Henri Charles Manguin (; 23 March 187425 September 1949)
2008 was a French painter, associated with the Fauves. Manguin entered the

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to study under

Gustave Moreau Gustave Moreau (; 6 April 1826 – 18 April 1898) was a French artist and an important figure in the Symbolist movement. Jean Cassou called him "the Symbolist painter par excellence".Cassou, Jean. 1979. ''The Concise Encyclopedia of Symbolism ...

, as did

Henri Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual arts, visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, ...

and

Charles Camoin Charles Camoin (; 23 September 1879 – 20 May 1965) was a French expressionist landscape painter associated with the Fauves. ''Les Fauves: A Sourcebook'', by Russell T. Clement, p. 2, web: -->&lpg=PA2 Google Books History Born in Marsei ...

with whom he became close friends. Like them, Manguin made copies of Renaissance art in the

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. Manguin was greatly influenced by

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, as is seen in his use of bright

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hues. He married in 1899 and made numerous portraits of his wife, Jeanne, and their family. In 1902, Manguin had his first exhibition at the

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and Salon d'Automne. Many of his paintings were of Mediterranean landscapes; and would soon represent the height of his career as a Fauve artist.

1905 Indépendants

From 24 March to 30 April, the burgeoning of Fauvism was visible at the Indépendants, prior to the infamous Salon d'Automne exhibition of 1905 which historically marks the birth of the term Fauvism, after critic

Louis Vauxcelles Louis Vauxcelles (; born Louis Meyer; 1 January 187021 July 1943) was a French art critic. He is credited with coining the terms ''Fauvism'' (1905) and ''Cubism'' (1908). He used several pseudonyms in various publications: Pinturrichio, Vasari, ...

described their show of work with the phrase "

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chez les fauves" ("Donatello among the wild beasts"),Louis Vauxcelles, ''Le Salon d'Automne'', Gil Blas, 17 October 1905. Screen 5 and 6. Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France
contrasting the paintings with a

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-style sculpture that shared the room with them.Chilver, Ian (Ed.)
"Fauvism"
, The Oxford Dictionary of Art, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved from enotes.com, 26 December 2007. At the 1905 Indépendants Manguin exhibited with

Albert Marquet Albert Marquet (; 27 March 1875 – 14 June 1947) was a French painter. He initially became one of the Fauve painters and a lifelong friend of Henri Matisse. Marquet subsequently painted in a more naturalistic style, primarily landscapes, bu ...

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Othon Friesz Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 – 10 January 1949), who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement. Biography Othon Friesz was born in Le Havre, the son of a long line of ...

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André Derain André Derain (, ; 10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. In 2025, all of Derain’s work entered the public domain in the United States. Life and career Early ...

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and

Jean Metzinger Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (; 24 June 1883 – 3 November 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes wrote the first theoretical work on Cubism. His earliest works, from 1 ...

.Société des Artistes Indépendants: catalogue de la 21ème exposition, 1905, Digital collection: Rare Books in the Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
/ref> This exhibition was reviewed by Vauxcelles in

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on 4, 18 and 23 March 1905.Russell T. Clement, ''Les Fauves: A Sourcebook'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994
Matisse was in charge of the hanging committee, assisted by Manguin, Metzinger, Bonnard, Camoin, Laprade Luce, Marquet, Puy and Vallotton.

From 1920

In 1920, Manguin exhibited at the ''Gallery Marcel Bernheim'' together with Ottmann, Tirman, Alexandre-Paul Canu and others.Le Petit Parisien, 1920/03/01 (Numéro 15708), p.2, ''Salons at Expositions''Gazette des beaux-arts (Paris), 1920/03/15 (N5), p.36
Gallica BnF He traveled extensively with

throughout Southern Europe. In 1949, Manguin left Paris to settle in Saint-Tropez, where he died soon after, on 25 September 1949.

Gallery of paintings

File:Henri Manguin autoportrait (2).jpg, ''Self-portrait'' (''Autoportrait''), 1905, oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm, private collection File:Henri Manguin, 1906, Baigneuse (Woman Bather), oil on canvas, Pushkin Museum, Moscow.jpg, ''Baigneuse'' (''Woman Bather''), 1906, oil on canvas,

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File:Henri Manguin, 1906, Le Rocher (La Naïade, Cavalière), oil on canvas, 71 × 89 cm, private collection.jpg, ''Le Rocher'' (''La Naïade, Cavalière''), 1906, oil on canvas, 71 × 89 cm, private collection File:Henri Manguin - La Baigneuse.jpg, ''La Baigneuse'', 1906, oil on canvas, 116.5 x 89.5 cm,

Museum of Grenoble The Museum of Grenoble () is a municipal museum of Fine Arts and antiquities in the city of Grenoble in the Isère region of France. Located on the left bank of the Isère River, place Lavalette, it is known both for its collections of ancient ...

File:Henri Maguin1.jpeg, ''Above the Oustalet'' (''View over Grimand''), 1920, oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm, private collection

References

External links

Henri Manguin, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, MadridHenri Manguin, biography
Gallery Fleury

Web Gallery of Impressionists

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