Hector Charles Auguste Octave Constance Hanoteau (25 May 1823 – 7 April 1890) was a French landscape painter born at

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, he was a pupil of Gignoux, and devoted himself chiefly to landscapes, characterized by sturdy realism and skillful color. He famous works are ''The Village Pond'', ''The Frogs'', and ''The Water Lilies'', all of which are in the Musée d'Orsay. He is represented also in several French provisional museums. He received a first-class medal at the Paris Exposition of 1889 and the cross of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

in 1870.

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