Henry Ottmann (also Henri Ottmann) (10 April 1877 – 1 June 1927) was a French painter and

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Biography

Henry Ottmann was born on 10 April 1877 in

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). He made his debut at the Salon La Libre Esthétique in

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in 1904 and took part in the

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in Paris from 1905, the Salon d'Automne, the Salon Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Tuileries. In 1911 and 1912, Ottmann exhibited at the ''Artistes de la Société Moderne'' at the Gallery Paul Durand-Ruel together with Armand Guillaumin, Henri Lebasque and others. In 1912, Henry Ottmann exhibited at the Galerie Eugène Druet. In 1919 he was working on illustrations of La Gebre periodical in

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technique together with Paul Signac,

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and other painters. In 1920, Ottmann exhibited at the gallery ''Marcel Bernheim'' together with Manguin, Tirman, Alexandre-Paul Canu and others. In 1922, he exhibited at the ''Exposition du Cercle Artistique de Bruxelles'' together with those of Paul-Albert Besnard,

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, Charles Guérin, André Lhote,

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, Paul Signac, Maurice de Vlaminck and others. In 1926, Ottmann exhibited at the gallery ''L.Dru'' (Paris) and at the Parisian gallery ''La Palette Française'', and in March 1927 in the gallery ''Armand Drouand''. He died in Vernon on 1 June 1927 after a car accident.

Gallery of paintings

Image:Henri Ottmann, 'The Luxembourg Station in Brussels', 1903.jpg, '' The Luxembourg Station in Brussels'', 1903; (

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) Image:Henri Ottmann, 'Woman With Blue Stockings',1917.jpg, ''Woman With Blue Stockings'', 1917; (

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) Image:Henri Ottmann, 'Courtisane Endormie', 1920.jpg, ''Sleeping Courtesan'', 1920;Musées de Paris; 1931, p. 134
Gallica BnF (

) Image:Henry Ottmann, 'Saint-Tropez', 1927.jpg, ''Saint-Tropez'', 1927 (

) ;References ;Sources * ''Site Oxford Index'
''Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2006''
(subscription or library membership required) * ''Gazette des beaux-arts'
1906/07 (A48,T36)-1906/12, p.476, ''Salon d'automne''
Gallica BnF * ''Les Hommes du Jour''
1914/05/30 (A7,N332) p.10
Gallica BnF * ''Le Carnet des artistes: art ancien, art moderne, arts appliqués/ rédacteur en chef Louis Vauxcelles'',
1917 (N1)- (N21), p.3, ''Henry Ottmann''
Gallica BnF * ''Le Bulletin de la vie artistique'',
1923/07/01 (A4,N13), p.2811926/05/15 (A7,N10) p. 1521926/06/01 (A7,N11)
Gallica BnF * ''Gazette des beaux-arts''
1920/07 (A62,T2)-1920/12, p.3201925/07 (A67,T12)-1925/12, p.2771926/01 (A68,T13)-1926/06, p.2791927/07 (A69,T16)-1927/12, p.323
Gallica BnF * ''La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne''
1926/01 (T49)-1926/05, p.1561927/06 (T52)-1927/12, p.221
Gallica BnF * ''Art et décoration''
1920/01 (T37)-1920/06; p.751927/07 (A31,T52,N307)-1927/12 (A31,T52,N312), p.162
Gallica BnF * ''Les Annales politiques et littéraires: revue populaire paraissant le dimanche/ dir. Adolphe Brisson''
1927/06/15 (T88,N2288), p.621Retrospective, 1928/07/15 (N2314), p.82
Gallica BnF * ''La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe''
p.3611926/06 (A9,N6)1926/07 (A9,N7), p.4321926/07 (A9,N7), p 624Retrospective, 1928/01 (A11,N1)-1928/12 (A11,N12), p.358Retrospective, 1930/08 p.214
Gallica BnF * ''Journal des débats politiques et littéraires'',
1928/06/29 (Numéro 180), p.4 ''Tableaux Modernes''
Gallica BnF * ''Les Trois Grâces'' Henry Ottmann
retrospective 1933
at the gallery Georges Petit ( Hôtel Drouot) archive.org

External links

''Works Henry Ottmann in the museums of France''; Joconde
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