First published in French as Les Avant-gardes artistiques 1848–1918: Une histoire transnationale, © Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 2016. Revised and updated for this edition. Translated by Dustin Lovett.
Cover illustration: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938), Selbstbildnis als Kranker [Self-Portrait as a Sick Man], 1918. Oil on canvas, 59 × 69.3 cm. Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne. Image © Wikimedia Commons.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Joyeux-Prunel, Béatrice author | Lovett, Dustin translator
Title: The rise of the avant-gardes 1848–1918 : a transnational history / by Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel.
Other titles: Avant-gardes artistiques 1848–1918. English
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2026] | Series: Avant-garde critical studies, 1387–3008 ; volume 48 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025048253 (print) | LCCN 2025048254 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004720947 hardback | ISBN 9789004720954 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Avant-garde (Aesthetics)—History—19th century | Avant-garde (Aesthetics)—History—20th century | Art and society—History—19th century | Art and society—History—20th century
Classification: LCC N6447.J6913 2026 (print) | LCC N6447 (ebook)
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025048253
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025048254
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.
ISSN 1387-3008
ISBN 978-90-04-72094-7 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-72095-4 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004720954
Copyright 2026 by Koninklijke Brill BV, Plantijnstraat 2, 2321 JC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Koninklijke Brill BV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Schöningh, Brill Fink, Brill mentis, Brill Wageningen Academic, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Böhlau and V&R unipress.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Requests for re-use and/or translations must be addressed to Koninklijke Brill BV via brill.com or copyright.com.
For more information: info@brill.com.
This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner.