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 Impressionists were gripped by social life at the opera, the cafe, the seaside; the Nabis, two decades later, saw just as much modernity at home.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2021

The Nabis were part of the wider phenomenon of Symbolism, the aesthetic movement that emerged out of German Idealism and swept through all the arts in the late 19th century.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 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