Maurice Denis Collection
"Remember that a painting, before being a warhorse, a nude woman, or any other anecdote, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors arranged in a certain order."
Maurice Denis, in the journal Art et Critique, 1890
Maurice Denis, “the Nabi of beautiful icons,” was one of the founders of the Nabis group. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and at the Académie Julian, it was there that he met Bonnard, Vuillard, and Sérusier. Considered the group's theorist, and undoubtedly the most imbued with spirituality, he painted intimate, symbolist, and religious scenes on his easel, as well as landscapes of Brittany, which he so loved, and of Italy.
Blending sacred and secular themes in his various works, he created numerous decorative projects: panels, stained glass windows, illustrations…perfectly demonstrating, through mythological or religious themes, his desire to highlight Beauty.
