Maurice Denis exhibition in Nice

The Maurice Denis exhibition at the Nice Museum of Fine Arts retraces the painter's first major exhibition in Nice in 1925.

Maurice Denis Exhibition

The centenary of this exhibition provides an opportunity to rediscover or discover the work of this Christian artist. He was the founder of the Nabis movement, which included Pierre Bonnard, Paul Gauguin, Paul Sérusier, Félix Vallotton, Edouard Vuillard, and others.
The exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nice provides an opportunity to (re)discover an inspired and diverse body of work.

Maurice Denis (1870-1943)

As a young man, Maurice Denis admired painters such as Fra Angelico (c. 1390-1455), who inspired him as a Christian painter, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898).
He had a style all his own, one that evolved according to the times and his subjects. Gradually, he was called upon to decorate wealthy residences and the chapel of the old hospital in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, then that of the Franciscans in Rouen.

He had several sources of inspiration.
The artist painted women in a paradisiacal setting, or bathers, mainly around Perros-Guirec.
Maurice Denis worked for the Russian patron Ivan Morozov and exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1922.
In 1925, a major exhibition was dedicated to him in Nice.

Practical information

Exhibition from November 8, 2025, to March 8, 2026

Jules Cheret Museum of Fine Arts
Every day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., except Mondays, December 25, and January 1
Access: tram stop Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen

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