Henri Lebasque (25 September 1865 – 7 August 1937) was a French post-impressionist painter. He was born at Champigné ( Maine-et-Loire). His work is represented in French museums, notably

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(

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( Musée des Beaux-Arts), Nantes, and Paris ( Musée d’Orsay).

Education and artistic development

He started his education at the École régionale des beaux-arts d'Angers, and moved to Paris in 1886. There, Lebasque started studying under

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, and assisted Ferdinand Humbert with the decorative murals at the

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. Around this time, Lebasque met Camille Pissarro and Auguste Renoir, who later would have a large impact on his work. Henri Lebasque, Jeune fille cousant, ca

Lebasque's vision was coloured by his contact with younger painters, especially

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and Pierre Bonnard, founders of Les Nabis, a group of Intimist painters that first favoured the calm and quietude of domestic subject matter. From his first acquaintance with

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and

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, Lebasque learnt the significance of a colour theory which stressed the use of complementary colours in shading.

Career

Lebasque was a founding member of the

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in 1903 with his friend

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and exhibited at the

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.Société des artistes indépendants/ Catalogue de la 21me exposition, 1905. p.140 (p.144), no. 2370-2377
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Two years later, a group of artists exhibited there including

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, Henri Ottmann, Édouard Vuillard, and Matisse. Lebasque also became friends with artists such as

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, and Henri Manguin, the last of whom introduced Lebasque to the

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. His time in South of France would lead to a radical transformation in Lebasque’s paintings, changing his colour palette forever. Other travels included the

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, and

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. Lebasque had some commercial success during his lifetime. He worked on the decorations at the theatre of the Champs-Elysées and of the Transatlantique sealiner. Lebasque died at

Cannet Cannet (; oc-gsc, Canet) is a former commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Riscle.

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in 1937.

Gallery of paintings

Image:Roubaix Henri Lebasque.JPG, ''La cigarette'', 1921; Musée d'Art et d'Industrie de

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Image:The Quay at St Pierre in Cannes by Henri Lebasque.jpeg, ''The Quay at St Pierre in Cannes'' Image:Henri Lebasque-Sous la lampe-Musée des beaux-arts de Nancy.jpg, ''Sous la lampe'', 1904;

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Image:Henri Lebasque - Una joven en el bosque.jpg, ''Una joven en el bosque'', 1897;

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References

External links

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Henri Lebasque Bio
- Findlay Galleries
Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2006
site Oxford Index (subscription or library membership required)
Galerie du Post-Impressionnisme – Works by Henri Lebasque
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