The Orange Christ
1889
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 23.8 × 18.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-109255
A devout Catholic, Maurice Denis sought to create what he described as “imperishable icons.” In this small painting, he used flat planes of intense colors to conjure emotion in the viewer. Here, a somber group of women, depicted as amorphous black forms, gather around an orange figure of Christ on the cross. The sky is a reddish-purple streaked with green clouds. Pink angels flank the crucified Christ whose head is haloed in brilliant yellow. In this painting, the daring young artist combined religious fervor with unprecedented visual experimentation.
Provenance
Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.107
Registry history
- 1889 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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