DENIS, MAURICE (187o— ), French painter, born at Granville, France, on Nov. 25,187o. The guiding influence in his artistic development was the work of Gauguin, and he joined with some fellow-students, all admirers of Gauguin, to form the group known as "Symbolists." Among them were Serusier, Vuillard, Bonnard and X. Roussel. Denis was also attracted to the pointil lism of Seurat, as is shown by his use of pure pigments and of the juxtaposition of complementary colours in his pictures. He then devoted himself to decorative painting, following the example of the great Italian fresco painters of the isth century. His most remarkable works are in the sphere of religious art, and mural decorations of this kind are to be seen in the churches of Le Vesinet and of St. Paul at Geneva, as well as in the priory chapel at Saint Germain-en-Laye. Maurice Denis decorated the ceiling of the Champs Elysees theatre, Paris ; he has also illustrated numerous works including a translation of the Little Flowers of St. Francis. He is a writer on art and has published Theories, 1890-1910; Du Symbolisme et de Gauguin, vers un nouvel ordre classique (1912) ; Nouvelles theories sur fart nioderne, sur fart sacre (1914-21) ; and Aristide Maillol (19 2 5)•