Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour
Roses
About this artwork
Fantin-Latour was closely associated with the Impressionists, but refused to exhibit at the first Impressionist Exhibition in 1874. His still lifes were enormously popular with French and British collectors in the later part of the nineteenth century. He cut flowers and brought them indoors to paint in the studio, studying the relationship of tones and colours.
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artist:Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836 - 1904) French
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title:Roses
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date created:1888
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:46.40 x 40.50 cm; Framed: 66.00 x 59.50 x 11.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by Miss Elizabeth Sutherland 1948
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accession number:NG 2107
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Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour
Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour
Born in Grenoble in 1836, Fantin briefly attended the École des Beaux-Arts. He shared some of the Impressionists’ ideals, but specialised in still lifes and quasi-Symbolist works rather than contemporary subjects. He exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1861 to 1899, mainly submitting still lifes...