Maurice Denis

(1870–1943) fransk målare och grafiker

Maurice Denis (France, 1870–1943) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a designer. By year of birth, Maurice Denis belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.

Maurice Denis was born in Granville and died in Hôpital Cochin. Maurice Denis trained at Lycée Condorcet, Beaux-Arts de Paris, and Académie Julian. Maurice Denis worked in France. Wikidata associates Maurice Denis with Symbolism, Pont-Aven School, and Les Nabis. Maurice Denis became a member of Comité national de l'estampe, Académie des beaux-arts, and Saint John Society for the development of Christian art. The awards include Commander of the Legion of Honour, Hercule Catenacci-priset, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Officer of the Legion of Honour. The students included Sigfride Bille, Jean Souverbie, Anastase Demian, and Robert Boulet.

The best-known works include ‘Au balcon à Venise’, ‘Avril’, and ‘Homage to Cézanne’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, landscape painting, and genre art. The catalogue has 87 works by Maurice Denis with free images. The dated works span the years 1889–1939. Works by Maurice Denis are held by several collections, among them Musée d’Orsay, Eremitaget, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, and Cleveland Museum of Art. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Martin Brandenburg, Claudio Castelucho, Ferdinand Schmutzer, Johann Georg van Caspel, and Paul Albert Laurens.

• The avant-garde
• Homage to Cézanne