Editing Nabis (art) (section)

==Graphic arts==
Members of the Nabis worked in a variety of media, using oils on both canvas and cardboard, and [[distemper (paint)|distemper]] on canvas and wall decoration, and they also produced posters, prints, book illustrations, textiles and furniture. Considered to be on the cutting edge of modern art during their early period, their subject matter was representational (though often [[Symbolism (movement)|Symbolist]] in inspiration), but was design-oriented along the lines of the Japanese prints they so admired, and [[Art Nouveau]]. However, the artists of the Nabis circle were highly influenced by the paintings of the [[Impressionists]], and thus while sharing the flatness, page layout, and negative space of art nouveau and other decorative modes, much of Les{{nbsp}}Nabis' art has a painterly, non-realistic look, with color palettes reminiscent of Cézanne and Gauguin. Bonnard's posters and lithographs are more firmly in the Art Nouveau, or [[Toulouse-Lautrec]] manner. After the turn of the century, as modern art moved towards [[Fauvism]], [[Expressionism]], [[Cubism]], and [[Abstract art|Abstraction]], Les{{nbsp}}Nabis were viewed as conservatives and, indeed, were among the last group of artists to stick to the roots and artistic ambitions of the Impressionists, pursuing these ends almost into the middle of the 20th{{nbsp}} century. In their later years, these painters also largely abandoned their earlier interests in decorative and applied arts.
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File:Les Parisiennes cph.3g10009.jpg|[[Pierre Bonnard]], ''Les Parisiennes'' 1893, [[lithograph]]
File:Vallotton pour Bing.jpg|[[Félix Vallotton]] poster for Siegfried Bing's Gallery (1893)
File:Vallotton-Raison.gif|Félix Vallotton, ''La raison probante (The Cogent Reason)'', a [[woodcut]] from the series ''Intimités'' (1898)
File:Frontispiece, from the album Amours MET MM77360.jpg|Maurice Denis, Frontispiece lithograph from the series ''Amour'' (1899)
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