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Shadow Visionaries: French Artists Against the Current, 1840-70

Edited by Anne Leonard, Contributions by Geoffrey Batchen, Contributions by Valerie Sueur-Hermel

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A look at the imaginative work of artists and photographers who defied the aesthetics of realism in nineteenth-century France Â Though realism is regarded as the dominant aesthetic of nineteenth-century France, an equally fervent movement of dreamlike, allegorical, and eerie literature and art was produced by figures as renowned as Victor Hugo and Odilon Redon. These â€œshadow visionariesâ€ traversed the boundaries of reality in their work, recognizing the potential for art to construct a spiritual consciousness. Highlighting haunted representations of the natural world, Shadow Visionaries provides an extraordinary look at a popular yet understudied era of French art. Â In bringing together a variety of mediaâ€”from photographs to literatureâ€”this catalogue challenges traditional art historical narratives and facilitates ground-breaking dialogues between creative works. Essays by leading curators and historians illuminate the cultural and societal currents that inspired widespread Gothic nostalgia and uncanny constructions of the natural world.Â Â Distributed for the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Â Exhibition Schedule: Â The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA (December 20â€“March 8, 2026)

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