Lot n° 22
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Jean-Jacques HENNER (1825-1909) - Lot 22
Jean-Jacques HENNER (1825-1909)
Weeping Nymph
Charcoal on paper
Studio stamp "J.J. HENNER" upper left
H_22 cm W_34 cm
Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris and winner of the Prix de Rome in 1858, Jean-Jacques Henner soon developed a highly coherent plastic language, marked by a singular sensitivity to light and pictorial matter.
Henner is above all a painter of the figure. His compositions, often centered on female silhouettes bathed in soft, diffused light, are characterized by a meditative, almost timeless atmosphere. Bodies emerge from deep shadows, shaped by a palette dominated by dark reds, ochres and velvety blacks. This serious tonality lends her paintings a sensual yet contemplative dimension.
The artist is part of a tradition that goes back to Italian Renaissance painting and Caravaggesque chiaroscuro, but he offers a deeply personal interpretation. Where some of his contemporaries favored historical narrative or anecdote, Henner was more interested in creating suspended, almost silent images, in which the idealized female figure becomes the medium of a pictorial reverie.
His influence extends far beyond his native Alsace. Regularly exhibited at the Salon, and a member of the Institut, he gained considerable recognition during his lifetime. Even today, his work stands out as one of the most sensitive expressions of Symbolism.
Works by Jean-Jacques Henner are held in the collections of many of the world's leading museums. Among them, the Musée National Jean-Jacques Henner in Paris has the largest collection of the painter's works. His paintings can also be seen at the Musée d'Orsay and the Petit Palais in Paris, the Villa Medicis in Rome and the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
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