Henri Fantin-Latour

n.d. Self-Portrait pen and ink and wash 18.4 x 15 cm Palace of Fine Arts, Lille, France

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836 – 1904) was born Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour in Grenoble, France in 1836. A painter and lithographer, he is best known for his flower paintings, but he produced many other kinds of work, including several group portraits that are important historical documents and show his friendship with leading avant-garde artists and writers.

In spite of his association with such progressive artists, Fantin-Latour was essentially a traditionalist. Much of his later career was devoted to lithography; he greatly admired Richard Wagner and did imaginative lithographs illustrating his music and that of other composers. His wife Victoria Dubourg (1840-1926) was also a painter, mainly of flower pieces.

This is part 11 of a 13-part series on the works of Henri Fantin-Latour. For biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1-10 also.

1899 Dahlias oil on canvas 29.8 x 39.4 cm Private Collection

1899 Huntress oil on canvas 39 x 47 cm Private Collection

1899 Larkspur oil on canvas 33.7 x 41.2 cm Private Collection

1899 Standing Bather lithograph 19.7 x 13.9 cm (image) Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1899 Three Nymphs by a Spring oil on canvas 55 x 66 cm Private Collection

1899 Two Peaches and Two Plums oil on canvas Private Collection

1899 Witchcraft/Curse lithograph 30 x 38.2 cm (image) Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1900 Ariadne lithograph 16 x 12 cm (image) Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1900 Bouquet of Flowers oil on canvas 42.2 x 38.1 cm Private Collection

1900 Bouquet of Flowers oil on canvas 49 x 60 cm Private Collection

1900 To Johannes Brahms lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1901 Andromeda lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1901 Paradise and the Peri - Debut lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1902 Bouquet of Roses oil on canvas Private Collection

1902 Danae oil on canvas Museum of Art and Industry André Diligen, Roubaix, France

1902 Vase of Peonies 42 x 36.5 cm Private Collection

1902 Venus and Cupid oil on canvas Private Collection

n.d. The Toilette of Venus pencil 12.9 x 7.7 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris ©RMN

1902 Venus and Cupid oil on canvas Private Collection

1902c Carnations oil on canvas 63.5 x 92.6 cm Private Collection

1903 At the Seaside oil on canvas 62 x 75 cm La Piscine Museum of Art and Industry André Diligen, Roubaix, France

1903 Bathsheba oil on canvas Private Collection

1903 Centenary of Hector Berlioz lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1903 Diane lithograph Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1903 Duet of the Trojans lithograph 25.4 x 17.6 cm (image) Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1903 Silent Water lithograph 13.8 x 22.2 cm (image)

1903 Pansies oil on canvas 22.9 x 28.3 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1903 Peaches oil on canvas Private Collection

1903 Peonies oil on canvas 32 x 40 cm

1903 Reverie lithograph 19.2 x 31.2 cm (image) Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1903 Sunrise oil on canvas 45.3 x 56.4 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris

1903 Two Bathers oil on canvas 50.8 x 61.9 cm

1903 Yellow and Pink Roses in a Glass Vase oil on canvas 33.3. x 37.2 cm Private Collection

1904 Naiad Pursued by Triton oil on canvas 17.3 x 37.5 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

1904 Petite Orientale Couchée oil on canvas 11.5 x 16.5 cm Private Collection

1904 Various Flowers oil on canvas 42.5 x 35.5 cm Private Collection

1904 White Carnations oil on canvas Private Collection

1904c The Bather oil on canvas Private Collection

Note: The remainder of works in this series on Henri Fantin-Latour are not dated, either because the works are known to be undated or because I couldn't find a relevant date, so they will be from across his career and not in any chronological order.