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Maurice Denis

Maurice Denis (1870 - 1943) was active/lived in France.  Maurice Denis is known for Abstract, symoblist painting, decoration, illustration.

Maurice Denis (November 25, 1870 - November 1943) was a French painter and writer, and a member of the Symbolist and Les Nabis movements. His theories contributed to the foundations of cubism, fauvism, and abstract art.

Maurice Denis was born November 25, 1870, in Granville, Manche, a coastal town in the Normandy region of France. Waters and coastlines would remain favorite subject matter throughout his career, as would material drawn from the bible.  For such an avant-garde figure, Denis had a surprisingly broad religious streak, writing in his notebook at age fifteen, "Yes, it's necessary that I am a Christian painter, that I celebrate all the miracles of Christianity, I feel it's necessary."[1] The Denis family was affluent, and young Maurice attended both the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian, where he studied with the French figure painter and theorist Jules Joseph Lefebvre.

At the Académie, he met painters and future Nabi members including Paul Sérus   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6413 characters.]  Artist bio

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La Cuisinière , 1893

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Légende de chevalerie ou Trois jeunes princesses (Première version à la gouache) , 1893

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Sancta Martha , 1893

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Maternité à la pomme , 1897

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Après-midi dans les bois , 1900

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Annonciation à Fiesole (aux chaussons rouges) , 1898

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