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Artist galleriesMaurice Denis's contemporaries

Maurice Denis's contemporaries

Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River, by Maurice Denis, 1899
The Orange Christ, by Maurice Denis, 1889
Life-size painting of an urban scene in Paris. A man in a top hat holding an umbrella and a woman in a long fashionable dark dress walk arm in arm toward the viewer as other city dwellers with umbrellas walk in various directions across cobblestone roads and sidewalks.
Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean), by Georges Seurat, 1882–83

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

A few works by Maurice Denis, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

First room, north wall

  1. Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River, by Maurice Denis, 1899
    Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon RiverMaurice Denis, 1899Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. The Orange Christ, by Maurice Denis, 1889
    The Orange ChristMaurice Denis, 1889Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Their contemporaries

  1. Life-size painting of an urban scene in Paris. A man in a top hat holding an umbrella and a woman in a long fashionable dark dress walk arm in arm toward the viewer as other city dwellers with umbrellas walk in various directions across cobblestone roads and sidewalks.
    Paris Street; Rainy DayGustave Caillebotte, 1877Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean), by Georges Seurat, 1882–83
    Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean)Georges Seurat, 1882–83Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Their contemporaries, second

  1. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Mon Ancien RegimentJean Baptiste Édouard Detaille, 1881Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of oil on panel.
    Final Study for "Bathers at Asnières"Georges Seurat, 1883Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Their contemporaries, third

  1. Painting, heavy in tones of blue-green and burnt orange, depicting a bar scene at night. The men wear top hats and many are bearded; the women are dressed in voluminous gowns and decorative hats. Five people converse in the center of the composition and a woman with a green face dominates the right foreground.
    At the Moulin RougeHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892–95Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of oil on linen canvas.
    Woman in Front of a Still Life by CezannePaul Gauguin, 1890Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago