Henri Fantin-Latour

Henri Fantin-Latour

Henri Fantin-Latour (January 14, 1836 - August 25, 1904) was a French painter and lithographer.

Born Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour in Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France, he studied at the "École des Beaux-Arts" in Paris. He is best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of his friends Parisian artists and writers. [http://www.iatwm.com/200708/FantinLatour/index.html] His work strongly influenced the symbolist movement of the late 19th Century.Fact|date=December 2007

Whistler brought attention to Fantin in England.

In addition to his paintings, Fantin-Latour created ingenious lithographs demonstrating the music of some of the great classical composers.

In 1876, 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, Orne in Basse-Normandie, where he died of lyme disease.

He was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris, France.

Today, his paintings can sell for as much as US$2.5 million each.

Public collections holding works by Fantin-Latour


External links

* [http://www.galleryofart.us/Henri_Fantin-Latour/ Henri Fantin-Latour at Gallery of Art]


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