{"product_id":"felix-feneon-the-anarchist-and-the-avant-garde-hardcover","title":"Félix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFelix Feneon\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eStarr Figura\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStarr Figura\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of French impresario, dandy and anarchist Félix Fénéon's extraordinary influence on early modernism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e critics' pick Best Art Books 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It would not be a commonplace portrait at all, but a carefully composed picture, with very carefully arranged colors and lines. A rhythmic and angular pose. A decorative Félix, entering with his hat or a flower in his hand.\" With these words, in 1890, Paul Signac described to Félix Fénéon the extraordinary portrait he was dedicating to him. In it, Signac paid homage to Fénéon's distinctive appearance, his generous but enigmatic personality and his innovative approach to modernism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSignac's portrait spotlights a figure who often chose to remain behind the scenes. But Fénéon's impact--as a writer, dealer, publisher, curator, collector and anarchist--was tremendous. Fénéon helped define the movement known as neoimpressionism, a term he himself coined in the 1880s; he helped launch the careers of Seurat, Signac, Bonnard, Matisse and Modigliani; he was the first editor of the work of Rimbaud and Lautréamont; and he was active in anarchist circles, notoriously so in 1894, following the bombing of a restaurant popular among politicians and financiers, for which he was arrested and acquitted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFélix Fénéon: The Anarchist and the Avant-Garde\u003c\/i\u003e accompanies the first exhibition tracing Fénéon's extraordinary, unsung impact on the development of early modernism, a major international event. The publication traces Fénéon's career through a selection of major works that Fénéon admired, championed and collected, alongside contemporary letters, documents and photographs, and offers a long-overdue celebration of this singular, catalytic figure in art history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in an age of revolutionary change, French polymath \u003cb\u003eFélix Fénéon\u003c\/b\u003e (1861-1944) was at the center of Paris' literary, artistic and anarchist circles. His \u003ci\u003eNovels in Three Lines\u003c\/i\u003e was translated by Luc Sante and published in 2007.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 10.7 x 9.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769309200672,"sku":"9781633451018","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/50426d99842572fc525fc6a64c12567b.webp?v=1780345626","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/felix-feneon-the-anarchist-and-the-avant-garde-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}