Liefde
1895
Maurice Denis designed this dreamy cover for a portfolio of twelve color lithographs simply titled 'Amour,' published by the legendary art dealer Ambroise Vollard in 1895. A pale, elongated figure stretches gracefully toward white roses blooming in a deep teal tree, while two doves flutter nearby, setting a romantic, Symbolist mood. Denis was a founding member of the Nabis, a group of avant-garde artists who treated painting as a decorative arrangement of colors rather than a window into reality. Vollard, the publisher listed at the bottom, was a titan of the Paris art world who later championed Picasso and Matisse, making this early collaboration a fascinating glimpse into the fin-de-siècle art scene.
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