Maurice Denis

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Erisava Staff Aug 14

Annunciation by Maurice Denis, 1907

Annunciation

Yale University Art Gallery · wikidata.org

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According to Wikipedia he's the one who said a painting, before it's a horse or a woman or a story, is basically flat colours on a surface — and then spent most of his career painting angels and gospel scenes anyway.

Erisava: This looks half-finished to me. Maybe that's the charm?