born Jan. 14, 1836, Grenoble, Fr.
died Aug. 25, 1904, Buré
French painter and printmaker.
He was trained by his father, a portrait painter, and at the École des Beaux-Arts. Though he associated with progressive artists ( Gustave Courbet , Eugène Delacroix , Édouard Manet ), he was a traditionalist best known for his portraits and still lifes with flowers. His portrait groups, reminiscent of 17th-century Dutch guild portraits, depict literary and artistic persons of the time; his flower paintings were especially popular in England, thanks to James McNeill Whistler and John Everett Millais , who found patrons to support him. His later years were devoted to lithography.
"Still Life," oil on canvas by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866; in the National Gallery of ...
By courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Chester Dale Collection