Doni (English spelling) Maurice Denis

Japanese: ドニ - どに(英語表記)Maurice Denis
Doni (English spelling) Maurice Denis

French painter. Born in Granville. From the age of 17, he studied at the Académie Julian and then at the École des Beaux-Arts. His first exhibition was in the Salon in 1890. He participated in the formation of the Nabis, centered around Sérusier, who had learned from Gauguin at Pont-Aven. Although he was still young, Denis soon became a leading figure in the group, and in 1890 he proclaimed a theory that would become the basic direction of modern painting: "Let us recall that a painting is, before it is a war horse, a nude woman, or some kind of anecdote, essentially a flat surface covered with colors arranged in a certain order" (Arts et Critiques magazine). Simplified forms, a system of Art Nouveau-style curves, mild colors, and idealistic themes characterize his work from the 1990s to the early 20th century. In 1912, he painted the ceiling of the Champs-Élysées Theater, but from the following year he devoted himself to religious painting, and in 1919 he founded the Arts Sacrée workshop with Devallières. He created many decorative murals and illustrations, and also wrote books such as "Theory of Painting" (1912) and "History of Religious Art" (1939). Other representative works include "Homage to Cézanne" (1900, National Museum of Modern Art, Paris). He died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

[Kimio Nakayama]

[Reference] | Nabis

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Japanese:

フランスの画家。グランビルに生まれる。17歳のときからアカデミー・ジュリアンに、ついでエコール・デ・ボザールに学ぶ。1890年サロンに初出品。ポンタバンのゴーギャンの教訓を得たセリュジエを中心とする「ナビ派」の結成に参加。ドニは年少であったが、やがてこのグループの指導的な存在として、90年、現代絵画の基本的路線となる理論「一枚の絵とは、軍馬や裸婦やなんらかの逸話である以前に、本質的に、ある秩序で配置された色彩が覆う平坦(へいたん)な面であることを想起しよう」を宣言(『アール・エ・クリティック』誌)。簡略化された形態、アール・ヌーボー風の曲線の体系、穏和な色彩、理想主義的な主題が、90年代から20世紀初頭の彼の作品を特徴づけている。1912年シャンゼリゼ劇場の天井画を描くが、翌年ごろから宗教画に専念し、19年にはデバリエールとアール・サクレ工房を設立している。多くの装飾壁画、挿絵を手がけ、『絵画理論』(1912)、『宗教美術史』(1939)などの著作もある。その他の代表作に『セザンヌ礼賛』(1900・パリ国立近代美術館)。サン・ジェルマン・アン・レーに没。

[中山公男]

[参照項目] | ナビ派

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