# SÉRUSIER, Paul [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1864–1927 - Profession: painter - School: French ## Biography French painter, who was a pioneer of abstract art and an inspiration for the avant-garde movement Les Nabis, Synthetism and Cloisonnism. In the summer of 1888 he travelled to Pont-Aven and joined the small group of artists centred there around Paul Gauguin , whose style he adhered to, particularly in his paintings of Breton landscapes. With Maurice Denis, Sérusier was a founder and spokesman of the Nabis. Sérusier had a highly methodical approach to art; he expressed his theories in "ABC de la peinture" \(1921\). ## Related artworks - [Breton Wrestling Match]() - [The Talisman \(The River Aven at Bois d'Amour\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()