"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 "Procession under the Trees, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Nude with a Bouquet of Violets by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche, Panel VI. Psyche")
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.jpg "Calvary or, The Road to Calvary, 1889 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 "La Dormeuse au Bois Magique by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Marthe with a Rose, 1909 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Magnificat by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Green Beach, Perros Guirec by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Bathers at Dusk, 1912 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Parisians at the Seaside, 1899 by Maurice Denis")
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 (detail) - (MeisterDrucke-164470).jpg "Pentecost, from the apse of the church (detail) by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Bacchus and Ariadne, 1907 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Noelle at Fiesole, 1898 by Maurice Denis")
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_from_Lo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1339673).jpg "She was More Beautiful than Dreams from Love: Twelve Lithographs in Color by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Raising of Lazarus by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Nude at Dusk, ca 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Girls with the Garlands, 1905-1906 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Large Family Portrait in Blue and Yellow, 1902 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "It was a Religious Mystery, plate four from Love by Maurice Denis")
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_1894_(huile_sur_toile)_-_(MeisterDrucke-984356).jpg "Women at the Creek by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the Glorification of the Mass (left hand side of the central panel of an altarpiece from the Chapelle du College Sainte-Croix du Vesinet) by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "And It is the Caress of Their Hands, plate eight from Love by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Beach Scene with a Boat by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Morning Bouquet, Tears, plate three from Love by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Crown of Daisies, c. 1906 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Allegory, from the series Amour by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Communion by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Le Bain en plein air, 1904 by Maurice Denis")
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_1891_-_(MeisterDrucke-947966).jpg "Engagement fan, decorated by Maurice Denis (1891) 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 "The Green Beach, Perros-Guirec by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Landscape with Hooded Man by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Knight Did Not Die at the Crusade, plate five from Love by Maurice Denis")
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_Peinture_de_Maurice_Denis_-_(MeisterDrucke-1422411).jpg "The Story of Psyche (Panel 4: The Vengeance of Venus) by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1426622).jpg "Viaduct Pecq, Seen from the Old Bridge at Pecq by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Maternity, Jean-Paul Nude by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Dominique on the Isard by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1325834).jpg "Polyphemus by Maurice Denis")
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_La_damoiselle_elue_-_(MeisterDrucke-1088935).jpg "Claude-Achille Debussy, The Blessed Damozel by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Young Girl with Flowers by a Window by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-909158).jpg "The nativity, 20th century by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Dispatch of Toulouse by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The New Pretoria, 1900 by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-892046).jpg "At the North Bridge, a ball was held by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche, Panel VII. Cupid Carrying Psyche Up to Heaven by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Landerneau River, 1924 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Kneeling Nude by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mademoiselle Yvonne Lerolle in Three Poses by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "But It is the Heart That Beats Too Quickly, Plate Twelve from Love by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Wedding Procession, c.1892-93 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Beeches at Kerdual by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Grace, left hand panel from the decoration of the artist")
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_and_Marthe_Denis_(1871-1919)_1899_(charcoal_on_paper)_-_(MeisterDrucke-137530).jpg "Pierre Bonnard and Marthe Denis by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660151).jpg "Maurice Denis, Self-Portrait in Front of the Priory by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660160).jpg "The Orchard of the Virgins by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Poster for the newspaper La Dépêche de Toulouse, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1460054).jpg "Morning Mass (Nuns in Prayer) by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Visitation, c1892-1893 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Maternity at the Window, 1901 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Copper Cauldron with Hydrangeas, 1916 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 "The First Steps on the Terrace at Fiesole by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Screen with doves (detail of the right hand panels) by Maurice Denis")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-128274).jpg "Marthe with a White Veil by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Our Souls, In Slow Movements by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Twilights Have a Sweetness of Ancient Painting by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Sheet of Woodcuts from L by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Church on the Lagoon by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Portrait of Yvonne Lerolle by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Annunciation by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Pardon of Our Lady of Clarity by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Illustration for a Poem from the Poetry Collection Sagesse by Paul Verlaine by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "On the Pale Silver Sofa, Plate Ten from Love by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Young Woman Receiving a Bouquet in a Garden by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "On the Balcony at Silencio, or Marthe and Marie in Silence by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Woman Nurturing Young Man by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Moses Saved from the Water by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Illustration for a poem from the poetry collection Sagesse by Paul Verlaine (L")
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.jpg "Regattas at Perros-Guirec by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Attitudes are Easy and Chaste, Plate Two from Love by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Crucified Sacred Heart by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "On the Beach with a Red Hat by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1663425).jpg "Woman at the Brook, Sketch for a Stained Glass Window by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Saint Louis")
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.jpg "Baigneuses, plage du Pouldu by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Polyphemus by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Pentecost (detail) by Maurice Denis")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-638340).jpg "Apparition by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1421478).jpg "The Victory of 1918 by Maurice Denis")
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