LES NABIS Collection
At the source of our work as artistic craftsmen is an inexhaustible passion for art which is expressed here through the publishing of those who believed in a total art : Les Nabis .
The fruit of our patient research, meticulous restoration of original works and extremely rich collaborations with la BNF , la Fondation Vallotton , le Musée Maurice Denis and le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper , we are very happy to share with you the first models from this guest collection.
“Prophets” in Hebrew, symbolists, passionate about esotericism and spirituality, trained at the Académie Julian, les Nabis are five in number : Paul Sérusier, Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Paul-Elie Ranson, then joined by Edouard Vuillard.
A founding moment : the meeting between Paul Sérusier and Paul Gauguin in Brittany.
The master of synthetism inspires Sérusier, telling him that he can detach himself from reality and give free rein to his instinct to paint. In the tradition of Gauguin who combines shapes, colors and expression of the artist's feelings, les Nabis will get rid of certain constraints, use color in all its possibilities, ignore perspective and place the sensitivity of the artist beyond other things .
Passionate about Japonism, wanting to abolish the border between Fine Arts and Applied Arts, in the spirit of the Arts and Crafts of William Morris or the Bloomsbury Group, les Nabis are painters, but also decorators, set creators, tapestry makers...
Iconoclastic, innovative, with all-round creativity, this heterogeneous group will allow each of its members to reveal a singular universe. It is this artistic and inventive freedom that still makes sense today and has touched the heart and head of Presse Papier, whose workshops perpetuate an interpretation of Beauty in all its forms, skillfully balancing erudition and handwork, Art and Crafts.
