Who Are the Nabis, and Why Don’t I Know These Amazing Artists?

The Nabis were a group of artists whose spiritual, emotional and aesthetic inspiration came from Paul Gauguin and the Symbolist poets. They had one foot in the 19th century and one foot in the 20th, and although they are not as famous as the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, their work was just as innovative and original. Come explore what stirred The Nabis to create works with expressive and transcendent connections to the divine in nature. JANET MANDEL, award-winning teacher and art historian.