Henri-Edmond Cross

Henri-Edmond Cross
Henri-Edmond Cross, Public domain

(1856–1910) fransk målare och grafiker

Henri-Edmond Cross (France, 1856–1910) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Henri-Edmond Cross belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Henri-Edmond Cross was born in Douai and died in Le Lavandou. Henri-Edmond Cross studied under Emile Dupont-Zipcy. Wikidata associates Henri-Edmond Cross with pointillism and Neo-impressionism. The students included Lucie Cousturier.

The best-known works include ‘La barque bleue’, ‘Afternoon in Pardigon’, and ‘La Chevelure’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 48 works by Henri-Edmond Cross with free images. The dated works span the years 1891–1909. Works by Henri-Edmond Cross are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musée d’Orsay, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Prints in the National Gallery of Art. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Charles Maurin, Hermann Vogel, François Flameng, Friedrich Kallmorgen, and Daniel de Monfreid.