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        <h1>Maurice Denis (1870-1943)</h1>
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      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/denis/Denis_HomagetoCezanne1900.jpg" alt="art" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Homage to Cezanne</div>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/denis/Denis_BacchusandAriadne1907.jpg" alt="art" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Bacchus and Ariadne, 1907</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Born in Granville, France, Maurice Denis was a leading forerunner in the Nabis group of painters. The Nabis, which means “prophet” in Hebrew, were a group of spiritual symbolists. Along with being a painter, Denis was also a writer and his theories on painting were considered crucial in the foundation of the Fauvist, Abstract and Cubist movements. In fact, Denis was the first to write and publish the Le Nabis manifesto explaining their symbolist and religious ideals.</p>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">During his artistic career, Denis dabbled in a number of artistic endeavors from carpet design to stained glass, ceramics, lithographs, advertisements and cartoons.</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/denis/Denis_LaDepechedeToulouse1892.jpg" alt="art" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">La Depeche de Toulouse, 1892</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Denis received his first formal training at the Academie Julian and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. There, he was influenced by Gaugin and began to paint in a synthetic style.</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/denis/Denis_SoirTrinitaire1891.jpg" alt="art" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Soir Trinitaire, 1891</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">He traveled to Italy in the late 1890’s, and his work at this time is very original and is infused with Italian renaissance style. Denis would also be later commissioned to work in Russia and Geneva, decorating ceilings and panels in their theaters and churches.</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/denis/Denis_ChildinanApron1889.jpg" alt="art" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Child in an Apron, 1889</div>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/denis/Denis_FemmeEtendantDuLinge.jpg" alt="art" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Femme Etendent du Linge</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">The bulk of Denis’s oeuvre consists of figure studies and landscapes in varying styles. His themes were often of a religious nature, consisting of Jesus figures, crosses and virgin symbols.</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/denis/Denis_Annunciation.jpg" alt="art" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Annunciation</div>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/denis/Denis_TheRoadtoCalvary1889.jpg" alt="art" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Road to Calvary, 1889</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Denis was also noted for his use of color—his color palate is certainly a pre-cursor for the bright colors of the Fauves.</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/denis/Denis_TheOffertoryatCalvary1890.jpg" alt="art" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Offertory at Calvary, 1890</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">While Denis typically worked in oil on canvas, it was not unusual for him to experiment with other mediums as well, such as gouache on other surfaces such as cardboard.</p>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">One of the most intriguing things about this artist is that he did not seem to be married to one certain type of style or another. While many artists grow and change their styles throughout their career, Denis seemed to jump around and embody all of them from Pointillism to post-Impressionism and from Abstract to Symbolist and even in the style of the Realist old masters in “Homage to Cezanne.” He did not paint in specific patterns or specific styles at any given time—rather it seemed as though he preferred to paint in whatever way his subject required.</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/denis/Denis_GreenTrees1893.jpg" alt="art" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Green Trees, 1893</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Denis was, above all, an art philosopher and theorist, and was famously quoted saying “Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a nude, an anecdote or whatnot, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors and assembled in a certain order.”</p>
      <p align="center" class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_a-k/denis/Denis_TachesdeSoleilsurlaTerrasse1890.jpg" alt="art" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Taches de Soleil sur la Terasse, 1890</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">While he obviously painted in a certain order, known only to him, this may make authenticating his paintings difficult for an untrained eye. Allow us to help you research a mysterious painting that you may own…it could be by Maurice Denis.</p>
      
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