Nude in a Forest
Jean Jacques Henner (Bernweiler 1829 - Paris 1905)
Lot-No. 394
Proceeds : 5.000 €
Oil/canvas, 62 x 50,5 cm, lo. le. sign. J. J. Henner. - French figure and portrait painter. The talented H. received initial instruction in his native Alsace before studying at the Paris Academy from 1846, where he won the Rome Prize in 1858; he lived in Italy for five years. From 1863 until 1903 he exhibited almost annually at the Salon and won numerous prizes. Mus.: New York (Metrop. Mus.), Florenz (Uffizi), Paris a. others Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Jean Jacques Henner: Nude in a Forest
Jean Jacques Henner (Bernweiler 1829 - Paris 1905)
Nude in a Forest
Lot-No. 394
Proceeds : 5.000 €
Oil/canvas, 62 x 50,5 cm, lo. le. sign. J. J. Henner. - French figure and portrait painter. The talented H. received initial instruction in his native Alsace before studying at the Paris Academy from 1846, where he won the Rome Prize in 1858; he lived in Italy for five years. From 1863 until 1903 he exhibited almost annually at the Salon and won numerous prizes. Mus.: New York (Metrop. Mus.), Florenz (Uffizi), Paris a. others Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
