Monday, November 26, 2012

Monday Morning Museum: Henri Fantin-Latour

Self Portrait, 1867 by Henri Fantin-Latour

Henri Fantin-Latour (Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour) – Thursday 14 January 1836 Grenoble, France to Thursday 25 August 1904 Buré, France

French Realist Painter

Summer Flowers, 1880

"By the time Fantin painted this work, he had established a steady demand in Britain for his exquisite paintings of informal flower arrangements, set in modest vases and seen against a neutral ground. The flowers in this picture were picked from his garden at Buré in Normandy." – Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist – Robert Henri
Next Monday’s Artist – Georges de la Tour

“Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

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