MWW Artwork of the Day (4/1/22)Maurice Denis (French, 1870-1943)Homage to Cézanne (1900)Oil o
MWW Artwork of the Day (4/1/22)Maurice Denis (French, 1870-1943)Homage to Cézanne (1900)Oil on canvas, 180 x 240 cm.Musée d'Orsay, ParisThis painting rings out like a manifesto. Maurice Denis has assembled a group of friends, artists and critics, in the shop of the art dealer, Ambroise Vollard, to celebrate Paul Cézanne, who is represented by the still life on the easel. This painting, Fruit Bowl, Glass and Apples had belonged to Paul Gauguin, who is also evoked among the tutelary examples to whom Denis is paying homage. Effectively, a painting by Gauguin and another by Renoir can be made out in the background. Odilon Redon is also given pride of place: he is shown in the foreground on the far left and most of the figures are looking at him. He is listening to Paul Sérusier who is standing in front of him. From left to right, we can recognise Edouard Vuillard, the critic André Mellerio in a top hat, Vollard behind the easel, Maurice Denis, Paul Ranson, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Pierre Bonnard smoking a pipe, and lastly Marthe Denis, the painter’s young wife. More of this artist’s work appears in this MWW gallery/album:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.676068092498563&type=3 -- source link
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