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Jules Breton - Kergoat's forgiveness
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Yan' Dargent - The washerwomen of the night
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Louis Eugène Boudin - View of the port of Quimper
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Émile Renouf - The widow of the île de Sein
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Peter Paul Rubens - The martyrdom of Saint Lucia
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Nicolò dell'Abate  - The sleep of Venus
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Bartolo di Fredi - St. Paul
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François Boucher - The abduction of Proserpina
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Hubert Robert - Night party in the gardens of the Petit Trianon
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Adélaïde Labille-Guiard  - Portrait of a woman
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Jean Baptiste Camille Corot - View of Pierrefonds Castle
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Évariste-Vital Luminais - The escape of King Gradlon
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Théodore Chassériau - Portrait of a woman of Cabarrus
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Wilhelm List - The miracle of the roses
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Paul Gauguin - Pilgrimage saddlebag
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Maxime Maufra - View of the port of Pont-Aven
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Maurice Denis - Regatta in Perros-Guirec
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Paul Sérusier - The spell (The sacred grove)
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Félix Vallotton - Landscape with Trees (or Last Rays)
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Auguste Rodin - The Shadow
Jules Breton - Kergoat's forgiveness
Yan' Dargent - The washerwomen of the night
Louis Eugène Boudin - View of the port of Quimper
Émile Renouf - The widow of the île de Sein
Peter Paul Rubens - The martyrdom of Saint Lucia
Nicolò dell'Abate  - The sleep of Venus
Bartolo di Fredi - St. Paul
François Boucher - The abduction of Proserpina
Hubert Robert - Night party in the gardens of the Petit Trianon
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard  - Portrait of a woman
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot - View of Pierrefonds Castle
Évariste-Vital Luminais - The escape of King Gradlon
Théodore Chassériau - Portrait of a woman of Cabarrus
Wilhelm List - The miracle of the roses
Paul Gauguin - Pilgrimage saddlebag
Maxime Maufra - View of the port of Pont-Aven
Maurice Denis - Regatta in Perros-Guirec
Paul Sérusier - The spell (The sacred grove)
Félix Vallotton - Landscape with Trees (or Last Rays)
Auguste Rodin - The Shadow

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Description

In the heart of a dense forest a strange scene is portrayed: what are these three women doing with impassive gazes? They are engaged in a curious ceremony. Kneeling in the center, one of them appears to be making an offering in front of a burning flame on a rock. Could it be an altar of supernatural forms? We can see an animal asleep peacefully. The ocher green color allows it to blend in with the rest of the undergrowth. Paul Sérusier applies here the pictorial principles of synthesism, inherited from the Pont-Aven School and from Paul Gauguin. The neat trunks do not show their branches, which gives this forest a disproportionate look. The perspective was banned, as in the art of Japanese prints, which influenced Western artists.

The Nabi movement, heir to the principles of the Pont-Aven School, moves away from reality by simplifying the forms and reducing the color palette. For these artists "every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, the passionate equivalent of a sensation received". Drawing inspiration from the forest of Huelgoat, a wild region, Sérusier's art is also part of the symbolist movement: there he finds material to create a mystical and timeless work.


© Musée des beaux-arts de Quimper.


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