..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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Decorative and edifying. That is what I want art to be before anything else.

Painting is first of all the art of imitation, and not the servant of some imaginary 'purity'

What amazement, followed by what a revelation! In place of windows opening on nature, like the impressionists, these were surfaces which were solidly decorative, powerfully colorful, bordered with brutal strokes, partitioned.

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

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