Jean-Jacques Henner
(1829–1905) fransk målare
Jean-Jacques Henner (France, 1829–1905) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jean-Jacques Henner belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Jean-Jacques Henner was born in Bernwiller and died in Paris. Jean-Jacques Henner trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The teachers included Charles Goutzwiller, Gabriel-Christophe Guérin, and Michel Martin Drolling. Jean-Jacques Henner worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Jean-Jacques Henner with Symbolism. Jean-Jacques Henner became a member of Académie des beaux-arts and Société des Artistes Français. The awards include Prix de Rome, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, and Commander of the Legion of Honour. The students included Emma Toll, Anna Petersen, and Susanne von Nathusius.
The best-known works include ‘The Chaste Susannah’, ‘Femme nue debout vue de dos au bord d'un lac’, and ‘Idyll’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 76 works by Jean-Jacques Henner with free images. The dated works span the years 1847–1904. Works by Jean-Jacques Henner are held by several collections, among them Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse, musée sundgauvien, Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner, and Musée d’Orsay.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Erik Bodom, Ferdinand Laufberger, John-Lewis Brown, Auguste Toulmouche, and John Everett Millais.