Nabis. Les Nabis was a group of young French artists active in Paris from 1888 until 1900, who played a large part in the transition from impressionism and academic art to abstract art, symbolism and the other early movements of modernism.
The members included Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Paul Ranson, Édouard Vuillard, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Félix Vallotton, and Paul Sérusier. Most were students at the Académie Julian in Paris in the late 1880s.
The artists shared a common admiration for Paul Gauguin and Paul Cézanne and a determination to renew the art of painting, but varied greatly in their individual styles. They believed that a work of art was not a depiction of nature, but a synthesis of metaphors and symbols created by the artist.In 1900, the artists held their final exhibit, and went their separate ways.
The Nabis took their name from the Arabic word nabi, or prophet, and the similar word in Hebrew, nebiim, The term was coined in 1888 by the linguist Auguste Cazalis, who drew a parallel between the way these painters aimed to revitalize painting and the way the ancient prophets had rejuvenated Israel. The Nabis were a group of young artists of the Académie Julian in Paris, who wanted to transform the foundations of art.
In October 1888 one of the artists, Paul Sérusier, had traveled to Pont-Aven, where, under the guidance of Paul Gauguin, he made a small painting of the port on
The members included Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Paul Ranson, Édouard Vuillard, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Félix Vallotton, and Paul Sérusier. Most were students at the Académie Julian in Paris in the late 1880s.
The artists shared a common admiration for Paul Gauguin and Paul Cézanne and a determination to renew the art of painting, but varied greatly in their individual styles. They believed that a work of art was not a depiction of nature, but a synthesis of metaphors and symbols created by the artist.In 1900, the artists held their final exhibit, and went their separate ways.
The Nabis took their name from the Arabic word nabi, or prophet, and the similar word in Hebrew, nebiim, The term was coined in 1888 by the linguist Auguste Cazalis, who drew a parallel between the way these painters aimed to revitalize painting and the way the ancient prophets had rejuvenated Israel. The Nabis were a group of young artists of the Académie Julian in Paris, who wanted to transform the foundations of art.
In October 1888 one of the artists, Paul Sérusier, had traveled to Pont-Aven, where, under the guidance of Paul Gauguin, he made a small painting of the port on
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