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Maurice Denis

Classical Landscape with Figures

Maker

Maurice Denis (French, 1870-1943)

Title

Classical Landscape with Figures

Year

1898

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Geography

Place Made: France

Dimensions

71.1 x 99.1 cm (28 x 39 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed on canvas, l.l.: M/A/V/D/Rome 1898.

Signature: Signed and dated LL:M / A / V / D / Rome 98

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hirschl

Object Number

69.203

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 15: Green

RISD Museum’s Manual 15 Celebrates Green

New life is always shown to us through mokingpu, the color green-the light green stems of rabbitbrush, one of the few colors seen the winter; the tender green shoots of new corn that emerge in the spring against the backdrop of the dry brown earth. Green offers hope. Green represents life.

-Susan Sekaquaptewa

A welcome splash of color after a long winter, the RISD Museum’s fifteenth issue of Manual is awash in shades of green, celebrating the color's myriad associations with nature and growth, environmentalism and sustainable practices, newness and hope (as well as poison and currency) and delving into the histories of specific pigments and processes. Manual 15 opens with an introductory essay by Hopi grower Susan Sekaquaptewa, who details the soft hues of the flora of Northern Arizona. “You appreciate plants more when you develop a relationship with them,” she explains.

This issue of Manual is supported in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional generous support is provided by the RISD Museum Associates and Sotheby’s.

Exhibition History

"The Center Cannot Hold"
Art from 1900-1920
Mar 01, 1999 – Jul 01, 1999

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Maurice Denis (French, 1870-1943)
Classical Landscape with Figures, 1898
oil on canvas
71.1 x 99.1 cm (28 x 39 inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hirschl 69.203

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