Maurice Denis Prints – Decorative Figures & Landscapes
Maurice Denis prints bring decorative colour and simplified forms to gardens, shorelines, figures and religious scenes. Breton and Italian subjects share the collection with intimate outdoor settings, giving several routes through his work. Browse unframed prints, framed prints and canvas panels, alongside Paul Sérusier and our wider Post-Impressionist collection.
Figures within a patterned landscape
April, The Anemones arranges figures among slender trees and small flowers, allowing clothing, trunks and ground to become part of one decorative surface. Other gardens and wooded scenes vary the relationship between the people and the surrounding forms. The figures often belong to the rhythm of the landscape rather than standing apart from it.
Colour along the coast
The Red Beach brings warm orange ground and large rocks together beside blue water. Beach scenes and bathers elsewhere provide related outdoor subjects. Explore beach art for different treatments of the shoreline, or landscape prints for a wider range of settings.
Italian views and religious subjects
View of the Colosseum sets the building above a band of green ground within a clearly organised view. Other Italian places appear alongside religious scenes such as the Visitation. Browse Christian art for related subjects across artists.
Related artists and collections
Compare Denis with the colour and Breton subjects of Paul Sérusier, the domestic worlds of Pierre Bonnard and the patterned interiors of Édouard Vuillard. The Post-Impressionist collection allows these different uses of colour and composition to be explored together.
Read more in our guide to Maurice Denis.