"It should be remembered that before a picture is a war horse, a naked woman or any anecdote, it is essentially an ordinary surface covered with colours arranged in a certain way". At the end of the 19th century, this was an outrageous statement by a young painter only twenty years old and a rejection of the conventional painting of art academies.
This young man, living in a suburb of Paris, was called Maurice Denis and was influenced early on by Gauguin and his students. Their hallmark was the use of pure, radiant colors and a clear formal language. Around 1888 he founded the group "Les Nabis" with like-minded, rebellious artists such as Pierre Bonnard and Paul Sérusier. He was regarded as the theoretician of the group and published various articles on his view of art in important contemporary publications. As far as non-European influences are concerned, the Nabis were particularly interested in Japanese woodblock prints.
A typical picture of him is the painting "Sunspots on the Terrace", which shows a female figure on a surface surrounded by trees. With its strongly reduced forms, the figure is hardly recognizable as a woman, and almost exclusively held in complementary colors, this painting in its radical reduction already refers to the coming avant-garde of the 20th century.
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.jpg "Calvary or, The Road to Calvary, 1889 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Procession under the Trees, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Green Beach, Perros Guirec by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "La Dormeuse au Bois Magique by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Nude with a Bouquet of Violets by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Bathing at the Pardon of Sainte-Anne-la-Palud, 1905 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche, Panel VI. Psyche")
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.jpg "Magnificat by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Marthe with a Rose, 1909 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Bacchus and Ariadne, 1907 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Nude Hairdressing by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Annunciation at Fiesole by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Reproduction of a Poster Advertising")
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.jpg "Beach Scene with a Boat by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Raising of Lazarus by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Orpheus and Eurydice by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Muses, 1893 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Wave by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "April, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Princess in the Tower, c.1900 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Sun-Dial by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Muses by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Small Grey Nude by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Annunciation by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Illustration with Christ carrying the cross and nuns by a poem in the poetry collection Sagesse by Paul Verlaine (series title: The Trial) by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "April The Anemones by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Nude at Dusk, ca 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-143216).jpg "Sketch of the Virgin at School by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Large Family Portrait in Blue and Yellow, 1902 by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-409835).jpg "Blossoming Trees by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Illustration with Standing Naked Woman between Trees by a Lake for the Poem Petit Air by Stéphane Mallarmé by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Portrait of Eva Meurier in a Green Dress, 1891 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Grace, central section from the decoration of the artist")
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.jpg "Poster for the newspaper La Dépêche de Toulouse, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Mellerio Family by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Ladder in the Foliage by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Portrait of Raphael Lemeunier, 1889 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Sleeping Woman, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Ball Game on the Beach, 1922 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Morning Bouquet, the Tears by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "In the Presence of the Gods, Jupiter Grants Immortality to Psyche and Celebrates Her Marriage with Cupid by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "April by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Garden of Olives, Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Parisians at the Seaside, 1899 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Pentecost, from the Apse of the Church by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marthe Denis, the artist")
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.jpg "On the Beach, 1912 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Virgin with a Kiss by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Illustration with Naked Female Saint Standing by Tree in Poetry Book by Paul Verlaine by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Nymphs, or The Seine at Port-Marly, c.1890 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Christ with the Children by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Kneeling Nude by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Figures in a Spring Landscape, 1897 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Portrait of Martha with Open Hands by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Dread by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "On the Beach with a Red Hat by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Study for The Supper at Emmaus by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "September evening: Young women and children on the beach at the end of the day, mother breastfeeds, others play snowshoes, 1911 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Landscape with Green Trees or Beech Trees in Kerduel by Maurice Denis")
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 1897 - (MeisterDrucke-638326).jpg "Le Reflet dans la fontaine (Reflection in the Fountain), 1897 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marthe with a White Veil by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Brest Port by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Beeches at Kerdual by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Spring by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Mother and Child by Maurice Denis")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-137621).jpg "The Bottom of the Valley between Saint-Germain and Mareil, 1894 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Homage to Cezanne by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Cover by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "St. George and the Dragon by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "First Study for a Triple Portrait of Marthe by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1122207).jpg "Penitentiam Agite, c.1896 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Green Beach, Perros-Guirec by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the Glorification of the Mass (detail) by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Copper Cauldron with Hydrangeas, 1916 by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1318449).jpg "The Visitation by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1030109).jpg "Steering Wheel Set (Detail) by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Still Life with Apples by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Spanish Steps and the Trinità dei Monti Church, Rome by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures, plate nine from Love by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Orchard of the Wise Virgins, 1893 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Knight Did Not Die in the Crusade by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Mother and Child by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Communicants by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Royal Tiger by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche, Panel I. Eros Is Struck by Psyche")
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.jpg "Mademoiselle Yvonne Lerolle in Three Aspects by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "A Heap of Leaves Before the Chapel by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The New Born, 1900 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Cagnes, 1910 by Maurice Denis")
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