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Henri Lehmann (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃ʁi ləman]; 14 April 1814 – 30 March 1882) was a German-born French historical painter and portraitist.

Henri Lehmann
Self-portrait
Born	14 April, 1814 Kiel, Duchy of Holstein
Died	30 March, 1882 (aged 67) Paris, France
Nationality	French-German
Known for	Painting
Awards	Legion of Honour

Life

Born Heinrich Salem Lehmann in Kiel, in the Duchy of Holstein, he received his first art tuition from his father Leo Lehmann (1782–1859) and from other painters in Hamburg. In 1831, at the age of 17, he travelled to Paris to study art under Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, becoming one of his most accomplished pupils and a close associate for many years. His first exhibition was at the Salon in 1835 where he won a second-class medal. Thereafter he exhibited regularly at the Salon, winning first-class medals in 1840, 1848 and 1855.

Lehmann lived in Rome from 1838–41, where he continued his artistic education with Ingres (who was by then Director of the Académie de France there), and collaborated with him on some works—including Ingres' painting Luigi Cherubini and the Muse of Lyric Poetry. In Rome Lehmann befriended Franz Liszt and his lover, the author Marie d'Agoult, corresponding with them for many years and painting portraits of them.[1]

Lehmann settled permanently in Paris in 1842. He was awarded many commissions for large-scale public works, such as at the Hôtel de Ville, the Church of Ste-Clothilde, the Palais du Luxembourg, the Palais de Justice, and the Chapel of the Jeunes Aveugles in the Church of Saint-Merri on Rue Saint-Martin.

In 1846 Lehmann received the Légion d'honneur and in 1847 became a French citizen, opening his studio in that same year. In 1861 he became a teacher at the famous École des Beaux-Arts and was appointed Professor in 1875. He founded the Lehmann Prize to recognise academic excellence in art. In 1864 he was elected a member of the Institut de France.

He died in Paris in 1882. His brother Rudolf Lehmann was also a well-known portrait artist.

Pupils of Lehmann

• Edmond Aman-Jean
• Édouard Joseph Dantan
• Julien Dupré
• Amédée Forestier
• Alphonse Osbert
• Camille Pissarro
• Alexandre Séon
• Georges Seurat
• Modesto Brocos

Work

Lehmann was a painter of portraits, religious, genre, historical, allegorical and literary works. He drew inspiration from classical mythology, Shakespeare, Goethe, and contemporary writers. Sometimes considered dry and academic, the best of his work can be both pure in line and graceful in form. Among the best of his canvases are:

• Jephtha's Daughter (1836)
• Grief of the Oceanides (1850)
• Prometheus
• Erigone's Dream
• Venus Anadyomene
• Adoration of Magi and Shepherds (1855, Rheims Museum)
• Marriage of Tobias (1866)

Mural paintings include those in the chapels of the church of St. Merry, on the ceiling of the Great Hall in the Palais de Justice, and in the Throne Hall, Luxembourg Palace.

He painted numerous portraits of celebrated contemporaries, including Edmond About, Marie d'Agoult, Princess Christina Belgiojoso, Chopin, Victor Cousin, Charles Gounod, Ingres, Liszt, and Stendhal. He painted a portrait of himself for the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

References

Sources

• Boulanger, Gustave, Notice sur M. Lehmann, speech memorializing Lehmann, with many biographical and personal details, delivered before the Académie des Beaux-Arts, session of 27 January 1883.
• Jouin, Henri Auguste. Maîtres contemporains, Paris: Perrin et cie, 1887; chapter 6, p. 150 ff.
• Lehmann, Rudolf, An Artist's Reminiscences, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1894.
• Turner, Jane (Ed.). The Grove Dictionary of Art: From Monet to Cézanne: Late 19th-Century French Artists, St. Martin's Press, 2000; pp. 270–271.

External links and references

• Works by Lehmann (ArtCyclopedia)

На других языках

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[de] Henri Lehmann

Karl Rudolph Heinrich Lehmann, auch und überwiegend in der Kunstliteratur frz. Henri Lehmann (* 14. April 1814 in Kiel; † 31. März 1882 in Paris) war ein in Frankreich naturalisierter Historien- und Porträtmaler des Klassizismus.

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- [en] Henri Lehmann

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[fr] Henri Lehmann

Charles Ernest Rodolphe Henri Lehmann, né Karl Rudolph Heinrich Lehmann à Kiel (duché de Holstein) le 14 avril 1814 et mort à Paris (8e arrondissement) le 30 mars 1882[1] est un peintre français d'origine allemande.

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[it] Henri Lehmann

Henri Lehmann (Kiel, 14 aprile 1814 – Parigi, 30 marzo 1882) è stato un pittore e ritrattista tedesco naturalizzato francese.

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[ru] Леман, Анри

Анри Леман (фр. Henri Lehmann, настоящее имя Карл Рудольф Генрих Леман, нем. Karl Rudolf Heinrich Lehmann; 14 апреля 1814 (1814-04-14), Киль, Германия, — 31 марта 1882, Париж, Франция) — французский художник немецкого происхождения, представитель неоклассицизма.

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