Henri Adrien Tanoux
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Antoine Auguste Adrien Henri Tanoux (18 October 1865, Marseille – 29 July 1923, Paris) was a French painter.
Biography[]
He began his studies in 1878 at the [1] After graduating there, in 1886, he enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris, where he became a student of Léon Bonnat.[2]
.During this time, he presented some works at the Salon. He would exhibit there regularly throughout his life. In 1889, he received an honorable mention at the Exposition Universelle.[3]
He was initially attracted to painting scenes in the outlying suburbs but, after receiving a travel grant from the Conseil supérieur des Beaux-Arts in 1895, he turned to genre scenes, portraits and Orientalist works; becoming especially well known for his nudes. In 1905, he was elected a member of the Société des artistes français.[4]
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A major retrospective of his work was held in 1924.[5]
His works may be seen at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry, Musée de Grenoble, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille, Musée Cantini, , Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, among others.
(1905)
The maid, 1892
Weiblicher Akt in Waldlandschaft, 1903
1905
The sultan's favourite
Rêverie
(Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes)
References[]
- ^ Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure des artistes vivans, Vol.3 L - Z, Gründ, 1939 Online
- ^ J. P. A. Akoun, Répertoire biographique d'artistes de tous pays des xixe et xxe siècles, Cote de l’amateur, 2005 ISBN 978-2-85917-429-3
- ^ Raymond Bouyer, "Rétrospectives" in: La Revue de l’art ancien et moderne, Vol.46, 1924, Georges Petit
- ^ "Tanoux (Henri-Adrien)", Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, Vol. III L-Z , 1939 Online
- ^ "Nouvelles artistiques", in: La Liberté, Vol.59, November 1924, Online
External links[]
Media related to Henri Adrien Tanoux at Wikimedia Commons
- More works by Tanoux @ ArtNet
- Works by Tanoux @ the Base Joconde
- 1865 births
- 1923 deaths
- French painters
- French orientalists
- French genre painters
- Artists from Marseille