Les Nabis

E70607
art movement artist group avant-garde movement

Les Nabis were a late 19th-century group of French avant-garde artists who sought to synthesize symbolism, decorative art, and spiritual themes into a new, modern visual language.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Les Nabis canonical 43
Nabis group 2
Les Nabis painters 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
artist group ⓘ
avant-garde movement ⓘ
aim to synthesize symbolism, decorative art, and spiritual themes ⓘ
artisticStyle bold contours ⓘ
decorative patterning ⓘ
emphasis on surface and ornament ⓘ
flat areas of color ⓘ
simplified forms ⓘ
coreConcept art as a vehicle for inner, spiritual reality ⓘ
unity of fine and decorative arts ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolved c. 1900 ⓘ
fieldOfWork book illustration ⓘ
painting ⓘ
poster design ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
stained glass design ⓘ
tapestry design ⓘ
genre decorative art ⓘ
illustration ⓘ
poster art ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
religious art ⓘ
symbolist painting ⓘ
hasPart Aristide Maillol ⓘ
Pierre Bonnard ⓘ
surface form: Bonnard

Denis ⓘ
Félix Vallotton ⓘ
Georges Lacombe ⓘ
Henri-Gabriel Ibels ⓘ
Jan Verkade ⓘ
Ker-Xavier Roussel ⓘ
Maurice Denis ⓘ
Paul Ranson ⓘ
Paul Sérusier ⓘ
Pierre Bonnard ⓘ
Pierre Veber ⓘ
Vuillard ⓘ
Édouard Vuillard ⓘ
inception 1888 ⓘ
influenced 20th-century decorative arts ⓘ
Art Nouveau ⓘ
early modernism ⓘ
modern graphic design ⓘ
influencedBy Cloisonnism ⓘ
Japanese art ⓘ
Paul Gauguin ⓘ
Symbolist literature ⓘ
language French ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
movement Art Nouveau ⓘ
Post-Impressionism ⓘ
Symbolism ⓘ
namedAfter Hebrew word “navi” (prophet) ⓘ
nameMeaning “the prophets” ⓘ
religiousOrSpiritualOrientation symbolic spirituality ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

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Cloisonnism → influenced → Les Nabis ⓘ
Édouard Vuillard → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Édouard Vuillard → memberOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
Pierre Bonnard → memberOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
Paul Sérusier → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Paul Sérusier → memberOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
Paul Sérusier → influenced → Les Nabis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Les Nabis painters
The Artist’s Mother and Sister in the Dining Room → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
The Seamstress → creatorAssociatedGroup → Les Nabis ⓘ
The Green Interior → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
The Suitor → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Public Gardens series → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Georges Lacombe → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Jan Verkade → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Jan Verkade → associatedWith → Les Nabis ⓘ
The Bathroom → associatedWith → Les Nabis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabis group
Ker-Xavier Roussel → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Ker-Xavier Roussel → memberOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
Maurice Denis → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Maurice Denis → memberOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
Félix Vallotton → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Félix Vallotton → associatedWith → Les Nabis ⓘ
Félix Vallotton → memberOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
Jean-Édouard → memberOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
subject surface form: Jean-Édouard Vuillard
The Talisman → movementInfluence → Les Nabis ⓘ
Landscape at the Bois d’Amour → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Landscape at the Bois d’Amour → inspired movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Académie Ranson → influencedBy → Les Nabis ⓘ
Synthetist painters → associatedWith → Les Nabis ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Nabis
Nabi style → movementOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
Nabi → hasPart → Les Nabis ⓘ
Paul Ranson → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Paul Ranson → memberOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
Henri-Gabriel Ibels → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Henri-Gabriel Ibels → memberOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
Vuillard → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
subject surface form: Édouard Vuillard
Vuillard → memberOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
subject surface form: Édouard Vuillard
Denis → memberOf → Les Nabis ⓘ
Denis → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Henri Lebasque → associatedWith → Les Nabis ⓘ
Gauguin's Pont-Aven period → influenced → Les Nabis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabis group
French post-impressionist circle → associatedWith → Les Nabis ⓘ
Marine Bleue, Effet de Vagues → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
Puvis de Chavannes → influenced → Les Nabis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nabis painters
József Rippl-Rónai → influencedBy → Les Nabis ⓘ
Paysage aux baigneuses → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
La Terrasse à L’Étang-la-Ville → movement → Les Nabis ⓘ
La Terrasse à L’Étang-la-Ville → associatedArtistGroup → Les Nabis ⓘ
The Orchard → associatedArtMovement → Les Nabis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbolism (contextual influence via Pont-Aven circle)