Henri Fantin-Latour French 1836-1904
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Bure) French painter and printmaker. He was trained by his father, a portrait painter, and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Though he associated with progressive artists (Gustave Courbet, Eugene Delacroix, Edouard Manet), he was a traditionalist best known for his portraits and still lifes with flowers. His portrait groups, reminiscent of 17th-century Dutch guild portraits, depict literary and artistic persons of the time; his flower paintings were especially popular in England, thanks to James McNeill Whistler and John Everett Millais, who found patrons to support him. His later years were devoted to lithography. The Reader(Marie Fantin-Latour,the Artist's Sister) 1861(Salon of 1861)
3' 3 1/4'' x 2' 8 3/4''(100 x 83cm)
Bequest of Mr.and Mrs.Raymond Koechlin,1931
