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Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a nude, an anecdote or whatnot, is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order.

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... Every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, the passionate equivalent of a sensation received.

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Art is no longer a purely visual experience.. it is a work of our intellect triggered by nature... the imagination again become the queen of our strengths and we liberate our sensitivity.

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Maurice Denis

Maurice Denis
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Born: November 25, 1870
Died: November 13, 1943 (aged 72)
Bio: Maurice Denis was a French painter and writer, and a member of the Symbolist and Les Nabis movements. His theories contributed to the foundations of cubism, fauvism, and abstract art.
Known for:
  1. The Road to Calvary (1889)
  2. The Offertory at Calvary (1890)
  3. Homage to Cézanne (1900)

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