Henri Le Sidaner | |
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 Photograph of Le Sidaner at Étaples | |
| Born | Henri Eugène Augustin Le Sidaner 7 August 1862 Port Louis, Mauritius |
| Died | 14 July 1939 (aged 76) Paris |
| Education | École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts |
| Known for | Oil painting, watercolour |
| Notable work | La Promenade Des Orphelines (1888), Table Au Clair De Lune (1928), Les Cygnes (1900), Les Marches Du Jardin (1931) |
| Movement | Post-Impressionism, Intimism, Symbolism |
| Awards | Légion d'honneur – Chevalier (Knight) (1908) Legion d’honneur – Officier (Officer) (1913)[1] |
Henri Eugène Augustin Le Sidaner (7 August 1862 – 14 July 1939) was an intimist painter known for his paintings of domestic interiors and quiet street scenes. His style contained elements of impressionism with the influences of Édouard Manet, Monet and of the Pointillists discernible in his work. Le Sidaner favoured a subdued use of colour, preferring nuanced greys and opals applied with uneven, dappled brushstrokes to create atmosphere and mysticism. A skilled nocturne painter, he travelled widely throughout France and Europe before settling at Gerberoy in the Picardy countryside from where he painted for over thirty years.[2]
Le Sidaner's paintings and pastels were widely collected throughout his career. His seductive views of the gardens he created in the ruins of the medieval fortress at Gerberoy, with their recently vacated tables dappled in sunlight and overhung by roses, have cemented his reputation as a unique artist who does not fit easily into an art movement .[3]
- ^ Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Base Léonore, Archives Nationales, Culture.gouv.fr
- ^ Camille Mauclair (1930), Andrew Rickard (2019), Henri Le Sidaner, The Obolous Press, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 9780981178035
- ^ Yann Farinaux- Le Sidaner, Le Sidaner, (1989) L’Oeuvre peint et gravé, Éditions André Sauret, Monaco. ASIN B00166TYK4