Maurice Denis ART FOR SALE

1870 Granville, France - 1943 Paris, France. Known for: Abstract, symoblist painting, decoration, illustration.

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Maurice Denis (November 25, 1870 - November 1943) was a French painter and writer, and a member of the Symbolist and Les Nabis movements. His theories contributed to the foundations of cubism, fauvism, and abstract art. Maurice Denis was born November 25, 1870, in Granville, Manche, a coastal town in the Normandy region of France. Waters and coastlines would remain favorite subject matter throughout his career, as would material drawn from the bible. For such an avant-garde figure, Denis had a surprisingly broad religious streak, writing in his notebook at age fifteen, "Yes, it's necessary that I am a Christian painter, that I celebrate all the miracles of Christianity, I feel it's necessary."[1] The Denis family was affluent, and young... Read full biography

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The Public Garden

Type:Painting

Year:circa 1900

Size:9.25" x 13.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Monogram

Notes:

This picture is to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being compiled by Claire Denis and Fabienne Stahl at no. 900.0023* and is accompanied by a letter of authenticity.

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