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Puy-l’Évêque

Artist Henri Jean Guillaume Martin (French, 1860 - 1943)

Datec. 1914

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 33 1/2 × 42 3/16 inches (85.1 × 107.2 cm)
Framed: 37 × 44 1/2 × 1 1/4 inches (94 × 113 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase.

Object number1914.4

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CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThis pointillist depiction of the medieval French town of Puy L’Eveque by Henri Martin was selected for the Telfair by Gari Melchers in 1914. Artistic success came early to Henri Martin. In 1879, at the age of nineteen, he was awarded the Grand Prix at the École des Beaux-Arts in his hometown of Toulouse. Shortly thereafter he moved to Paris and entered that city’s École des Beaux-Arts to study with Jean-Paul Laurens. Martin first exhibited at the Salon in 1880 and was awarded a first-class medal at the 1883 Salon. An 1885 trip to Italy marked the beginning of the artist’s lengthy period of experimentation with symbolism, impressionism, and pointillism. A combination of these elements became Martin’s signature style, which remained essentially unchanged until his death in 1943.

Subject MatterLot River, Puy-l’Évêque, Lot, France

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