Edmond Hédouin
Edmond Hédouin (born July 16, 1820 in Boulogne-sur-Mer , † January 12, 1889 in Paris ) was a French painter , etcher , lithographer and illustrator .
Life
Hédouin came to Paris, where he became a student of Célestin Nanteuil and Paul Delaroche . Even during his training, Hédouin found his artistic focus in genre painting . Again and again he addressed rural life in nature. His scenes from Spain are considered the most successful.
His four medallions for the Théâtre français also became famous in the 1860s.
Works (selection)
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Jean-Baptiste Bessières , Duc d'Istrie, Maréchal de France (1768–1813) , 1853
Oil paintings
- The wood chopper in the Pyrenees .
- The hold .
- Memory of Spain .
- Mill in Constantine .
- Arab coffee house in Constantine .
- The women in the Ossauthal (Lower Pyrenees).
- A soiree with the Arabs .
- The harvest .
- The Gleaner .
- Avenue of the Tuileries in spring . 1865.
Etchings
- Gospels. Cycle of five sheets (after Alexandre Bidas "Drawings for the Gospels").
- Education of the Blessed Virgin .
- Pieta (after Eugène Delacroix ).
- Coronation of the Blessed Virgin (after Dominique Papéty ).
- Several sheets after Armand-Alexandre Leleux .
- The Invalids (after Henry Roeburn ).
- Diana in the bath (after François Boucher ).
- The oranges (after Henriette Browne ).
- Cycle of six sheets as an illustration of Laurence Stern's “Sentimental journey”.
literature
- Elmar Stolpe: Hédouin, Edmond . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 70, de Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023175-5 , p. 539 f.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hédouin, Edmond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter, etcher, lithographer and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1889 |
| Place of death | Paris |