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Monsieur Huc

Maurice Denis (1870–1943)

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Monsieur Huc

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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This portrait was given by Denis to his patron and supporter Arthur Huc (1854–1932). He was an art critic and newspaper owner in Toulouse. The artist adopts an unusual horizontal format, allowing him to frame the nonchalantly-posed figure with patterned wallpaper and a curling plume of cigarette smoke. This mixture of more realistic forms and abstract patterns, reflects Denis’s role in the artists’ group known as the Nabis (Prophets). They adopted a more decorative and symbolic style, in reaction to the naturalistic concerns of the Impressionists.

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Birmingham

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Title

Monsieur Huc

Date

1892

Medium

oil on millboard

Measurements

H 53.5 x W 285 cm

Accession number

87.1

Acquisition method

purchased, 1987

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed and dated vertically: MAUD 92

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University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TS England

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Artist or maker

Maurice Denis

1870–1943

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