Les Nabis

Nabis (or Les Nabis; the prophets, from the Hebrew term for prophet) was a group of young post-impressionist avant-garde Parisian artists of the 1890s that influenced the fine arts and graphic arts in France at the turn of the 20th century.

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Les Nabis originated as a rebellious group of young student artists who banded together at Acad?mie Julian in Paris, France. Paul S?rusier galvanized Les Nabis, and provided the name and disseminated the example of Paul Gauguin among them. Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard became the best known of the group, but at the time they were somewhat peripheral to the core group.

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Meeting at Acad?mie Julian, and then at the apartment of Paul Ranson, they preached that a work of art is the end product and the visual expression of an artist's synthesis of nature in personal aesthetic metaphors and symbols. They paved the way for the early 20th century development of abstract and non-representational art. The goal of integrating art and daily life, was a goal they had in common with most progressive artists of the time.

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Nabis artists are noted for the variety of media in which they worked. In addition to the fine arts, they worked in printmaking, poster design, book illustration, textiles, furniture and theatre design.

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Their emphasis on design was shared by the parallel art nouveau movement. Both groups also had close ties to the Symbolists.

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The word Nabi is derived from the Hebrew word for prophet. Les Nabis regarded themselves as initiates, and used a private vocabulary. They called a studio egasterium, and ended their letters with the initials E.T.P.M.V. et M.P., meaning "En ta paume, mon verba et ma paume" ("In the palm of your hand, my word and my palm.")

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Prophet: In numerous religions, including Abrahamic religions, Jah religions, Sikhism, and many forms of Paganism, a prophet is an intermediary with a deity, particularly someone who claims to speak for the deity or interprets the deity's will or mind. A prophet usually operates through some means of divinat...

Post-impressionist: redirectPost-Impressionism...

Avant-garde: Avant-garde in French means advance guard, or vanguard. People often use the term to refer to people or works that are novel or experimental, particularly with respect to art, culture and politics....

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