscious and unconscious

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experience these leather graphs were

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inspired by Gustav lo bears prose poem

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the temptation of st. Anthony the

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strange juxtapositions and stark tonal

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contrast typify the artist lithographic

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style more works on paper by French

Philippe File

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Symbolists are in viewing the final

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gallery of the exhibition here we can

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see works by Philippe’s file such as

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three bathers from 1894 this woodcut

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appears in the French art and literary

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magazine love you blush in February 1894

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it depicts three water nymphs seemingly

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unaware of our presences viewers while

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the scene initially appears to be

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tranquil could something more sinister

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be about to occur one bay there slips

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beneath the surface of the water as

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another looms menacingly above the

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ambiguity of the same creates a palpable

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tension we also see examples of the

Hector Berlioz

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lithographic works of all three fault

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Delatour this print titled to Berlioz

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from 1895 illustrates the fact that

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music was an important source of

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inspiration for the Symbolists all a

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fault dialect or frequently portrayed

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musical subjects in his lithographic

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prints in this example a bust of the

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romantic composer Hector Berlioz looks

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towards an allegorical figure of music

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who inscribes a stone tablet

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the scene has an evanescent quality

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reminiscent of the fleeting nature of

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music and dreaming

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rather than searching for subjects in

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the external world the symbolist probed

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the depths of human psychology

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this exhibition examines how the

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symbolist exploited the aesthetic

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potential of dreaming in both their

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imagery and their style for much like

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today dreaming was viewed as an escape

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from reality and is opening a window

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into the human psyche

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