1870 — 1943

Nationality: France

Maurice Denis was a French painter, decorator, and theorist, a major figure of the Nabis and Symbolism. His work, poised between decorative modernity and spiritual tradition, favors flat areas of color, synthetic compositions, and a poetic vision of reality. He painted religious scenes, Breton landscapes, domestic interiors, and mythological subjects, in a constant search for harmony between form, color, and emotion.