Members of The Nabis Group and Associated Artists
Among the artists who considered themselves Nabis was Maurice Denis, whose journalism put the aims of the group in the eye of a progressive audience, and whose definition of painting — "a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order" — expressed the Nabis approach. His Théories (1920; 1922) summed up the Nabis' aims long after they had been superseded by the fauve painters and by cubism.
Other Nabis were Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Paul Ranson and Félix Vallotton. The sculptor Aristide Maillol was associated for a time with the group. The post-Impressionist styles they embraced skirted some aspects of contemporary art nouveau and Symbolism. The influence of the English Arts and Crafts Movement set them to work in media that involved crafts beyond painting: printmaking, book illustration and poster design, textiles and set design.
- Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), le Nabi très japonard
- Maurice Denis (1870-1943), le Nabi der schönen Ikonen
- Maxime Dethomas (1869-1929)
- Meyer de Haan (1852-1895), Nabi hollandais
- Rene Georges Hermann-Paul (1864-1940)
- Henri-Gabriel Ibels (1867-1936),
- Georges Lacombe (1868-1916), le Nabi sculpteur
- Aurélien Lugné-Poë (1869—1940)
- Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
- Paul Ranson (1864-1909), le Nabi plus japonard que le Nabi japonard
- József Rippl-Rónai (1861-1927)
- Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867-1944)
- Paul Sérusier (1864-1927), le Nabi à la barbe rutilante
- Félix Vallotton (1865-1925)
- Jan Verkade (1868-1946), le Nabi obéliscal
- Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
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