..Every work of art is a transposition,a caricature,the pas… - Maurice Denis

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..Every work of art is a transposition,a caricature,the passionate equivalent of a sensation received.

Maurice Denis

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Maurice Denis (25 November 1870 - 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist and writer, who was an important figure in the transitional period between Impressionism and modern art. Denis was associated with Les Nabis, then the French Symbolist movement with a return to neo-classicism.

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Alternative Names: Moris Deni • M. Denis • m. denis • Denis

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Don't lose sight of the essential objectives of painting, which are expression, emotion, delectation; to understand the means, to paint decoratively, to exalt form and color.

Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a female nude or some sort of anecdote, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order.

I believe that art should sanctify nature.

..Every work of art is a transposition,a caricature,the passionate equivalent of a sensation received. - Maurice Denis

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