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Henri Fantin-Latour (January 14, 1836 - August 25,
1904) was a France|French painter and
lithography|lithographer.

Born Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour in
Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France, he studied at the
École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and although he was
painting at the time of the Impressionists, he
created his own unique realistic style. He would
be best known for his flower paintings and group
portraits of many of the contemporary Parisian
artists and writers who were his friends. His work
would strongly influence the future Symbolist
painters|symbolist movement.

It was James McNeill Whistler|Whistler who brought
attention to Fantin in England at a time when
French Impressionist painting, or any painting
having dealings with the impressionists, was being
overlooked by the Parisian art community.

In addition to his paintings, Fantin-Latour
created ingenious lithographs demonstrating the
music of some of the great classical composers.

In 1876, Henri Fantin-Latour married a fellow
painter, Victoria Dubourg, after which he  spent
his summers on the country estate of his wife's
family at Buré, Orne in Basse-Normandie, where he
died.

He was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse,
Paris, France.

Today, one of his paintings can sell for as much
as US$2.5 million.

He has a very nice painting in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art: Still life with flowers and fruit.