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Maurice Denis
(25th Nov, 1870 - 13th Nov, 1943)
Esquisse pour l'Oratorio
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Paris, musée d'Orsay, conservé au musée du Louvre
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Keywords:
in action
harp (musical instrument)
musician (profession)
étude de paysage
woman
figure study
projet de décoration
pencil sketch
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About the artwork
Title:
Esquisse pour l'Oratorio
Periods:
20th century
contemporary period from 1914 until today
XXth century
Dimensions:
1500 x 1577
Inventory number:
RF51938-recto
Detail:
Vers 1905. En 1904, Maurice Denis reçut la commande de panneaux décoratifs pour le salon de musique de Curt von Mutzenbecher à Wiesbaden, décor aujourd'hui détruit. Ce dessin est une esquisse pour le panneau principal du second projet. Maurice Denis a traité son sujet "Dans l'Eternel Eté retentira le chant nouveau", en quatre panneaux verticaux (Le Chant choral, L'Orgue, Le Quator, La Danse) et un panneau rectangulaire : "L'Oratorio"
See more about this artwork:
On the Musée d'Orsay website
About the author(s)
Author:
Maurice Denis
Also known as:
Moris Deni
Born:
25th Nov, 1870
Dead:
13th Nov, 1943
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Maurice Denis
(French:
[dəni]
; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist and writer, who was an important figure in the transitional period between impressionism and modern art. He was associated with
Les Nabis
then the Symbolist movement, and then with a return to neo-classicism. His theories contributed to the foundations of cubism, fauvism, and abstract art. Following the First World War, he founded the Ateliers d'Art Sacré (Workshops of Sacred Art)…
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