Friday 18 September 2015

Henri Fantin-Latour - part 8

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836 – 1904) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.
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 8 of a 13-part series on the works of Henri Fantin-Latour. For earlier works see parts 1 - 7 also.



1885 Roses 
oil on canvas 
Private Collection

1885 White Roses in a Vase 
oil on canvas 
Private Collection

1885c Still Life with White Pinks in a Glass Vase 
oil on canvas 34.6 x 32.4 cm 
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA


1885 Sara the Bather 
lithograph 23.6 x 15 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1885 The Evocation of Erda 
lithograph 
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1886 Siegfried: Act III, Evocation of Erda 
lithograph 23.1 x 14.8 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1885 The Fairy of the Alps
 lithograph 
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1886 A Large Bouquet of Roses 
oil on canvas 52.5 x 49.5 cm 
Private Collection

1886 Flowers in a Bowl 
oil on canvas 
Private Collection

1886 Immortality
 lithograph 22.8 x 15 cm ( image ) 
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1886 Love Scene from Act III of "Lohengrin" 
lithograph 
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1886 Portrait of Léon Maître 
oil on canvas 131.5 x 98.5 cm 
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA

1886 Roses 
oil on canvas 
Private Collection

1886 Roses 
oil on canvas

1886 Still Life: Peaches in a Glass Dish 
oil on canvas 26 x 32.4 cm
 Private Collection

1886 Still Life: Pink and Red Roses 
oil on canvas 39 x 40 cm 
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK

1886 Tannhäuser 
oil on canvas 86.4 x 103.3 cm 
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio


1895 The Muse


This lithograph is one of a number Fantin-Latour made on the theme of artistic inspiration and the muse. He created portraits of famous composers, including Wagner and Berlioz, showing them in the act of ‘Composing.’ They were often accompanied by a female muse. Here the composer gazes up at his muse who hold a palm frond, a traditional symbol of triumph. On the table there is an antique torch representing the light of knowledge and understanding. His pen is also a symbol of knowledge and creation, as well as having traditional associations with strength.

1886 The Muse
 lithograph 22.9 x 15.2 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1895 L'Inspiration 
lithograph 26.8 x 220 cm

n.d. Richard Wagner and his Muse 
charcoal and sylus on tracing paper 23.4 x 15.7 cm 
Musée du Louvre, Paris 
©RMN


1886 The Rosy Wealth of June 
oil on canvas 70.5 x 61.6 cm 
The National Gallery, London


1886 The Rhinegold: Scene I, The Rhinemaidens 
lithograph 22.7 x 15 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1886 Truth 
lithograph 23.1 x 15.1 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1886c Parsifal, Act II: Evocation of Kundry 
lithograph 22.7 x 15 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1886c Rienzi, Act V: Rienzi's Prayer 
lithograph 22.6 x 14.7 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1886c The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Act I: Walther and Eva Meet 
lithograph 22.7 x 14.7 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1886c Tristan and Isolde, Act II: Signal in the Night 
lithograph 22.1 x 14.5 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL


1887 Adolphe Jullien 
oil on canvas 160 x 160 cm 
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

1887c Studies for Portrait of Adolphe Jullien 
charcoal and grey wash with white highlights 31.2 x 47.9 cm 
Musée du Louvre, Paris 
©RMN


1887 Capucines
oil on canvas 38.6 x 44.4 cm 
Leeds Museums and Galleries, UK

1887 Flowers from Normandy 
oil on canvas 72 x 60 cm 
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1887 Larkspur 
oil on canvas 55 x 46.7 cm 
Private Collection

1887 Mixed Flowers 
oil on canvas 35.5 x 28.2 cm 
Private Collection

1887 Pansies 
oil on canvas 
Private Collection

1887 Roses 
oil on canvas 
Private Collection

1887 The Lithograph 
lithograph 
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1888 Apples in a Basket on a Table 
oil on canvas 44 x 56.5 cm 
Private Collection

1888 Benvenuto Cellini, Act III: The Casting of Perseus 
lithograph 22.7 x 15.4 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1888 Geraniums 
oil on canvas 
Private Collection

1888 Harold in Italy: In the Mountains 
lithograph 23 x 15.3 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1888 Larkspur 
oil on canvas 
Private Collection

1888 Lélio: The Aeolian Harp 
lithograph 23.1 x 15.1 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1888 Religions and Religion 
charcoal with stumping on canvas prepared with a white oil paint ground 45.1 x 37.5 cm

1888 Romeo and Juliet: Confiding in the Night 
lithograph 22.6 x 15.2 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1888 Roses and Lilies 
oil on canvas 59.7 x 45.7 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1888 Roses in a Basket 
oil on canvas 61.5 x 74 cm 
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

1888 Roses in a Vase 
oil on canvas 
Private Collection

1888 Roses 
oil on canvas 38 x 40 cm 
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

1888 Roses 
oil on canvas 46.4 x 40.5 cm 
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

1888 Still life with Roses in a Vase 
oil on canvas 43.8 x 45.7 cm 
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

1888 Symphonie Fantastique: A Ball 
lithograph 23.4 x 15.5 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1888 The Capture of Troy: Act III, The Apparition of Hector, from Hector Berlioz's Opera 
"The Capture of Troy ( 1855-58 )" 
lithograph 24.3 x 16.4 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1888 The Childhood of Christ: Rest of the Holy Family 
lithograph 22.9 x 15.2 cm

1888 The Damnation of Faust: The Appearance of Marguerite 
lithograph 23.2 x 15.4 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1888 The Damnation of Faust: The Appearance of Marguerite 
oil on canvas 96.2 x 63.5 cm

1888 The Infancy of Christ: The Repose of the Holy Family 
lithograph 23.1 x 15.3 cm ( image )

1888 The Trojans at Carthage: Act III, Love Duet 
lithograph 22.9 x 15.3 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1888c Apotheosis lithograph 22.8 x 15.5 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1888c Beatrice and Benedict, Act I: Nocturne, from Hector Berlioz's Opera "Beatrice and Benedict ( 1862 )" 
lithograph 22.6 x 15.7 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1888c Tuba Mirum Spargens Sonum 
lithograph 23.5 x 15.5 cm ( image ) 
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1889 Bouquet of Roses and Other Flowers 
oil on canvas 
Private Collection