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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Maurice Denis
1870–1943 · French
- Born
- 1870 · Granville
- Died
- 1943 · Paris
62 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Maurice Denis was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer, associated with Les Nabis, Symbolism, and later Neo-classicism. His theories contributed to the foundations of Cubism, Fauvism, and abstraction, and after World War I, he founded the Ateliers d'Art Sacré.
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Maurice Denis (French: [dəni]; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer. An important figure in the changing world of late 19th-century European art, Denis is associated with Les Nabis, Symbolism, and later Neo-classicism. His theories contributed to the foundations of Cubism, Fauvism, and abstraction. After World War I, Denis founded the Ateliers d'Art Sacré (Workshops of Sacred Art), decorated the interiors of churches, and worked for a revival of religious art.
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Registered works
62
In museum collections
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In gallery collections
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In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Maurice Denis
Selected from 62 works by Maurice Denis in the Collect24 Registry.
Maurice Denis
Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures, 1898, published 1899
color lithograph
40.5 × 53.4 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-497074
Maurice Denis
It Was a Religious Mystery, 1899
color lithograph on wove paper
53.5 × 40.6 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-195137
Maurice Denis
Life Becomes Precious, Discreet, 1899
color lithograph on wove paper
39.1 × 53 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-195134
Maurice Denis
On the Pale Silver Sofa, 1899
color lithograph on wove paper
53.1 × 40.3 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-195132
Maurice Denis
Morning Bouquet, Tears, 1899
color lithograph on wove paper
52.8 × 40.6 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-195126
Maurice Denis
Attitudes are Easy and Chaste, 1899
color lithograph on wove paper
52.8 × 40.8 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-194365
Maurice Denis
But It Is the Heart that Beats Too Fast, 1899
color lithograph on wove paper
53 × 40.6 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-194361
Maurice Denis
Twilights Have the Softness of Old Paintings, 1899
color lithograph on wove paper
52.7 × 40.7 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-194318
Maurice Denis
She Was More Beautiful Than Dreams, 1899
color lithograph on wove paper
53 × 40.3 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-194309
Maurice Denis
Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures, 1899
color lithograph on wove paper
40.5 × 52.9 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-194305
Maurice Denis
And It Is the Caress of Her Hands, 1899
color lithograph on wove paper
53.5 × 40.3 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-194278
Maurice Denis
The Knight Did Not Die in the Crusade, 1899
color lithograph on wove paper
53 × 40.2 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art
C24-194274
Museums and collections
Where works by Maurice Denis are registered
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
24 works
- Petit Palais
Paris, France
21 works
- Finnish National Gallery
Helsinki, Finland
5 works
- Kunsthalle Bremen
Germany
4 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
2 works
- Hermitage Museum
Russia
2 works
- Bavarian State Painting Collections
Germany
1 work
- Maison de Victor Hugo
Paris, France
1 work
- Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
Paris, France
1 work
- Musée de la Vie romantique
Paris, France
1 work
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