He was born Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour in Grenoble, Isère. As a youth, he received drawing lessons from his father, who was an artist. In 1850 he entered the Ecole de Dessin, where he studied with Lecoq de Boisbaudran. After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1854, he devoted much time to copying the works of the old masters in the Musée du Louvre. Although Fantin-Latour befriended several of the young artists who would later be associated with Impressionism, including Whistler and Manet, 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 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, Orne in Lower Normandy, where he died on 25 August 1904.
This is part 5 of a 13-part series on the works of Henri Fantin-Latour. For earlier works see parts 1 - 4 also.
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| 1874 Still Life with Torso and Flowers oil on canvas Gothenberg Art Museum, Sweden |
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| 1874 Study of a Naked Woman oil on canvas 22.5 x 29 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| 1874 White Roses and Roses in a Footed Glass oil on canvas 40.3 x 35 cm Private Collection |
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| 1875 Asters in a Vase oil on canvas 58 x 59 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, MO |
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| 1875 Basket of Flowers oil on canvas 40 x 51.2 cm Kunstlalle, Hamburg, Germany |
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| 1875 Basket of Peaches oil on canvas 26 x 33 cm Glasgow Museums, UK |
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| 1875 Chrysanthemums oil on canvas 68.5 x 62.2 cm Private Collection |
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| 1875 Dahlias Sombres oil on canvas 48.6 x 42.2 cm Private Collection |
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| 1875 Dahlias, Queens Daisies, Roses and Corn Flowers oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1875 Flowers and Grapes oil on canvas 45.6 x 53.3 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Texas |
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| 1875 Large Vase of Dahlias and Assorted Flowers oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1875 Mr and Mrs Edwin Edwards oil on canvas 130.8 x 98.1 cm Tate, London |
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| 1875 Portraits de Monsieur et Madame Edwards pencil 29.8 x 21.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN |
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| 1875 Narcissi in an Opaline Glass Vase oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1875 Pink Roses oil on canvas 39.5 x 32 cm Leeds Art Gallery, UK |
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| 1875 Roses oil on canvas 44.1 x 33.6 cm |
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| 1875 Still Life oil on canvas 22 x 34 cm Kirkcaldy Galleries, Fife, Scotland, UK |
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| 1875 Still Life with White Roses oil on canvas 55.4 x 59.1 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1875 Vase of Peonies oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1875 White Roses in a Glass Vase oil on canvas 27 x 24 cm Guildhall Art Gallery, London |
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| 1875 White Roses oil on canvas 42 x 37 cm York Museums Trust, UK |
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| 1875c Still Life with Flowers oil on canvas 49 x 65 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich |
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| 1875c White Roses oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1876 Apples oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1876 Chrysanthemums oil on canvas 42.5 x 47.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1876 Evocation of Erda transfer lithograph 28.2 x 35.8 cm ( image ) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
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| 1876 Peonies oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1876 Portrait of Victoria Dubourg oil on canvas 25.4 x 20.3 cm |
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| 1876 Roses in a Basket on a Table oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1876 Roses in a Glass Vase oil on canvas 50 x 44 cm Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight Village, Wirral, UK |
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| 1876 Tannhäuser; Venusberg lithograph 40.9 x 50.2 cm ( image ) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1876 The Three Rhine Maidens charcoal and pastel 52.9 x 35.2 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| 1876 First Scene of The Rhinegold lithograph 51.2 x 33.5 cm ( image ) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1876 Vase of Apples and Foliage oil on canvas 56.5 x 47 cm Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse, France |
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| 1876 Vase of Flowers oil on canvas 32 x 26.4 cm Private Collection |
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| 1876 Venusberg lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| 1876 White and Yellow Roses in a Tall Vase oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1876 White Roses, Chrysanthemums in a Vase, Peaches and Grapes on a Table with a White Tablecloth oil on canvas |
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| 1877 Cherries oil on canvas 30 x 28.5 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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| 1877 Chrysanthemums oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1877 Dahlias oil on canvas 26.7 x 34.8 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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| 1877 Fertility ( Flowers and Cutting Grapes ) oil on canvas 58.4 x 54.6 cm |
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| 1877 Finale of Rheingold transfer lithograph 53 x 40.2 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
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| 1877 Still Life oil on canvas 25.8 x 30.7 cm Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, Scotland, UK |
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| 1877 Still Life with Roses and Asters in a Glass oil on canvas 33.5 x 27.3 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1877 Still Life with Roses oil on canvas Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut |
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| 1877 Still Life: Balsimines, Peaches and Apricots oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1877 The Anniversary ( Homage to Hector Berlioz ) pastel with gouache, black crayon, and scraping, with traces of graphite, over lithograph on paper, edge-mounted on board 62.5 x 51.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1888c Apotheosis lithograph 22.8 x 15.5 cm ( image ) |
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| 1877 The Evening Star lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| 1888c Apotheosis lithograph 22.8 x 15.5 cm ( image ) |
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| 1877 The Reading oil on canvas 97 x 130.5 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France |
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| 1877 The Reading study pencil and crayon 29.1 x 38 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris photo © RMN (Musée d'Orsay) |
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| 1873 The Reading study charcoal 19.5 x 25.3 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris photo © RMN ( Musée d'Orsay ) |
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| 1877 Vase of Flowers oil on canvas 27.5 x 34.3 cm Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Sakura, Japan |
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| 1877 White Lilies oil on canvas 43 x 30 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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| 1878 Bouquet of Peonies oil on canvas 19.4 x 49.2 cm Private Collection |
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| 1878 Bouquet of Varied Roses oil on canvas 29 x 31 cm Private Collection |
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| 1878 Dahlias oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1878 Narcissus, Tulips and Pansies oil on canvas 46.7 x 37.9 cm Private Collection |
