"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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 - (MeisterDrucke-130528).jpg "The Green Christ, 1890 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Procession under the Trees, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Fiesole, 1931 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Balcony to Silence by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Calvary or, The Road to Calvary, 1889 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Green Beach, Perros-Guirec, 1909 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche, Panel VI. Psyche")
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.jpg "Bathing at the Pardon of Sainte-Anne-la-Palud, 1905 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Nude with a Bouquet of Violets by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Marthe with a Rose, 1909 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Magnificat, 1909 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Bathers at Dusk, 1912 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Sleeper in the Magical Wood, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Virgin with a Kiss, 1919 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 "Portrait of Martha with Open Hands by Maurice Denis")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-124351).jpg "Sun-Spots on the Terrace by Maurice Denis")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-127398).jpg "Portrait of the Artist in a Black Hat by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Illustration for a Poem in the Poetry Collection Sagesse by Paul Verlaine by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Still Life with Apples by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Ocean Coast 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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.jpg "The Crown of Daisies, c. 1906 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Maurice Denis and Marthe at Dawn, Self-Portrait, Afternoon in the Garden by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Calvary or Ascent to Calvary by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Mother and Child by Maurice Denis")
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 1918 - (MeisterDrucke-198483).jpg "Portrait of Paul Serusier by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "April, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Poster for the newspaper La Dépêche de Toulouse, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Saint-Cassien Chapel, Cannes, 1922 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "September Evening on the Beach of Trestignel by Maurice Denis")
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_Peinture_de_-_(MeisterDrucke-1324939).jpg "The Story of Psyche (Panel 1: Eros Struck by the Beauty of Psyche) by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "On the Beach with a Red Hat by Maurice Denis")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-598707).jpg "Forest with anemonies by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Figures in Spring Landscape Sacred Grove by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660152).jpg "The Women Find Jesus")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1426193).jpg "Offering at Calvary by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Figures in a Spring Landscape Sacred Grove, 1897 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Reproduction of a Poster Advertising")
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.jpg "Noelle at Fiesole, 1898 by Maurice Denis")
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 and Maurice Denis (1870-1943) at Dusk or The Dessert in the Garden 1897 - (MeisterDrucke-122875).jpg "Marthe (1871-1919) and Maurice Denis (1870-1943) at Dusk, or The Dessert in the Garden, 1897 by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660135).jpg "Shuttlecock by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Andre Gide by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche, Panel V. Jupiter Bestows Immortality on Psyche and Celebrates Her Marriage to Eros by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Summer Day on the Island of Noirmoutier by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "A Mother Washing Her Child, 1895 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Polyphemus by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Mother and Child by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Beeches at Kerdual by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Large Family Portrait in Blue and Yellow, 1902 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "April The Anemones by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Landscape with Green Trees or Beech Trees in Kerduel by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Musicians by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Seashore by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Ladder in the Foliage by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche, Panel I. Eros Is Struck by Psyche")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1663425).jpg "Woman at the Brook, Sketch for a Stained Glass Window 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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.jpg "Dread by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Procession of the Standards to La Clarte by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche, Panel IV. The Vengeance of Venus by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Pentecost (detail) by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-414645).jpg "The Two Sisters, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Ball Game on the Beach, 1922 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Awakening of Ulysses by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Madame Ranson and Her Cat by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Kneeling Nude by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1663605).jpg "Ladder in the Leaves by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Sacred Spring in Guidel, c.1905 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Dispatch of Toulouse by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Moses Saved from the Water by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The New Born, 1900 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mademoiselle Yvonne Lerolle in Three Poses by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche Panel Four: The Vengeance of Venus, 1908 by Maurice Denis")
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_1896_-_(MeisterDrucke-805070).jpg "Girl with Doll (Portrait of Thérèse Watillaux) 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-409835).jpg "Blossoming Trees 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 "Maternity at the Window, 1901 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Melisande (detail) by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Sleeping Woman, 1892 by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marthe Denis, the artist")
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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 "Wedding Procession by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche, Panel XI by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1653738).jpg "The Golden Age by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Story of Psyche, Panel II. Zephyr Transporting Psyche to the Island of Delight 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 "Sacred Conversation by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Captives by Maurice Denis")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1325834).jpg "Polyphemus by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Grace, central section from the decoration of the artist")
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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 "Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures, plate nine from Love by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Garden of Olives, Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Maternity, Jean-Paul Nude by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "The Tea Party by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Mother and Child by Maurice Denis")
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.jpg "Bacchus and Ariadne, 1907 by Maurice Denis")
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