Émile Friant

(1863–1932) fransk målare

Émile Friant (France, 1863–1932) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Émile Friant belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Émile Friant was born in Dieuze and died in 9th arrondissement of Paris. Émile Friant trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and École nationale supérieure d'art de Nancy. Wikidata associates Émile Friant with École de Nancy. Émile Friant became a member of Académie de Stanislas (Nancy, France) and Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Commander of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.

The best-known works include ‘Guillaume Dubufe’, ‘All Saints' Day’, ‘L'Écho de la forêt’, and ‘The Lovers (Autumn Evening)’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and genre painting. The catalogue has 41 works by Émile Friant with free images. The dated works span the years 1878–1921. Works by Émile Friant are held by several collections, among them Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy, musée de l'École de Nancy, Musée d’Orsay, and Coquelin collection. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Otto Reiniger, Hermann Pleuer, Charles Filiger, Sem, and Konstantin Kuznetsov.

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