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MAURICE DENIS. springtime

Springtime. Artist: Maurice Denis (French, Granville 1870-1943 Saint-Germain-en-Laye). Dimensions: 31 3/4 x 38 1/2 in. (80.6 x 97.8 cm). Date: ca. 1894-99. Springtime, with its associations of joyful new life, was a source of constant inspiration for Denis. This double-sided canvas presents two studies for his 1899 painting Virginal Spring (private collection), in which young women engage in a purification ritual evocative of Christian baptism and communion. The verdant setting is the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, whose tree-lined glades and dainty wildflowers captivated Denis. He later reprised this composition in his mural series Eternal Spring (Musée départemental Maurice Denis, Saint-Germain-en-Laye), one of his most ambitious attempts at rejuvenating the practice of decorative painting in France.
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springtime
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Springtime. Artist: Maurice Denis (French, Granville 1870-1943 Saint-Germain-en-Laye). Dimensions: 31 3/4 x 38 1/2 in. (80.6 x 97.8 cm). Date: ca. 1894-99. Springtime, with its associations of joyful new life, was a source of constant inspiration for Denis. This double-sided canvas presents two studies for his 1899 painting Virginal Spring (private collection), in which young women engage in a purification ritual evocative of Christian baptism and communion. The verdant setting is the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, whose tree-lined glades and dainty wildflowers captivated Denis. He later reprised this composition in his mural series Eternal Spring (Musée départemental Maurice Denis, Saint-Germain-en-Laye), one of his most ambitious attempts at rejuvenating the practice of decorative painting in France.
Technique/material:
OIL ON CANVAS
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3989 x 3378 px | 38.6 MB
Print size:
33.8 x 28.6 cm | 13.3 x 11.3 in (300 dpi)
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