Henri Moret or Henry Moret
The Island Of Raguenez. Brittany
Fisher On The Bank Of The River
Gathering Of Seaweeds At Nevez
A Valley in Sadaine, the Bay of Douarnenez
Breton Landscape, Trees and Flowers
Bretons on the Banks of a River
By the Sea in Southern Brittany
Cliffs of Moelian at Finistere
Doelan, Low Tide
Fisher on the Bank of the River
Fishing Boats near the Breton Coast
Gathering of Seaweeds at Nevez
Gathers of Seaweed at Moelan, Brittany
Grey Weather at Saint Grenoble, Point de Penmarch
Hay Stacking at the Port of Doelan
Land at Cleden, Point de Raz, Finistere
Landscape with a Hunter and His Dog
Le Castel-Roch, Bay of Douarnenez
Lifeboats with Seaweeds at Raguenes
Misty Day at Dielette - the Manche,
Misty Weather, Brizellec Finistere
Point of Penmarch, St. Guenole
Point of the Sirene, Belle-Ile-en-Mer
Promenade on the Coastal Path,
Quimper, Lake Marie in the Snow
Rescue Boat at Audierne, Finistere
Riviere de St. Paurice, Finistere
Rocks at Porspoder, Finistere,
Sailboats off the Coast of Douelan
Henri Moret or Henry Moret (12 December 1856, Cherbourg – 5 May 1913, Paris) was a French Impressionist painter. He was one of the artists who associated with Gauguin at Pont-Aven in Brittany.
Early life
Little is known of Moret's life until he began his military service in 1875. Jules La Villette, his commander in Lorient, who first noticed his artistic talents, introduced him to Ernest Corroller, a drawing teacher and marine painter. Corroller taught him the art of landscape painting as practiced by masters such as Corot and Courbet, enabling him to register at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where in 1876 he studied under Rudolf Lehmann, Jean-Léon Gérôme and later, from about 1880, under the history painter Jean-Paul Laurens.[1]
Career
Moret first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1880, presenting La plage de Locqueltas à marée basse; côte de Bretagne. He maintained contacts with Corroller, often returning to Brittany. In 1888, he arrived in Pont-Aven which had begun to attract a number of artists including Ernest de Chamaillard, Émile Jourdan, and Charles Lavant, with Paul Gauguin playing the leading role. Moret was one of the first painters to move to nearby le Pouldu which soon became the new centre of attraction for the Pont-Aven artists. His work began to show signs of Symbolism, probably as a result of Gauguin's influence.[1]
After Gauguin left the area in 1891, Moret began to develop his own style. In 1895, he established a fruitful relationship with Paul Durand-Ruel who maintained a number of galleries in Paris, London and New York, with an emphasis on Impressionism. During their relationship, Moret completed over 600 paintings, many of which were exhibited in Paris and New York leading to a growing clientele for his work. Moret also exhibited seven of his Breton paintings at the Salon des Indépendants. After 1900, Moret became more immersed in Impressionism, applying small flecks of paint to his work rather than the broad strokes favoured by the Pont-Aven artists. Increasingly he focused on landscapes where his light effects can be seen in the sunsets and storm scenes he painted around 1909. In addition to his oils for Durand-Ruel, he also completed some 800 watercolours and drawings.[1]
Assessment
After initially painting in a rather classical manner, Moret's style developed under the influence of Gauguin and the Pont-Aven artists. As time went by, his works became increasingly Impressionistic, while revealing his love of nature. In Henry Moret, aquarelles et peinture 1856–1913, Maxime Maufra comments: "Coasts, forests, valleys, in every season he observed them with all his senses, reproducing them with all his spirit and sincerity."[2] A catalogue to one of his posthumous exhibitions described how he "occuplies a unique place in the evolution of art at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, as he has been able to fuse together two fundamentally opposing styles: the Syntheticism of Pont-Aven and Impressionism."[3]
References
"Henry Moret: (1856 - 1913)", Rehs Galleries. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
Maxime Maufra, Propos de Peintre, in Henry Moret, aquarelles et peintures 1856-1913, Pont Aven, Musée du Pont-Aven, 1988.
"Henry Moret", Jody Klotz. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
Bibliography
Cariou, André, Henry Moret : un paysagiste de l'École de Pont-Aven : [exposition], Quimper, Musée des beaux-arts, 27 juin-19 octobre 1998 (catalogue), 1998, ISBN 290673926X
Rolland, Jean-Yves; Baranger, Marie-Bénédicte: Henry Moret, 1856-1913, Éd. Palantines (Plomelin), 2002. ISBN 2911434269.
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