The Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner is a French

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dedicated to the works of painter

Jean-Jacques Henner Jean-Jacques Henner (5 March 1829 – 23 July 1905) was a French painter, noted for his use of sfumato and chiaroscuro in painting nudes, religious subjects and portraits. Biography Henner was born at Bernwiller (Alsace). He began his studies ...

(1829–1905). It is located in the

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at 43, Avenue de Villiers. The museum in housed within an 1878 ''

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'' by architect Nicolas Félix Escalier, formerly owned by the painter

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, acquired by Henner's niece in 1921. It was inaugurated as a museum in 1924; it became a national museum in 1943. Today the museum contains a large collection of paintings and drawings by Alsatian painter Jean-Jacques Henner, including some 1,000 sketches, documents and souvenirs distributed in seven rooms on four floors of exhibition space. The collection includes more than 130 portraits, as well as mythical themes and figures in dream landscapes that approached

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. Many studies are displayed with finished paintings, together with descriptions by major critics of the day.

Temporary exhibitions

* 7 November 2009 – 8 February 2010: "

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" * 2 June – 6 September 2010 : "Visions on Henner's art of drawing" * 1 February – 2 July 2012: "From impression to dream: Henner's landscapes" * 16 November 2012 – 16 September 2013: "Sensuality and spirituality. In search of the absolute"

References

Paris-Tourism article

Paris Voice article, Art News, July 1996, by Sandra Kwock-Silve

ParisInfo entry
* Isabelle de Lannoy, ''Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner: catalogue des peintures'', Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1990. .

External links

Official site
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Henner Henner is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Christal Henner, American bridge player * Jean-Jacques Henner (1829–1905), French painter * Marilu Henner (born 1952), American actress and producer * Mi ...

1924 establishments in France Buildings and structures in the 17th arrondissement of Paris Historic house museums in Paris Museums devoted to one artist

Temporary exhibitions

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