Henri Fantin-Latour (1836

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)
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Son to the artist Theodore Fantin-Latour, Henri Fantin-Latour studied with his father before becoming a student
of Gustave Courbet.
A painter of history, allegorical and mythological scenes, portraits and nudes, he also became famous for his
prolific still-lifes of flowers and fruits. He entered the Paris Beaux-Arts Academy in 1864, aged 18, and started
exhibiting at the Salon in 1861. He befriended the artists Manet and Whistler and exhibited together with them at
Bonvin in 1859, joigning the so-called,"Café Guerbois artists group ", portrayed in his picture " A Studio in the
Batignolles " for which he will be rewarded in 1870. He will receive a second medal for two portraits at the 1878
Salon and will be granted the Legion d'Honneur in 1879.
Counting among the most subtle artists of the second half of the 19th century, he uses a very delicate technique
and a dim light on his canvas . Whatever the subject matter, his compositions are always sensitive and intimate.
A contemporary with writers like Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Zola, and with his impressionist friends Monet, Manet,
Renoir and Whistler, he shared their ideas and struggles without ever adopting their artistic technique, remaining
a faithfull and discreet follower of Delacroix.
Museums
Amsterdam, Rijkmuseum
Australia, Adelaïde Art Gallery, Sydney Art Gallery,
Liège, the Royal Museum of Fine Art
London, National Gallery, Tate Gallery, V & A Museum of Art.
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Musée d'Orsay.
Saint Petersburg, Hermitage
USA : Art Institute of Chicago, Dallas Museum of Art, San Francisco
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Bibliography
Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Gründ 1999
Victoria Dubourg Fantin-Latour, " Catalogue de l'?uvre complet de Fantin-Latour ", 1911
Edward Lucy-Smith, " Henri Fantin-Latour ", New York 1977
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