{"title":"Maurice Chabas","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaurice Chabas (1862–1947, Nantes) was a French painter whose practice moved from an academically trained figurative tradition towards a Symbolist and spiritualist vision of landscape, light and cosmic experience. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury, Chabas exhibited regularly at the Salon des artistes français from the 1880s onwards before developing the contemplative, luminous landscapes that would define his mature work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis paintings of the early twentieth century — often depicting still water, misty shores, figures in meditation and atmospheric light effects — were shaped by his engagement with Theosophy and Symbolist ideas about the relationship between the visible world and inner or spiritual states. Works exhibited under titles such as \u003cem\u003eSérénité\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eContemplation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCalme\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLa Poésie dans la Nature\u003c\/em\u003e were regularly acquired by the French state between 1907 and 1934, entering the collections of provincial museums across France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis exhibition \u003cem\u003eLes Grandes Visions — La Poésie dans la Nature\u003c\/em\u003e at Galerie Devambez, Paris, in February 1922 was accompanied by an essay by the poet and critic Gustave Kahn, whose text — printed in full on the folded invitation — placed Chabas’s work within a tradition of visionary painting concerned with the immaterial, the infinite and the atmospheric dissolution of form. His work is held in museum collections across France.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"maurice-chabas-les-grandes-visions-galerie-devambez-paris-1922","title":"MAURICE CHABAS — Les Grandes Visions — La Poésie dans la Nature. Galerie Devambez, Paris, 1922","description":"\u003cp\u003eGalerie Devambez, 43 boulevard Malesherbes, Paris, 1–17 February 1922. Vernissage 1 February. Original folded exhibition invitation and critical text. Monochrome offset printing on cream paper, 10.5 × 12 cm folded, 31.5 × 12 cm unfolded. Reproduced drawing to cover; exhibition details and \u003cem\u003eLes Grandes Visions\u003c\/em\u003e, an essay by Gustave Kahn, to interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good. Overall age toning, horizontal creasing, wear along the two original folds, minor edge loss and handling marks consistent with a paper object more than a century old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChabas moved from an academically trained, figurative practice towards Symbolist landscapes shaped by contemplation, spiritualism and an increasingly simplified visual language. His paintings were regularly acquired by the French state between 1907 and 1934, often under titles such as \u003cem\u003eSérénité\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eContemplation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCalme\u003c\/em\u003e. By the early 1920s, landscape had become less a description of place than a support for inner and cosmic experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe invitation divides that position across three panels. One grants entry to the opening and the full duration of the exhibition; the other two carry Kahn’s text, moving the object beyond announcement and into criticism. The exhibition survives here as image, schedule, admission document and essay — folded into a single circulating sheet. A later Chabas exhibition catalogue preserved by the Frick Art Reference Library likewise records Kahn as the accompanying essayist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShips flat, securely backed and tracked from the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galerie Devambez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54010472825170,"sku":"CHABAS-DEVAMBEZ-INV-1922","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Chabas_Maurice._Show_invite._1922.jpg?v=1784187322"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/maurice-chabas.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}