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Maurice Denis
(25th Nov, 1870 - 13th Nov, 1943)
Les balayeurs
1889
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
musée d'Orsay
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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road sweeper
daily life scene
tree (all)
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About the artwork
Title:
Les balayeurs
Periods:
contemporary period from 1914 until today
20th century
XXth century
Techniques:
grey paper
pastel
Inventory number:
RF54688
Location:
musée d'Orsay
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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