![]() Maurice Denis was constantly looking for a balance between personal impression, accurate study of nature and fictional decorativeness.įamous paintings by Maurice Denis: "Bacchus and Ariadne", "Muses", "Catholic Sacrament", "Madame Ranson with a cat", "Portrait of Martha Denis, the artist's wife".īy the end of the 19th century, when independent artists arranged exhibitions in Paris and wrote nude prostitutes, purple shadows, horse racing, ballerinas and apples, the fifteen-year-old student of the famous lyceum Maurice Denis would write in his diary: “ I have to become a Christian artist who will glorify the wonders of Christianity". His observations of real objects are transformed into rhythmic compositions, built according to speculative laws. ![]() In this painting and graphic work Denis - very personal, piercing. For the most part these are multi-figure allegoric and mystical scenes in which the classical tradition is combined with new artistic principles and techniques: flat spots of saturated colors, lack of perspective, simplified forms. He painted frescoes on the walls of temples and chapels, palaces, theaters and government buildings. ![]() ![]() Maurice Denis November 25, 1870, Granville - November 13, 1943, Paris) - French artist, post-impressionist and symbolist, member of the artistic group "Nabi", one of her main theorists.įeatures of the artist Maurice Denis: one of the most famous and recognized artists of his time, Maurice Denis considered painting and walls to be the pinnacle of artistic professionalism. ![]()
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