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Awakening - Henri Fantin-Latour
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Description
A delicate lithograph by Henri Fantin-Latour, capturing an ethereal figure emerging from shadow through soft, atmospheric tonal work.
Henri Fantin-Latour, a French artist known for his technical mastery in lithography, produced this work during a period when he was deeply engaged with musical themes, particularly the compositions of Richard Wagner. The image depicts a figure emerging from shadow, rendered with the soft, atmospheric quality characteristic of his later graphic output. Fantin-Latour utilised the lithographic medium to create a range of tonal values, moving from deep, velvety blacks to the delicate, ethereal highlights that define the central figure. The composition focuses on the interplay between light and form. The figure appears to be in motion, with drapery that dissolves into the surrounding darkness, suggesting a transition between states of being. This approach aligns with the Symbolist interest in dreams, music, and the subconscious, moving away from the strict realism of his earlier floral still-life paintings. The texture of the print reveals the artist's hand, with fine, directional strokes that build the volume of the figure while maintaining a sense of mystery. Fantin-Latour's lithographs were often created as independent works rather than mere reproductions of his paintings. He experimented with the stone to achieve a painterly effect, allowing the grain of the medium to contribute to the overall mood. This specific print captures a moment of emergence, where the subject is caught between the void and the light. It is a representative example of his dedication to exploring the intersection of visual art and music, a theme that occupied much of his creative energy in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The work remains a study in light, shadow, and the evocative power of the human form in a state of transformation.
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Awakening - Henri Fantin-Latour
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From £28.00 GBP
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Fine Art Poster / A4 (21x29.7 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Henri Fantin Latour
Fantin-Latour painted group portraits that functioned as manifestos. Homage to Delacroix, completed in 1864, gathered Manet, Baudelaire, Whistler and others around a portrait of the recently deceased painter. A Studio at Les Batignolles, painted in 1870, arranged the same circle around Manet at his easel. The Corner of the Table, in 1872, seated Verlaine and Rimbaud among the Parnassian poets. Each painting declared an allegiance, mapped a network, and recorded the face of everyone who mattered in Parisian culture at that moment.
His flower paintings are the opposite. They are quiet, domestic, technically precise, and painted without any obvious agenda. Roses in a glass bowl. Peonies on a table. He exhibited them in England, where they sold steadily to collectors who had no interest in Parisian literary politics. In France, during his lifetime, the flowers were practically unknown. The irony is that they are what most people now associate with his name.
He trained under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, an unorthodox teacher who had his students draw from memory rather than from the model. His classmates at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts included Degas and Alphonse Legros. He was friends with Manet, Whistler, Morisot and most of the painters who became the Impressionists, but his own style remained conservative: careful drawing, smooth finish, traditional composition. He stood at the centre of the avant-garde and painted like an old master, which is an unusual position to occupy for forty years.
He was also a member of the Jinglar Society, a nine-person dining club devoted to Japanese art and ceramics, which met to eat food off Japanese plates.
His flower paintings are the opposite. They are quiet, domestic, technically precise, and painted without any obvious agenda. Roses in a glass bowl. Peonies on a table. He exhibited them in England, where they sold steadily to collectors who had no interest in Parisian literary politics. In France, during his lifetime, the flowers were practically unknown. The irony is that they are what most people now associate with his name.
He trained under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, an unorthodox teacher who had his students draw from memory rather than from the model. His classmates at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts included Degas and Alphonse Legros. He was friends with Manet, Whistler, Morisot and most of the painters who became the Impressionists, but his own style remained conservative: careful drawing, smooth finish, traditional composition. He stood at the centre of the avant-garde and painted like an old master, which is an unusual position to occupy for forty years.
He was also a member of the Jinglar Society, a nine-person dining club devoted to Japanese art and ceramics, which met to eat food off Japanese plates.
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- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
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A deeper solid wood frame: 33mm deep with a 20mm face and Perspex glaze. The print sits unmounted for a clean gallery presentation. Black, white or natural.
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Artist Biography
Henri Fantin-Latour
Fantin-Latour painted group portraits that functioned as manifestos. Homage to Delacroix, completed in 1864, gathered Manet, Baudelaire, Whistler and others around a portrait of the recently deceased painter. A Studio at Les Batignolles, painted in 1870, arranged the same circle around Manet at his easel. The Corner of the Table, in 1872, seated Verlaine and Rimbaud among the Parnassian poets. Each painting declared an allegiance, mapped a network, and recorded the face of everyone who mattered in Parisian culture at that moment.
His flower paintings are the opposite. They are quiet, domestic, technically precise, and painted without any obvious agenda. Roses in a glass bowl. Peonies on a table. He exhibited them in England, where they sold steadily to collectors who had no interest in Parisian literary politics. In France, during his lifetime, the flowers were practically unknown. The irony is that they are what most people now associate with his name.
He trained under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, an unorthodox teacher who had his students draw from memory rather than from the model. His classmates at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts included Degas and Alphonse Legros. He was friends with Manet, Whistler, Morisot and most of the painters who became the Impressionists, but his own style remained conservative: careful drawing, smooth finish, traditional composition. He stood at the centre of the avant-garde and painted like an old master, which is an unusual position to occupy for forty years.
He was also a member of the Jinglar Society, a nine-person dining club devoted to Japanese art and ceramics, which met to eat food off Japanese plates.
His flower paintings are the opposite. They are quiet, domestic, technically precise, and painted without any obvious agenda. Roses in a glass bowl. Peonies on a table. He exhibited them in England, where they sold steadily to collectors who had no interest in Parisian literary politics. In France, during his lifetime, the flowers were practically unknown. The irony is that they are what most people now associate with his name.
He trained under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, an unorthodox teacher who had his students draw from memory rather than from the model. His classmates at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts included Degas and Alphonse Legros. He was friends with Manet, Whistler, Morisot and most of the painters who became the Impressionists, but his own style remained conservative: careful drawing, smooth finish, traditional composition. He stood at the centre of the avant-garde and painted like an old master, which is an unusual position to occupy for forty years.
He was also a member of the Jinglar Society, a nine-person dining club devoted to Japanese art and ceramics, which met to eat food off Japanese plates.
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