Nabis

British  

/ nabi /

plural noun

1. a group of French artists much influenced by Gauguin, including Bonnard and Vuillard, who reacted against the naturalism of the impressionists See also synthetism

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Etymology

Origin of Nabis

C19: French, from Hebrew nābhi prophet

Example Sentences

Belle Epoque French-Swiss painter Félix Vallotton, best known as a printmaker associated with the symbolist group Les Nabis, took on Verdun — an epic, nearly yearlong battle in eastern France.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

The pictures of the Nabis — an affiliation of late 19th-century artists that included Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard — conjure up various moods opposed to distraction.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2019

A Swiss-born painter who moved to Paris at 16 to study and settled there, Félix Vallotton was part of Les Nabis, a group of young artists.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2019

"Nowadays Nabis would be able to tell pretty quickly if it was the same gun."

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2011

Nabis, Prince of the Spartans, withstood a siege by all of Greece and by one of Rome’s most victorious armies, and he defended his native city and his own state against them.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli