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Maurice Denis - Paintings Gallery

(1870 -1943)
Maurice Denis received a classical education in the Lycée Condorcet where he met Vuillard, Roussel and Lugné-Poë. While studying in the Lycée he took drawing lessons  and copied paintings by the old masters. In 1888 he enrolled at the Académie Julian and then at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In the same year Paul Sérusier showed his friends at the Académie Julian the famous landscape, which he had painted at the suggestion of Gauguin at Pont-Aven and which, for this reason, was considered a "talisman" of Gauguin's doctrine of Synthetism.
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Maurice Denis. The Road to Calvary/Montée au calvaire ou Le Calvaire. The Road to Calvary/Montée au calvaire ou Le Calvaire. 1889. Oil on canvas. 41 x 32.5 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France. Read Note.
Maurice Denis. The Offertory at Calvary/Offrande au Calvaire. The Offertory at Calvary/Offrande au Calvaire. c.1890. Oil on canvas. 32 x 23.5 cm. Private collection. Read Note.
Maurice Denis. Spots of Sunlight on the Terrace/Taches de soleil sur la terrasse. Spots of Sunlight on the Terrace/Taches de soleil sur la terrasse. 1890. Oil on cardboard. 24 x 20.5 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
Maurice Denis. Easter Morning or Easter Mystery/Matin de Pàques ou Le Mystère de Pâques. Easter Morning or Easter Mystery/Matin de Pàques ou Le Mystère de Pâques. 1891. Oil on canvas. 104 x 102 cm. Private collection.
Maurice Denis. Soir trinitaire. Soir trinitaire. 1891. Oil on canvas. 105 x 72 cm. Private collection.
Maurice Denis. The Two Sisters/Les Deux Soeurs. The Two Sisters/Les Deux Soeurs. 1891. 40.5 x 32.5 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Maurice Denis. The Seasons Series: September or September Evening/Cycle des saisons: September ou Soir de septembre. The Seasons Series: September or September Evening/Cycle des saisons: September ou Soir de septembre. 1891. Oil on canvas. 38 x 61 cm. Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France.
Maurice Denis. The Seasons Series: April/Cycle des saisons: Avril. The Seasons Series: April/Cycle des saisons: Avril. 1892. 37.5 x 61 cm. Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, the Netherlands.
Maurice Denis. Beauty in the Autumn Wood/Belle au Bois d'automne. Beauty in the Autumn Wood/Belle au Bois d'automne. 1892. Oil on canvas. 25.3 x 44.2 cm. Private collection.
Maurice Denis. The Sleeper or Young Girl Asleep/La Dormeuse ou Jeune Fille endormie. The Sleeper or Young Girl Asleep/La Dormeuse ou Jeune Fille endormie. 1892. Oil on canvas. 38 x 61 cm. Musée Bonnat, Bayonne, France.
Maurice Denis. Triple Portrait of Marthe/Triple Portrait de Marthe fiancée. Triple Portrait of Marthe/Triple Portrait de Marthe fiancée. 1892. Oil on canvas. 37 x 45 cm. Musée Départemental du Prieuré, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.
Maurice Denis. Mystic Allegory or Tea / Allégorie mystique ou Le Thé. Mystic Allegory or Tea / Allégorie mystique ou Le Thé. 1892. Oil on canvas. 46 x 55 cm. Private collection.
Maurice Denis. Ladder in the Leaves or Poetic Arabesques used for the Decoration of a Ceiling/L'Echelle dans le feuillage ou Arabesques poétiques pour la décoration d'un plafond. Ladder in the Leaves or Poetic Arabesques used for the Decoration of a Ceiling/L'Echelle dans le feuillage ou Arabesques poétiques pour la décoration d'un plafond. 1892. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard. Musée Départemental du Prieuré, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.
Maurice Denis. Regata at Perros/Régates à Perros. Regata at Perros/Régates à Perros. c.1892. Oil on canvas. 41 x 32 cm. Private collection.
Maurice Denis. The Muses/Les Muses. The Muses/Les Muses. 1893. Oil on canvas. 171.5 x 137.5 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
Maurice Denis. Green Trees or the Beeches of Kerduel/Les Arbres verts ou Les Hêtres de Kerduel. Green Trees or the Beeches of Kerduel/Les Arbres verts ou Les Hêtres de Kerduel. 1893. Oil on canvas. 46 x 43 cm. Private collection.
Maurice Denis. Jacob's Battle with the Angel/Lutte de Jacob avec l'Ange. Jacob's Battle with the Angel/Lutte de Jacob avec l'Ange. c.1893. Oil on canvas. 48 x 36 cm. Private collection.