Nabis

"Les Nabis — Works from the Triton Collection" shows paintings by the 1890s French Post-Impressionist avant-garde group known as Nabis, which aimed to paint nature from memory and in pure colors.

Time Off Europe Calendar 2008

In that way, her work is akin to the Nabis and European Fauves, who were more interested in flat spaces and saturated colors than narratives or accurate depictions of nature.

Yasmine Mohseni: Beyond the White Cube: Painter Stephanie Pryor in the Studio Yasmine Mohseni 2011

In that way, her work is akin to the Nabis and European Fauves, who were more interested in flat spaces and saturated colors than narratives or accurate depictions of nature.

Yasmine Mohseni: Beyond the White Cube: Painter Stephanie Pryor in the Studio Yasmine Mohseni 2011

In contrast, there are also a few striking early lithographs of his decorative style, when Bonnard was an established member of the Nabis School in Paris.

From Bonnard's Vantage Point Lanie Goodman 2011

I thought the show was good, not great, but absolutely delighted to re discover the Nabis painters, and Vuillard in particular, but also to discover Puvis de Chavannes who influenced a lot of the artists in the exhibition.

Masterpieces from Paris in Canberra 2009

The whole second half of the show was devoted to the lightweight Nabis with the occasional Puvis De Chavannes garbage (say that last word with a French accent as you click that link).

Mat Gleason: Suffocating in San Francisco With Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and a Thousand Tourists Mat Gleason 2010

In that way, her work is akin to the Nabis and European Fauves, who were more interested in flat spaces and saturated colors than narratives or accurate depictions of nature.

Yasmine Mohseni: Beyond the White Cube: Painter Stephanie Pryor in the Studio Yasmine Mohseni 2011

The whole second half of the show was devoted to the lightweight Nabis with the occasional Puvis De Chavannes garbage (say that last word with a French accent as you click that link).

Mat Gleason: Suffocating in San Francisco With Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and a Thousand Tourists Mat Gleason 2010

The whole second half of the show was devoted to the lightweight Nabis with the occasional Puvis De Chavannes garbage say that last word with a French accent as you click that link.

Mat Gleason: Suffocating in San Francisco With Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and a Thousand Tourists Mat Gleason 2010

Like the Nabis and other forbears, they sought a universal vision that would encompass all the arts — in their case, it was radical geometric abstraction — and they were joined by other artists, including Bart van der Leck and Vilmos Husz á r, and also designers, decorators and architects, among them J.J.P.

At Right Angles to the World Judy Fayard 2010