Springtime
Springtime, with its associations of joyful new life, was a source of constant inspiration for Denis. This double-sided canvas presents two studies for his 1899 painting Virginal Spring (private collection), in which young women engage in a purification ritual evocative of Christian baptism and communion. The verdant setting is the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, whose tree-lined glades and dainty wildflowers captivated Denis. He later reprised this composition in his mural series Eternal Spring (Musée départemental Maurice Denis, Saint-Germain-en-Laye), one of his most ambitious attempts at rejuvenating the practice of decorative painting in France.
Maurice Denis (1870 – 1943)
Descoperă Maurice Denis (1870-1943), pictor nabi și teoretician, cunoscut pentru armonie între spiritualitate și estetică modernă. Explorează operele sale emblematice și influența sa asupra artei cubiste și fauvistă.
Despre această operă
- Titlu: Springtime
- Artist: Maurice Denis
- An: 1894
- Dimensiuni originale: 81.0 x 98.0 cm
- Statut drepturi de autor: Domeniu public
- Mișcare: Symbolism
- Contextul corpusului: saint-germain inspiration , eternal spring precursor
- Cuvinte cheie: art nouveau influence , symbolist art , nabis movement


