Henri Fantin-Latour (14 January 1836 – 25 August 1904) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of

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ian artists and writers.

Biography

He was born Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour in

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, Isère. As a youth, he received drawing lessons from his father, who was an artist.Poulet & Murphy 1979, p. 73. In 1850 he entered the Ecole de Dessin, where he studied with Lecoq de Boisbaudran. After studying at the '' École des Beaux-Arts'' in

from 1854, he devoted much time to copying the works of the old masters in the

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. Although Fantin-Latour befriended several of the young artists who would later be associated with Impressionism, including Whistler and

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, Fantin's own work remained conservative in style. Whistler brought attention to Fantin in England, where his still-lifes sold so well that they were "practically unknown in France during his lifetime". In addition to his realistic paintings, Fantin-Latour created imaginative lithographs inspired by the music of some of the great classical composers. In 1876, Fantin-Latour attended a performance of the ''Ring'' cycle at Bayreuth, which he found particularly moving. He would later publish lithographs inspired by Richard Wagner in '' La revue wagnérienne'', which helped solidify his reputation among Paris' avant-garde as an anti-naturalist painter. In 1875, Henri Fantin-Latour married a fellow painter, Victoria Dubourg, after which he spent his summers on the country estate of his wife's family at Buré,

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, where he died on 25 August 1904. He was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris, France.

Legacy

Marcel Proust mentions Fantin-Latour's work in '' In Search of Lost Time'':

"Many young women's hands would be incapable of doing what I see there," said the Prince, pointing to Mme de Villeparisis's unfinished watercolours. And he asked her whether she had seen the flower painting by Fantin-Latour which had recently been exhibited. (''The Guermantes Way'')

His first major UK gallery exhibition in 40 years took place at the Bowes Museum in April 2011.

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presented a retrospective exhibition of his work in 2016–2017 entitled "À fleur de peau". The painting ''A Basket of Roses'' was used as the cover of New Order's album ''

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'' by Peter Saville in 1983.

Gallery

Henri Fantin-Latour - Still Life with a Carafe, Flowers and Fruit - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Still Life with a Carafe, Flowers and Fruit'' (1865) Henri Fantin-Latour - Flowers and Fruit - Google Art Project (807372).jpg, ''Flowers and Fruit'' (1866) Henri Fantin-Latour - Roses (15615114481).jpg, ''White Roses'' (1871) Henri Fantin-Latour - Still life (primroses, pears and promenates) - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Still Life, primroses, pears and promenates'' (1873) Henri Fantin-Latour - Roses in a Stemmed Glass (13358717034).jpg, ''Vase of Roses'' (1875) File:Japanese Anemones - Henri Fantin-Latour - ABDAG002274.jpg, Japanese Anemones (1884) Henri Fantin-Latour - Vase of Flowers with a Coffee Cup (13648335833).jpg, ''Vase of Flowers with a Coffee Cup'' (1885) Henri FANTIN-Latour - Poppies - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Peonies'' (1891) Henri Fantin-Latour - Roses (15408789567).jpg, ''Roses''
File:Henri Fantin-Latour, Still Life with Mustard Pot, 1860, NGA 164918.jpg, ''Still Life with Mustard Pot'' (1860), National Gallery of Art File:MMoCA 89MA Henri Fantin-Latour, Figues, Reine-Claude et Abricot.jpg, ''Figues, Reine-Claude et abricot'' (1864), Mougins Museum of Classical Art
Henri Fantin-Latour - Retrato de M. e Mme Edwards, 1875.jpg, ''Mr. and Mrs. Edwards'' (1875), Tate Gallery Image:Edouard Manet by Fantin-Latour.jpg, ''Édouard Manet'' (1867), Art Institute of Chicago Image:M-Y de Fitz-James by Fantin-Latour.jpg, ''Marie-Yolande de Fitz-James'' (1867) Henri Fantin-Latour - By the Table - Google Art Project.jpg, '' The Corner of the Table'' (1872) The Dubourg Family by Fantin-Latour.jpg, ''Dubourg Family'' (1878), Musée d'Orsay File:Henri Fantin-Latour Venus and Cupid.jpg, ''

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and Cupid'' (1867) Henri Fantin-Latour - A Studio at Les Batignolles - Google Art Project.jpg, ''

A Studio at Les Batignolles ''A Studio at Les Batignolles'' is an oil-on-canvas painting by Henri Fantin-Latour created in 1870. The work is now at the Musée d'Orsay. Description Its staging evokes the studio of French painter Édouard Manet and represents him seated and ...

'' (1870) Henri Fantin-Latour - The Temptation of St. Anthony - Google Art Project.jpg, '' The Temptation of St. Anthony Image:La Lecture (Fantin-Latour).jpg, '' La Lecture'' (1877),

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Image:Charlotte Dubourg par Fantin-Latour.jpg, ''Portrait of Charlotte Dubourg'' (1882),

, musée d'Orsay File:'Madame Lerolle' by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1882.JPG, ''Madame Lerolle'' (1882) File:Henri Fantin-Latour - Dawn - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Dawn'' (ca. 1883) File:FantinLatour Danaé.jpg, '' Danae'' Image:Henri Fantin-Latour - Portrait of Sonia.jpg, ''Sonia'' (1890), National Gallery of Art
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Public collections holding works by Fantin-Latour

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Notes

References

* * Gibson, Frank F., ''The art of Henri Fantin-Latour, his life and work'', London, Drane's ltd., 1924. * Lucie-Smith, Edward, ''Henri Fantin-Latour'', New York, Rizzoli, 1977. * Poulet, Anne L., & Murphy, A. R., ''Corot to Braque: French Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston'', Boston: The Museum, 1979. * Rosenblum, Robert, ''Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay'', New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1989.

External links

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Henri-Fantin-Latour.org
273 works by Henri Fantin-Latour
Henri Fantin-Latour, ''Still Life'', 1867, watercolor, Bryn Mawr College Art and Artifact Collections
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