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 stud ...

(1829–1905). It is located in the

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

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'' designed by architect . Following Henner's instructions, Marie Henner, the widow of his nephew Jules Henner, acquired it from the painter Guillaume Dubufe, in 1921. It was inaugurated as a museum on 7 March 1924 by

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, Minister of Public Instruction. Its first director was Henner's former pupil Many Benner. It became a national museum in 1943. The museum's holdings include a large collection of paintings and drawings by Alsatian painter Jean-Jacques Henner, as well as some 1,000 sketches, documents and souvenirs. A selection of these works and artifacts a displayed in seven rooms on four floors of exhibition space. The collection includes more than 130 portraits, as well as paintings of mythical themes and figures in dream landscapes that approach the work of the

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. Many preparatory studies are displayed alongside finished paintings, together with descriptions and evaluations by contemporary critics.

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

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

External links

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Musée Jean-Jacques Henner, The Parisian Guide
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