Nabis (art)
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The Nabis were a group of young French artists active in Paris from 1888 until 1900, who played a large part in the transition from Impressionism and academic art to abstract art, symbolism and the ot
The first Nabis painting, by Paul Sérusier, Le Bois d'Amour à Pont-Aven or Le Talisman, 1888, oil on wood, 27 x 21.5 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Motif Romanesque by Maurice Denis (1890), one of the earliest Nabi paintings
Maurice Denis, Evening in September (1891)
The printed dress by Édouard Vuillard (1891), Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Pierre Bonnard
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Pierre Bonnard was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding member of the Post-Impres
Nabis (art)
…part in the transition from Impressionism and academic art to abstract art, symbolism and the other early movements of modernism. The members included Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Paul Ranson, Édouard Vuillard, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Félix Vallotton, Paul Sérusier and Auguste Cazalis. Most were students at the Académie…
Bonnard, c. 1899
A Barracks Scene by Pierre Bonnard (probably about 1890). His first Nabi painting, a souvenir of his brief military service
Pierre Bonnard, Self-portrait, c. 1889
Nannies’ Promenade, decorative screen showing a procession of carriages with nurses and children (1897), National Gallery of Victoria. As in Japanese screens, the action is read from right to left.