Denis

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Denis was a key member of Les Nabis, a late 19th-century group of avant-garde French artists who helped pioneer Symbolism and modernist painting.

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Label Occurrences
Denis canonical 3
Denis (surname) 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French painter
Symbolist artist
art movement
human
member of art movement
modernist artist
painter
activeIn early 20th century
late 19th century
artisticStyle decorative simplification of forms
emphasis on surface and pattern
flat areas of color
countryOfCitizenship France
countryOfOrigin France
fieldOfWork book illustration
mural painting
painting
religious art
genre decorative painting
figure painting
landscape painting
religious painting
hasMember Denis self-linksurface differs
influenced 20th-century decorative painting
modern religious art
influencedBy Japanese art
Paul Gauguin
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Symbolism
language French
memberOf Les Nabis
movement Les Nabis
Modernism
Post-Impressionism
Symbolism
notableIdea “A painting, before being a battle horse, a nude woman or some anecdote, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order.”
notableWork April (Anemones)
The Mystical Nativity
surface form: Mystical Nativity

The Ladder in the Foliage
The Talisman
occupation illustrator
painter
printmaker
theorist of art

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Les Nabis hasPart Denis
Denis isRelatedTo Denis
this entity surface form: Denis (surname)
Maurice Denis familyName Denis
Denis hasMember Denis self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Les Nabis