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Maurice Denis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Moris Deni, M. Denis, m. denis, Denis
French painter (1870–1943)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1870
- Died
- 1943
- Works
- 37
Top works
- Maurice Denis et la Bretagne, Maurice Denis à Perros-Guirec
- Premiers paysages
- Beautés du ciel
- Französische Kunst des XIX. u. XX. Jahrhunderts Zürcher Kunsthaus 5 oktober bis 14 November 1917
- L'oeuvre
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1945
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Quotes
- “Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a female nude or some sort of anecdote, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order.”
- “The profoundness of our emotions comes from the sufficiency of these lines and these colors to explain themselves.. ..everything is contained in the beauty of the work.”
- “Art remains a sure refuge, the hope of a reason in life from now on, and the consoling thought that little beauty manifests itself in our lives, and that we are continuing the work of Creation.. .Therefore the work of art has merit, inscribed in the marvelous beauty of flowers, of light, in the proportion of trees and shape of waves, and the perfection of faces; to inscribe our poor and lamentable life of suffering, of hope and of thought.”
- “Think of late paintings where Christ is the central figure.. .Remember the large mosaics of Rome. Reconcile the employment of large-scale decorative means and the direct emotions of nature.”
- “..the classical aesthetic offers us at the same time a method of thinking and a method of wanting to be, a moral and at the same time a psychology.. .The classical tradition as a whole, by the logic of the effort and the greatness of results, is in some way parallel with the religious tradition of humanity.”
- “The common error of us all [in late Impressionism] was to search above all for the light. It would have been better first to search for the Kingdom of God and his justice, that is to say for the expression of our spirit in beauty, and the rest would have arrived naturally.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Maurice Denis , ( 1870-11-25 ) 25 November 1870, Granville, Manche , France
- Died
- 13 November 1943 (1943-11-13) (aged 72), Paris, France
- Education
- École des Beaux-Arts , Académie Julian
- Known for
- Painting, drawing
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maurice
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Granville
- Place of death
- Hôpital Cochin
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Educated at
- Académie Julian
- Employer
- Académie Ranson
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- Homage to Cézanne
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- genre art
- Movement
- Les Nabis
- Image
- Maurice Denis - photo Henri Manuel.jpg
- Work location
- France
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- Commons category
- Maurice Denis
- date of birth
- 1870-11-25
- date of death
- 1943-11-03
- Commons Creator page
- Maurice Denis
- Commons gallery
- Maurice Denis
- name in native language
- Maurice Denis
- writing language
- French
- influenced by
- Paul Gauguin
- manner of death
- accidental death
- birth name
- Maurice Amédée Eugène Denis
- significant person
- Q314350
Sources (7)
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Maurice Denis, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Maurice Denis ( French: [dəni]; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer. An important figure in the changing world of late 19th-century European art, Denis is associated with Les Nabis, Symbolism, and later Neo-classicism. His theories contributed to the foundations of Cubism, Fauvism, and abstraction. After World War I, Denis founded the Ateliers d'Art Sacré (Workshops of Sacred Art), decorated the interiors of churches, and worked for a revival of religious art.
Biography
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