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Jean-Jacques Henner
(15th Mar, 1829 - 23rd Jul, 1905)
La liseuse
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
musée d'Orsay
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
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Keywords:
nude (female)
laying down
red hair
reading
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About the artwork
Title:
La liseuse
Periods:
19th century
contemporary period from 1789 until 1914
XIXth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
940 x 1230
Inventory number:
RF1839
Detail:
vers1880/90
Location:
musée d'Orsay
About the author(s)
Author:
Jean-Jacques Henner
Also known as:
Jean Jacques Henner
Born:
15th Mar, 1829
Dead:
23rd Jul, 1905
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Jean-Jacques Henner
(15 March 1829 – 23 July 1905) was a French painter, noted for his use of sfumato and chiaroscuro in painting nudes, religious subjects, and portraits. Henner was born at Bernwiller (Alsace). He began his studies in art as a pupil of Michel-Martin Drolling and François-Édouard Picot. In 1848, he entered the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, and took the Prix de Rome with a painting of
Adam and Eve finding the Body of Abel
in 1858. In Rome, he was guided by Flandrin, and painted…
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