{"title":"Vintage Portrait Prints","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: black;\"\u003eVintage portrait prints from Musée Home. Museum quality fine art prints \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"\u003eare printed on high quality cotton rag, acid free paper and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\"\u003emounted onto high quality art board to prevent cockling. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\"\u003eArchival inks have a lifetime of over 75 years. Musée's vintage art p\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\"\u003erints are available in four sizes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"\u003eA5, A4, A3, A2.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\"\u003eHand crafted and hand painted frames. 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On his return to the States he set up several art schools, including one in Boston where he was a popular portrait painter.  He created the fashion for the American version of the Barbizon school style of luminous atmospheric painting. He painted some of his most beautiful canvases, reminders of his life in France and of Millet's influence. Sadly, many of Hunt's paintings and sketches, together with five large Millets and other art treasures collected by him in Europe, were destroyed in the Great Boston Fire of 1872. His later works were predominantly of American landscapes including views of Niagara Falls in 1878. Later in the year Hunt got the chance of a lifetime, a commission to paint two huge murals at the New York Capitol in Albany. “The Allegories\" were painted working from scaffolding 40 feet in the air, in only a few months, in an unheated building in winter directly onto a sandstone surface. 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He had an international career that took him to Italy and France, where he made portraits for an elite clientele. Voet is regarded as one of the best and most fashionable portrait painters of the Late Baroque. He left his native Antwerp and travelled to Rome where he lived from 1663 to 1680. His skills as a portrait painter were much in demand at the Papal court, by the Roman aristocracy, by Christina, Queen of Sweden and by Englishmen and other Europeans visiting Rome on their Grand Tour. He created a series of 37 portraits of the most enchanting women of Rome, the 'Galleria delle Belle'. By 1680 he was banned from the city by Pope Innocent XI who was scandalized by the portraits of women with unseemly décolletés. Voet specialized in half-length portraits, in which all attention is concentrated on the subject, who emerges from a neutral, dark background. He seems to have an effortless accuracy and a fluid ease in his painting style. 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Her husband, Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, the Duc de Bouillon, (love these names!) loved her and was tolerant of her love affairs, and refused to follow the wish of his family and have her incarcerated in a convent for adultery. They had 8 children. However, she was socially and politically compromised in the notorious Affaire des Poisons, allegedly for planning to poison her husband in order to marry her nephew Louis Joseph, Duc de Vendôme. The trial against her was conducted in January 1680, and she appeared escorted by her husband and her lover Vendôme, one on each side, and stated that she did not accept the authority of the court and had accepted to answer the court summon only out of respect for the king's rank. She was never formally convicted. 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He signed up for the Royal Academy of Visual Arts but abandoned it quite quickly in favour of the more progressive circle of the Tachtigers, an influential group of writers and artists of the time. Influenced by their philosophy, he became a painter of the streets, cafes, and cabarets of Amsterdam. He spent summers with his father, in the Dutch seaside resort of Scheveningen, where guests included Édouard Manet. Interested by the changing light of sun and sea, he painted many colourful seaside scenes. At the end of the 1800s, he was introduced to the world of haute couture, painting all aspects from seamstress to wealthy client. He moved to Paris in 1904, establishing his studio just yards away from Toulouse-Lautrec whom he admired, along with Edgar Degas. He painted Parisian specific street scenes and also fairgrounds, circus acrobats and the world of fashion. When the World War I broke out he was living in London, his work including horse-riding, ballerinas and boxers. He returned to Holland for the duration of the war, living primarily as a portrait painter. Amongst his sitters was the daring spy Mata Hari. Post war, Israëls visited Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm and London. Also travelling in India and the Dutch East Indies, sketching and painting the vibrant life of South East Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRandom fact to finish\u003c\/em\u003e: aged 63, he won a Gold Medal at the 1928 Olympic Games for his painting Red Rider, I promise it’s true, at the time an art competition was part of the games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name of this engaging sitter is a mystery, she will forever be ‘Portrait of a Woman’. 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His father was a sculptor and had travelled to Britain in the service of King James VI of Scotland, also James but had returned to Delft before Anthonie’s birth. Palamedesz. joined the Delft Guild of St Luke in 1621 and was head man in 1653 and 1673. He primarily painted portraits and genre works, his younger brother Palamedes Palamedesz was a battle scene painter. As well as portraits he painted group scenes using rich colours which mostly depict merry companies eating, drinking and playing music and are full of hidden, sometimes suggestive, meanings. I wonder whether he knew Jan Lievens (see 318.022) they are contemporaries date wise in Holland and their portrait styles are very similar. 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It wasn’t a happy marriage as he would have preferred her to put aside her artistic pursuits and concentrate on her social standing – needless to say she didn’t feel the same way. 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I can find no other information on him except to say he worked in oil. This “Portrait d’un Jeune Homme” by Frank Edwin Scott was left to the museum by Laura \u0026amp; Natalie, in memory of their mother, the fabulous and gifted artist Alice Pike Barney.  Did Alice know him ? 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He was said to be witty and irreverent, and he was known for playing practical jokes on unsuspecting friends. He was founding member of “The Ten”,with amongst others John Frank Weston Benson and Thomas Willmer Dewing, also included in our collection. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to German immigrant parents. He received his first art training there under Frank Duveneck.  As with so many of his contemporaries he moved to Europe for further training and spent two years in Munich. After a brief trip back to the States he moved to Paris, to the Académie Julian (1883 -85). At this point his style and palette shifted dramatically away from the browns of Munich to a soft, grey and green more abstract tonalist style. He was also deeply impressed by the painting of Whistler and the impressionists. 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I love the way she is staring straight out at us from so so long ago. A bit of research (Google-is-my-friend) would suggest with that Empire style dress, lace sleeves and that incredibly delicate and fine lacework shawl she is very early 1800s. Her lace mob cap would indicate maybe the 1820s ,and that she is married - think Mrs Bennet from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. She looks kind and caring and as though she would definitely have a thing or two to tell us, perhaps a warning or two about the Mr Darcy's of the day. 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She tied them together in a blue ribbon and put them in a trunk in the basement for safe keeping. (As a side note to the main story Stanley arrived in Zanzibar in late1877 to find letters Alice had written two years before telling of her marriage to Barney and the birth of their daughter – Stanley fell into a deep depression and didn’t reply to her. Two years later he sent her a copy of his book “Through the Dark Continent”, with a note that without her inspiration he could never have achieved his accomplishment. \"\u003cem\u003eAfrica has been conquered\u003c\/em\u003e,\" he wrote, \"\u003cem\u003eand it is you, not I, have conquered it. 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It’s difficult to believe I’d never heard of her before now, but the strength of the portrait and its mesmerising presence and direct glaze certainly makes more sense to me now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was an artist, playwright, philanthropist, patron of the arts and fabulous eccentric. She defied social conventions and expectations and was known for her bohemian ways and art salons. 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If you would like to find out more pop the number or her name in the search box at the top of the page, I hope you enjoy discovering more about her fascinating life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART 1\/6\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAlice Pike Barney - 1857–1931\u003c\/span\u003e is a remarkable woman; a talented American artist, she wrote ballets, operas and plays, she set up theatres and art galleries, studios and pageants. She had solo exhibitions at important galleries and invented and patented mechanical devices. She supported the suffragettes and supplied them with a house for their headquarters, she was a member of the Women’s Peace Party and campaigned against the US entering the first world war.  She died on the 12th October 1931 decked out in her finery and diamonds at a concert hall – on her gravestone it reads “Alice Pike Barney,1857-1931, ``The Talented One''.","brand":"musee","offers":[{"title":"A5 - 210mm x 148mm","offer_id":56164522000768,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A4 - 297mm x 210mm","offer_id":56164522033536,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 - 420mm x 297mm","offer_id":56164522066304,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 - 594mm x 420mm","offer_id":56164522099072,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/2519\/5718\/products\/379.021.jpg?v=1605202635"},{"product_id":"musee-no-413-11","title":"Musée No:413.011","description":"\u003cp\u003eSelf Portrait\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist: Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDate:1854-1905\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdelfelt was one of the first Finnish artists to achieve international fame. 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Born in Rhode Island in 1770, he made the acquaintance and studied with the Scottish artist Cosmo Alexander. Once in Britain he became the protégé of Benjamin West. In 1782 his life changed because of his much acclaimed painting ‘The Skater’. At one point, only paintings by English artists Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough were more expensive. However, he was no good with money and in 1787 with Debtors’ Prison looming he fled to Dublin. In 1793, he decided to return to America with one clear aim in mind: to paint George Washington. He hoped that sales of copies would allow him to provide for his family. A fortuitous portrait of statesman John Jay Stuart led to an introduction and from there on he painted Washington in a series of iconic portraits, each of them leading to copies and keeping him highly paid for years.  The most famous and celebrated of these likenesses is known as The Athenaeum, 1796, and is used on the United States one-dollar bill and on various postage stamps in both 19th and 20th century. The original painting is generally on display in the National Portrait Gallery. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe achieved great success as a fashionable portrait painter of high society, \u003c\/span\u003epraised for the vitality and naturalness of his portraits, \u003cspan\u003emost famously those of George and Martha Washington. 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He was careful to flatter the beauties, not a single blemish appears on their skin, which given the state of medicine in the 18th century is nothing short of a miracle. He served as official portraitist to the four daughters of Louis XV from 1745, painting those young ladies in innumerable guises and pursuits. His immense success (over 400 works) was due not only to his talent but also to sheer hard work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRandom fact: some two hundred years later, in the 20th century, the term “Nattier Blue” is now used to describe the very distinct shade of greyed cyan blue he used on rich velvet of royal clothing. The reference Nattier’s blue was found on a colour card from Le Corbusier’s (one of the pioneers of modern architecture) estate. The Pantone number is #6FA0BF. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with the other stunning Nattier portrait in the Musée Collection (Musée N° : 792.020) this is a portrait of an unknown court beauty. 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He was described as having 'a tall stature, a stately bearing, with a regularly shaped face, rosy cheeks, chestnut brown hair, sparkling eyes but with passion restrained, a laughing air, gentle and courteous'. The widow of King Henry IV of France, Maria de Medici, commissioned him in 1622. She required two entire galleries of paintings of her life with the late King. Maria was notoriously difficult and changeable and her court favourite the immensely powerful Cardinal Richelieu saw Rubens as a political threat. Not ideal working conditions. The project, only half complete, was abandoned when Maria was banished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis wife Isabella died in 1626 and in order to get over his grief he threw himself into diplomatic work. He also spent time in England carrying out commissions for Charles I including the roof of new Banqueting House at Whitehall. One of his most important patrons in the 1630s was King Philip IV of Spain who commissioned over 80 paintings. In 1630, at the age of 53, Rubens married again, Hélène Fourment, the 16 year-old daughter of a respectable merchant family. Rubens was utterly enamoured with his new wife and she figures in numerous portraits, including as Venus in a version of 'The Judgement of Paris'. During his last years Rubens spent increasing amounts of time with his new young family in his country house, and began to paint more landscapes, often for his own enjoyment, rather than for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis portrait is of his beloved first wife Isabella Brant, who he married in 1609. His brother was married to her aunt. Rubens was utterly heartbroken in 1626 by the loss of 'one whom I must love and cherish as long as I live' to plague. There are several paintings and drawings of her. 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He was born in Paris, son a portrait painter and of a miniaturist. In 1703 he enrolled in the Royal Academy and in 1715 he travelled to Amsterdam to paint Tsar Peter the Great and Empress Catherine, but declined an offer to accompany them to Russia. The financial collapse of 1720 all but ruined Nattier, who found himself forced to refocus on the more lucrative option of portraiture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe became the painter of the beauties of Louis XV's court and revived the genre of the allegorical portrait. His aim was to paint the sitter so that their personality and character come flooding through, there was more frivolity, luxury and softness, the colours brighter. He also included sumptuously rich materials, delicate flowers, curtains etc. His sitters frequently posed as the Goddess Diana, or as Hébé (the Goddess of youth) or as a figure of a Sultan’s harem. He was careful to flatter the beauties, not a single blemish appears on their skin, which given the state of medicine in the 18th century is nothing short of a miracle. He served as official portraitist to the four daughters of Louis XV from 1745, painting those young ladies in innumerable guises and pursuits. His immense success (over 400 works) was due not only to his talent but also to sheer hard work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRandom fact: some two hundred years later, in the 20th century, the term “Nattier Blue” is now used to describe the very distinct shade of greyed cyan blue he used on rich velvet of royal clothing. The reference Nattier’s blue was found on a colour card from Le Corbusier’s (one of the pioneers of modern architecture) estate. The Pantone number is #6FA0BF. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with the other stunning Nattier portrait in the Musée Collection (Musée N° : 792.018) the identity of this sitter is unknown. 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He had his first art lessons at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, where he shared a workshop with Georges Seurat. In 1886, he went to Italy, together with Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin and Ernest Laurent to study the Old Masters. In 1892, he married Thadée Jacquet, who was also a painter. That year he also painted a portrait of the poet, Paul Verlaine, during his convalescence at the Hôpital Broussais. Verlaine dedicated a sonnet to him and they remained good friends. Later, he became an important teacher in his own right. In 1923, along with Albert Besnard and Auguste Rodin, he helped create the Salon des Tuileries in Paris. Ten years later, he was named a Commander in the Legion of Honour. Aman-Jean established his reputation mainly for his portrait work, especially of women. He was also well known for his murals in both public and official buildings, including the Sorbonne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wistful, meditative mood of this painting, with possible influences of James McNeill Whistler, is of an unidentified sitter, lost in her thoughts. 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He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, then from 1854 he devoted himself to copying the works of the old masters in the Louvre. Although he was friends with several artists that would go on to become the “Impressionists”, including Whistler and Manet, his own work remained traditional in style, with the romanticisim of earlier generations. He regularly exhibited with his close friend Édouard Manet and the Impressionists, but he remained committed to traditional studio production and never painted outdoors. Whistler brought attention to Fantin in England, where his still-lifes sold incredibly well. In addition to his realistic paintings, Fantin-Latour created imaginative lithographs inspired by the music of some of the great classical composers. In 1875, Henri Fantin-Latour married a fellow painter, Victoria Dubourg, after which he spent his summers on their country estate in Lower Normandy,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis portrait shows the 12 year old Marie-Yolande de Fitz-James, daughter of Édouard de Fitz-James. Fantin-Latour painted a series of portraits of her family members in preparation for a large group portrait that was never completed. Yolande went on to marry Alfred Georges, part of an ancient and noble family just 7 years later. Her children have the most fabulous names ever, but learning to spell their names must have been nightmarish! Imagine for her daughter - 'Isaure Louise Marguerite Marie de Cassaigne de Beaufort de Miramon de Fitz-James'. The use of ‘de’ in a French surname is a sign of nobility, but 4 in the same surname!  A letter from her father, de Fitz-James, to a friend survives it is to thank him for trying to intercede between him and his son in law to try “to resolve difficulties” – just one sentence, infuriatingly I can’t find the letter before or the letter after –what had happened? another mystery lost in time. 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In 1831 he became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied under François-Édouard Picot   Pils then spent three years at the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici, and visited Naples, Venice, and Florence. Pils's earlier paintings have religious themes but after experiences travelling with French troops through the Crimea, his themes took on military and nationalistic subjects. Pils was appointed professor of painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1863 but left the same year for two years in Algeria. Amongst other work, he painted part of the ceiling of the grand staircase of the Palais Garnier, in four panels of The Gods. It was completed the year of his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sensuous pose of this woman is strongly reminiscent of Ingres's popular paintings of female slaves and concubines in Turkish harems. Much of the canvas was left thinly painted or even blank, suggesting that it was a preparatory study rather than a finished work. At this period the French Academy saw the depiction of the nude as the ultimate measure of an artist's skill. Students had to work quickly and without embellishment because models changed poses frequently. 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This painter from the end of the reign of Louis XV in France was a great favourite of the royal court and renowned for his skill at ‘veiling physical imperfections’.  He painted Louis XV and his official mistresses including Madame de Pompadour \u0026amp; Mme du Barry as well as the young Marie-Antoinette. (In fact he was consulted to go to Austria to paint the young Marie Antoinette before her marriage to the future Louis XVI but his commission was considered too high, Ducreux was sent instead). His popularity meant that his portraits became a must-have accessory for the aristocracy of the time.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSadly who the Marquise herself was is lost, I can find more information about her 18th century printed cloth dress, with the brilliant gold and white fabric strewn with beautifully detailed flowers and lace than about her. 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After an initial career as a businessman, he married Elizabeth Milbank in 1786. A fascinating woman she was the reform-minded daughter of the investor Jeremiah Milbank and an heiress to his considerable fortune. In 1905 she established one of the first foundations funded by a woman and in her lifetime supported a wide range of health and social reform efforts, from tuberculosis and diphtheria eradication to relief work for European children following World War I.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnderson studied art in Paris, beginning in the mid-1870s, with amongst others Léon Bonnat and Auguste Rodin. He developed a reputation for his portraits and his 1889 portrait of Thomas Alva Edison, America's greatest inventor, is in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. In 1890, Anderson organized the American Art Association in Paris, a beneficial mutual-aid society for American art students, he was president until 1912.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1900, Anderson commissioned the 10-story Bryant Park Studios building in New York, its generous windows and high-ceilings were designed specifically for artists. Anderson maintained his own suite on the top floor until the end of his life. Bryant Park Studios (popularly known as The Beaux Arts Building) became immediately popular. Anderson bought land in north-western Wyoming and developed it into the Palette Ranch. He personally designed William \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody's guest ranch Pahaska Tepee, and his own home, Anderson Lodge. That lodge became the first administrative headquarters for the Yellowstone Forest Reserve in 1902, when President Theodore Roosevelt named Anderson as the first Special Superintendent of Forest Reserves. 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He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, then from 1854 he devoted himself to copying the works of the old masters in the Louvre. Although he was friends with several artists that would go on to become the “Impressionists”, including Whistler and Manet, his own work remained traditional in style, with the romanticisim of earlier generations. He regularly exhibited with his close friend Édouard Manet and the Impressionists, but he remained committed to traditional studio production and never painted outdoors. Whistler brought attention to Fantin in England, where his still-lifes sold incredibly well. In addition to his realistic paintings, Fantin-Latour created imaginative lithographs inspired by the music of some of the great classical composers. In 1875, Henri Fantin-Latour married a fellow painter, Victoria Dubourg, after which he spent his summers on their country estate in Lower Normandy,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the portrait of Mme Madeleine Lerolle, wife of fellow artist Henry Lerolle. She was 26 at the time of painting which was exhibited at the Salon in 1882. There are paintings of her and her daughter by other artists. The Musée d'Orsay in Paris have wonderful very early black and white photographs (circa 1890)  of her, her husband and two sons and two daughters in their garden and inside at the piano. 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From 1874 to 1889, he organized with Carolus-Duran, what he called \"the studio of the ladies\" for women were not allowed entry to the École des Beaux-Arts. Some also served as his models. One of these was Dorothy Tennant who later married Henry Morton Stanley. He was probably a contemporary of the fabulous Alice Pike Barney as they both worked with Carolus Duran. Among other professional distinctions, Henner also took a Grand Prix for painting at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900. Henner's most widely known work is his 1885 painting of Saint Fabiola, the original is now lost but it was copied by artists around the world for devotional purposes. 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He was noted for his paintings of nocturnal London, for his striking and stylistically advanced full-length portraits, and for his brilliant etchings and lithographs. He developed a famous signature in the form of a butterfly for his works often named using musical terms – harmonies, symphonies etc, for example one of his most famous works - Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl. It was the portrait of his mistress but thought to be an allegory of a new bride's lost innocence, or possibly linked to Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White, a popular novel of the time. He became a central figure in the Aesthetic movement, which was founded on the philosophy of “art for art’s sake” He was friends with Manet, Carolus-Duran, Rossetti, and other pre-Raphaelites. He fell out with Oscar Wilde who in turn based the murdered artist in The Portrait of Dorian Gray on him. In 1877 He brought a libel suit against John Ruskin after his perceived negative comments on Nocturne in Black and gold – he won and was awarded damages of just one farthing, the smallest coin available. It bankrupted him and he moved to Venice with his mistress, Maud, where he became a centre of attraction among the many foreign artists. 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What is the relationship between them? Were they as stern as they look? Which one was the mischievous uncle? Was there a doting grandfather amongst them? So many questions spring to mind. It may, in fact, be a ‘painted’ family tree, the ancestors being at the back. This 17th century portrait was originally painted on raw silk in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKlass Ruitenbeek, the curator of the “Faces of China” exhibition (Berlin 2018), explained that Chinese portrait painters depicted people from all walks of life, not necessarily as \"Art\" but “They were the portraits of parents and grandparents created to be worshipped through rituals, year after year on holidays. … Your family is part of your identity to a much greater degree than is the case here.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are unable to find out exactly who the subjects are but there some clues as to their status. 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