“Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900” opens today at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

The exhibition focuses on the work created by a small group of avant garde artists in Paris in the late 19th century. They formed a brotherhood to promote a radical new direction in art and adopted the name Nabis — Hebrew for “prophets.”

They shifted away from the Impressionist style, which sought to capture the fleeting effects of nature, and instead aimed to depict subjective experience and emotion in their paintings, prints and drawings.

“Private Lives” is the first exhibition to focus on intimate views of home and family by four Nabi artists: Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Maurice Denis (1870-1943), Felix Vallotton (1865-1925) and Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940).

It includes works on loan from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art, both in New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Musee d’Orsay and Petit Palais, both in Paris; the National Gallery of Ireland; and the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, as well as private collections in the U.S. and Europe.

More than 40 paintings and 110 works on paper will be included in the show.

According to CMA Director William M. Griswold, “Private Lives is our first major international loan exhibition since the pandemic began. It explores the humble subjects that resonated most with four important post-Impressionist artists — quiet interiors, family, scenes of children and pets playing in gardens and parks and Paris city life.”

“Private Lives” will be on display through Sept. 19 at Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd., Cleveland. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for senior citizens; $8 for students and children ages 6 to 17, and free for CMA members and children 5 and younger.

For tickets or more information, go to 216-421-7350 or call 216-421-7350.