Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) played a seminal role in Post-Impressionist France. In his writings and work, he favored emotional responses to nature over intellectual uses of lines, color, and composition. In 1888 he and Emile Bernard developed a new style called Synthetism. Three groups of Gauguin's symbolist followers-Pont Aven, Les Nabis, and Rose + Croix pursued and extended the Synthetist vision. This sourcebook focuses on the most prominent adherents of the three schools directly affected by Gauguin's symbolism.

This is the first comprehensive, single-volume guide and bibliography of artists in these three important French avant-garde movements. This work covers the entire careers of 16 artists by providing biographical sketches, chronologies, citations to primary and secondary literature and exhibitions.

RUSSELL T. CLEMENT is Reference Services Coordinator, Humanities, John C. Hodges Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His previous books include Georges Braque: A Bio-Bibliography (1994), Les Fauves: A Sourcebook (1994), and Paul Gauguin: A Bio-Bibliography (1991), all published by Greenwood Press. He is also the author of two exhibition catalogues and numerous journal articles and reviews.