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Maison à Flanc de Coteau (Hillside House), Henri Martin, circa 1940

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Maison à Flanc de Coteau (Hillside House)
Henri Martin
circa 1940
Oil on paper laid down on canvas
23 by 26 1/2 in. (58.42 x 67.31 cm.)

From Wikipedia:
“Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin was a renowned French impressionist painter. Born in Toulouse to a French cabinet maker and a mother of Italian descent, Martin successfully persuaded his father to permit him to become an artist. He began his career in 1877 at the Toulouse School of the Fine Arts, where he was under the tutelage of Jules Garipuy (he was also a pupil of Henry-Eugéne Delacroix).

During his time at the School of Fine Arts, he met Marie-Charlotte Barbaroux, whom he married in 1881. In 1879, Martin relocated to Paris and with the help of a scholarship, was able to study in Jean-Paul Laurens' studio. Four years later, he received his first medal at the Paris Salon, where he would hold his first exhibition three years later in 1886.

The year after he won his first medal, Martin was awarded a scholarship for a tour in Italy, where he studied the work of veterans such as Giotto and Masaccio. His 1889 canvas submission to the Salon earned him the gold medal for work that has been described as Pointillist. That same year he became a member of the Legion of Honour. At the 1900 World Fair, he was awarded the Grand Prize for his work. During this period, he became friends with Auguste Rodin. After joining the Société nouvelle de peintres et de sculpteurs in Paris in 1899, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts (painting section) in 1917.

Although Martin's work as a neo-impressionist is not considered groundbreaking, his work was rather well-received, and has been associated with world-class symbolist painter, Puvis de Chavannes. … among his pupils was the American painter Nellie Ellen Shepherd.

Due to his introverted temperament, Martin decided to move away from Paris. After a decade of searching for an ideal home, Martin bought Marquayrol, a mansion overlooking La Bastide du Vert, near Cahors. He performed his best work in the new tranquil environment, and died there in 1943.”
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carolsmc

@Odetteswann
You're welcome, Odette. I'm still trying to figure out how the medium worked. I do like the result, which seems sort of like pastel.

Odetteswann

Thanks, Carol.

carolsmc

@jignjw
I agree that Martin showed wonderful skill and creativity here. I appreciate your using your imagination to 'see' the painting as a whole, as it seems not to be something everyone enjoys. Thank you so much, for letting me know, Nancy. I really do appreciate it.

Thank you Carol for another interesting painting/puzzle. Having no art training at all, I wonder how an artist such as Henri Martin can transform through his paints and brushes a collection of random dots and strokes into a marvelous complete painting. I really enjoyed solving this puzzle. Nancy

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