We are pleased to offer an Orenco Originals Counted Cross Stitch Chart, Pattern, Graph

Counted Cross Stitch Pattern Chart Specifics:

· Size: 14 inches (196 stitches) by 14 inches (196 stitches)

· Fabric Size: This chart is designed for 14 count fabric

· Fabric Color: We suggest using ivory or white fabric

· Thread: This chart is designed for DMC Cotton Floss

· # Floss Colors: This chart calls for 40 colors

**This is not a kit- Purchase is for a Chart Graph Pattern only**

Paul Ranson, 1864 – 1909, was a French painter and writer. Paul-Elie Ranson was born in Limoges and studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs there before moving to Paris and transferring to the Académie Julian in 1886. There he met Paul Sérusier in 1888. Subsequently, from 1890 he became a member and a creative leader of the Nabis group. They gathered at his studio in the Boulevarde du Montparnasse each Saturday. He was the one who introduced the Nabi language within the group. In 1908, he created the Académie Ranson with his wife Marie-France, to teach the Nabi ideas and techniques. After his death in Paris in 1909, his wife continued to run the academy.

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Les Nabis were a group of Post-Impressionist avant-garde artists who set the pace for fine arts and graphic arts in France in the 1890s. Initially a group of friends interested in contemporary art and literature, most of them studied at the private art school of Rodolphe Julian (Académie Julian) in Paris in the late 1880s. In 1890, they began to participate successfully in public exhibitions, while most of their artistic output remained in private hands or in the possession of the artists themselves. By 1896, the unity of the group had already begun to break: Homage to Cézanne, painted by Maurice Denis in 1900, recollects memories of a time already gone, even before the term Nabis had been revealed to the public. Meanwhile, most members of the group, including Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard, and Édouard Vuillard, could stand on their own artistically. Only Paul Sérusier had problems to overcome – though it was his Talisman, painted at the advice of Paul Gauguin, that had revealed to them the way to go.