Portrait of the Artist

Artist Ignace-Henri-Jean-Theodore Fantin-Latour (1836 - 1904)

Datec. 1865

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions33 x 23.8 cm

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Donated by Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutcheson-Poe.

Object number557

DescriptionFantin-Latour is mostly known for his flower pieces such as the fine Blush Roses in a Glass in this Collection. He also painted many group portraits of his contemporaries such as A Studio in Les Batignolles 1870 which showed Manet surrounded by emerging painters of the day including Monet and others from the Impressionist School. Like Manet, Fantin-Latour was determined to depict himself as a respectable member of society in contrast to the perception many visitors to the official Salon had of the these revolutionary artists. (JO'D)

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