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intimism|ˈɪntɪmɪz(ə)m| Also ‖ intimisme. [ad. F. intimisme.] (See quot. 1959.)
1903Daily Chron. 19 Dec. 3/2 The great result of the emancipation of French art from Italian influence is what he [sc. C. Mauclair] calls ‘intimism’. 1959P. & L. Murray Dict. Art & Artists 164 Intimisme, a form of Impressionist technique applied to the depiction of everyday life in domestic interiors rather than to landscape. The work of Bonnard and Vuillard is usually meant. 1960Times 16 Feb. 14/7 To paint a group of television viewers would be a caricature of ‘intimisme’. Hence ˈintimist, ‖ ˈintimiste a., relating to intimism. Also transf. Also as n., a painter following the principles of intimism.
1903P. G. Konody tr. Mauclair's French Impressionists ix. 196 Simon Bussy is decidedly the most personal of that young generation of ‘Intimists’ who seem to have retained the best principles of the Impressionist masters. 1937Times 7 Oct. 12/3 In artistic slang they [sc. Bonnard and Vuillard] are grouped together as ‘intimists’, and the name serves well enough to describe..their habit of dwelling upon their material so as to extract from it the last possibilities in subtle colour relationships. 1959Listener 21 May 898/1 The modified impressionism of Vuillard, a style especially suitable for such intimiste themes. 1967Ibid. 18 May 654/1 Károly Ferenczy's ‘Sunny Morning’ of 1905 and the intimiste paintings of about the same period by..an associate of Bonnard in Paris. 1968Ibid. 23 May 680/1 Jiri Menzel has everywhere been praised, like other Czech directors, as intimiste. 1973Times 20 Mar. 9/7 The gallery shows a mixture of contemporary art and regular Paris-Londres exhibitions together with minor impressionists and intimists. |