Biographies

Georges Desvallières (1861 – 1950) He studied with Gustave Moreau in Paris and became friendly with the Nabis painter and theoretician, Maurice Denis. With and , in 1919, he founded l’Atelier d’Art Sacré [workshop for sacred art] at the Place Furstenberg in Paris, where the art students were advised by churchmen on liturgical matters. His own work continues symbolist tradition, and, like Moreau, he had many students but did not insist that they paint as he did. Denis Moreau’s