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Symbolism

A late 19th-century movement that rejected realism in favour of imagery drawn from dreams, mythology, and the spiritual, using symbolic figures and atmospheric moods to express ideas beyond the visible world.

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Paul Gauguin1848–1903French21 works6 institutions48 exhibitions
Auguste Rodin1840–1917French25 works7 institutions14 exhibitions
Henri Fantin-Latour1836–1904French14 works4 institutions10 exhibitions
Piet Mondrian1872–1944Dutch3 works2 institutions10 exhibitions
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes1824–1898French6 works4 institutions8 exhibitions
Arnold Böcklin1827–1901Swiss4 works2 institutions4 exhibitions
Eugène Carrière1849–1906French5 works3 institutions2 exhibitions
Edvard Munch1863–1944Norwegian7 works3 institutions1 exhibition
Félix Vallotton1865–1925Swiss4 works2 institutions1 exhibition
James Ensor1860–1949Belgian3 works3 institutions1 exhibition
Georges Rouault1871–1958French44 works2 institutions
Gustav Klimt1862–1918Austrian18 works2 institutions
Vasily Kandinsky1866–1944French16 works2 institutions
Alfred Kubin1877–1959Austrian14 works2 institutions
František Kupka1871–1957Czech13 works2 institutions
Ferdinand Hodler1853–1918Swiss6 works3 institutions
Hans Thoma1839–1924Grand Duchy of Baden6 works1 institution
Gustave Doré1832–1883French3 works3 institutions
Aristide Maillol1861–1944French2 works2 institutions
Hans von Marées1837–1887Prussian2 works1 institution
Fernand Khnopff1858–1921Belgian1 work1 institution
Giovanni Segantini1858–1899Austria–Hungary1 work1 institution
Gustave Moreau1826–1898French1 work1 institution
Paul Sérusier1864–1927French1 work1 institution