Henri Le Sidaner

Henri Le Sidaner
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Country wey e be citizenFrance Edit
Name in native languageHenri Le Sidaner Edit
Birth nameHenri Eugène Le Sidaner Edit
Name wey dem give amHenri Edit
Family nameLe Sidaner Edit
Ein date of birth7 August 1862 Edit
Place dem born amPort Louis Edit
Date wey edie16 July 1939 Edit
Place wey edieParis Edit
Manner of deathnatural causes Edit
Place wey dem bury amCemetery of Saint-Louis, Versailles Edit
KiddieRémyne Desruelles Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signFrench Edit
Writing languageFrench Edit
Ein occupationpainter, visual artist Edit
Field for workvisual arts, art of painting Edit
Educate forBeaux-Arts de Paris Edit
Student ofAlexandre Cabanel Edit
Notable workQ17491078, Table, Q17492380 Edit
Dey archive forDepartmental archives of Yvelines Edit
MovementEtaples art colony, Symbolism Edit
Member ofAcadémie des beaux-arts Edit
Genreportrait Edit
Award e receiveOfficer of the Legion of Honour Edit
Copyright representativereproduction right not represented by CISAC member Edit
Copyright status as creatorcopyrights on works have expired Edit
Artist files atFrick Art Research Library Edit

Henri Eugène Augustin Le Sidaner (7 August 1862 – 14 July 1939) na he be an intimist painter dem know for ein paintings of domestic interiors den quiet street scenes. Na ein style contain elements of impressionism plus de influences of Édouard Manet, Monet den of de Pointillists discernible insyd ein work. Le Sidaner favour a subdued use of colour, wey dey prefer nuanced greys den opals dem apply plus uneven, dappled brushstrokes make he create atmosphere den mysticism. A skilled nocturne painter, he travel widely thru out France den Europe before he settle for Gerberoy insyd de Picardy countryside from wer na he paint for over thirty years.[1]

Na dem widely collect Le Sidaner ein paintings and pastels thru out ein career. Ein seductive views of de gardens he create insyd de ruins of de medieval fortress for Gerberoy, plus dem recently vacated tables dappled insyd sunlight den overhung by roses, na e cement ein reputation as a unique artist wey no dey fit easily into an art movement.[2]

Early years

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Le Départ De Tobie (1894)
Le Départ De Tobie (1894)
L'Eau morte (1901)
L'Eau morte (1901)

Na dem born Henri Le Sidaner for August 7, 1862, Pforort Louis insyd Mauritius, wer na ein Breton parents Jean Marie (1828–1880) den Amélie Henrietta (née Robberechts) dey live. Na ein poppie Jean Marie be a ship inspector give Lloyd's wey ein business take de family back to France insyd 1872.[3] Na he spend de remainder of ein kiddie time insyd Dunkerque wer na he attend de Collège et Lycée Notre Dame des Dunes wey na he meet den befriend Eugène Chigot wey na he cam turn a lifelong paddie den supporter.[4] He show aptitude give painting, insyd wich na ein parents support am, wey he attend art classes for de atelier of Alphonse Chigot den plus a teacher wey be a pupil of Philippe-Jacques van Bree.[1] Na dem adjudge Le Sidaner ein portfolio good enough for de city of Dunkerque make e award am a scholarship den insyd 1880, for de age of eighteen, he move go Paris den de prestigious École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.

Legacy

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De gardens wey Le Sidaner create for ein home insyd Gerberoy now be open to de public, as be ein former studio.[5]

Der be dem name after am insyd Montpellier, Versailles, den Dunkirk.

Biography

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Alphonse Chigot (1881), watercolour.
  • Camille Mauclair (1928) English translation A Rickard (2019), Henri Le Sidaner, The Obolous Press, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 9780981178035
  • Yann Farinaux- Le Sidaner, (1989) Le Sidaner, L’Oeuvre peint et gravé, Éditions André Sauret, Monaco. ASIN B00166TYK4
  • Henri Le Sidaner, 1862-1939 et la Bretagne : Exposition, Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven, 29 juin-30 septembre 2002 - Exhibition catalogue.

Bibliography

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  • Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner, Catalog raisonné of the Work of Henri Le Sidaner, Éditions André Sauret,(1989).
  • Jean-François Mancel, Josette Galiègue, et al.,(2001) Henri le Sidaner en son jardin de Gerberoy, Éditions Monelle Hayot. Editions d'art Monelle Hayot. ISBN 978-2903824327
  • Edith Marcq (2019), La Côte d'Opale et ses peintres au XIX ème siècle à la fin de l'entre-deux-guerres: l'individualité de son appellation à ses diverses représentations picturales,
  • Véronique Bouruet Aubertot (2017), Impressionism: The Movement that Transformed Western Art, AVA Publishing SA, ISBN 9782080203205
  • Laura Gascoigne (2014), Henri Le Sidaner: the artist who fell between two schools, The Spectator magazine 10 May 2014.
  • Heinz Widauer (2016), Ways of Pointillism: Seurat, Signac, Van Gogh, Hirmer. ISBN 9783777426341
  • Valentin Grivet (2020), French Painting: Franzosische Malerei, Pintura Francesa 1830–1920, Koenemann. ISBN 9783741929298
  • Alan Bowness, (1979), Post-Impressionism. Cross-Currents in European Painting, Royal Academy of Arts & Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London ISBN 0297777130

Illustrations of works (dem select)

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  • Portrait by Marie Duhem.
    Portrait by Marie Duhem.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Camille Mauclair (1930), Andrew Rickard (2019), Henri Le Sidaner, The Obolous Press, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 9780981178035
  2. ↑ Yann Farinaux- Le Sidaner, Le Sidaner, (1989) L’Oeuvre peint et gravé, Éditions André Sauret, Monaco. ASIN B00166TYK4
  3. ↑ His father was lost in a storm in the English channel on 15 September 1880 when Le Sidaner was 18 years old
  4. ↑ Antoine Descheemaeker- Colle (2008), Eugène Chigot, Sa Vie, Son Oevre Peint, Editions Henri, France. ISBN 9782917698020 in french
  5. ↑ "Henri Le Sidaner's gardens in Gerberoy". Henri Le Sidaner's Gardens. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
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