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In the history of art, apprentices are sometimes better known than masters, such as Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938), who is more widely known than her teacher Jean Jacques Henner at the French National Academy of Fine Arts.
The French painter Jean-Jacques Henner (1829-1905), the successor of Cabanel at the National Academy of Fine Arts, was also the creator of the 19th-century chiaroscuro technique, with a strong performance in body painting, religious subjects and portraits.
Jean-Jacques Henner was born into a peasant family in Alsace, France. His hometown of Alsace originally belonged to France, but after the Franco-Prussian War, Alsace was annexed by Germany, and the painter chose France, and although he left his hometown, his relationship with the local area remained unchanged, and he had to return to his homeland once a year to visit. This strong nostalgia complex can also find a trace in his art. Alsace is a multi-ethnic region, only a Rhine river across germany, German-speaking indigenous people and French-speaking indigenous people mixed, has always been France and Germany, two European land powers to compete for the territory, now Alsace as the northeast of France, she has returned to the embrace of France.
As an important French classical academic painter in the 19th century, Jean Jacques Heinner attached great importance to the works of Italian and Dutch masters, in his paintings, we can see the influence of Dutch golden age painters, from Rembrandt to Hals and Vermeer, we can also see the influence of Italian Renaissance masters, see the shadows of Michelangelo and Raphael. Jean-Jacques Heinner's hazy and mysterious women are the embodiment of the elegant women he imagined, sometimes in the elegant landscapes of the painter's hometown.
Jean-Jacques Henner is known as a mentor to French women artists. This starts with the painter opening a women's studio. From 1874 to 1889, Jean-Jacques Henner collaborated with Carolus-Duran, who had been engaged in painting training in the ladies' studio. The main reason for the special women's studio training class is that in that era women were not allowed to enter the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Susanna Varadon was a professional model and painter in his studio, and Varadon was the first female painter to enter the National Academy of Fine Arts. It's remarkable.
In 1889, the painter died in Paris at the age of 76. His niece built a museum for him in 1921, and today the Jean Jacques Henner National Museum, located at 43 Rue Villeier in Paris, France, was once a private mansion from 1878, which housed a large collection of Jean Jacques Henner's paintings.
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