Nabi group

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The Nabi group was a late 19th-century French Post-Impressionist art movement whose members, including Georges Lacombe, sought to synthesize symbolism, decorative arts, and spiritual themes in painting.

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instanceOf Post-Impressionist movement
art movement
activePeriod late 19th century
aimedTo synthesize symbolism, decorative arts, and spiritual themes in painting
artisticStyle Post-Impressionism
associatedWith Académie Julian
Art Nouveau
Pont-Aven School
countryOfOrigin France
dissolved early 1900s
field decorative arts
painting
hasCharacteristic decorative surface treatment
emphasis on line and contour
flat areas of color
integration of decorative arts and painting
simplified forms
spiritual themes
symbolic subject matter
inception late 1880s
influenced Abstract art
Fauvism
early 20th-century modern art
influencedBy Cloisonnism
Japanese art
Paul Gauguin
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Symbolism
locationOfActivity Paris
member Aristide Maillol
Félix Vallotton
Georges Lacombe NERFINISHED
Georges de Feure
Henri-Gabriel Ibels
Jan Verkade
Ker-Xavier Roussel
Maurice Denis
Paul Ranson
Paul Sérusier
Pierre Bonnard
Édouard Vuillard
movementCoreIdea art as a vehicle for spiritual and symbolic expression
unity of the arts (fine and decorative)
nameMeaning “prophets” in Hebrew
notableWorkContext book illustration
interior decoration panels
posters and prints
religiousOrSpiritualOrientation mystical

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Georges Lacombe memberOf Nabi group