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Leon Augustin L'hermitte AUCTION RECORDS
1844 Mont-Saint-Pere, France - 1925 Paris, France. Known for: Pastel and charcoal drawing, rural landscape and genre painting.
The only son of a village schoolmaster in Mont-Saint-Pere, France, Leon L'Hermitte had precocious drawing skills, which won him an annual grant from the state. In 1863, he went to Paris and became a... Read full biography
The only son of a village schoolmaster in Mont-Saint-Pere, France, Leon L'Hermitte had precocious drawing skills, which won him an annual grant from the state. In 1863, he went to Paris and became a student at the Petite Ecole. Jean-Charles Cazin, a fellow pupil, became a lifelong friend, and... Read full biography
The only son of a village schoolmaster in Mont-Saint-Pere, France, Leon L'Hermitte had precocious drawing skills, which won him an annual grant from the state. In 1863, he went to Paris and became a student at the Petite Ecole. Jean-Charles Cazin, a fellow pupil, became a lifelong friend, and L'hermitte later got to know Alphonse Legros, Henri Fantin-Latour, Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin, all who had all studied at the school. In 1864 his charcoal drawing the Banks of the Marne near Alfort was... Read full biography
The only son of a village schoolmaster in Mont-Saint-Pere, France, Leon L'Hermitte had precocious drawing skills, which won him an annual grant from the state. In 1863, he went to Paris and became a student at the Petite Ecole. Jean-Charles Cazin, a fellow pupil, became a lifelong friend, and L'hermitte later got to know Alphonse Legros, Henri Fantin-Latour, Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin, all who had all studied at the school. In 1864 his charcoal drawing the Banks of the Marne near Alfort was exhibited at the Salon; he continued to exhibit his drawings at the Salon until 1889. In 1871 Legros introduced him to the dealer Durand-Ruel, who agreed to sell several of his drawings. In 1873, Durand-Ruel sent some of L'Hermitte's works to the... Read full biography
The only son of a village schoolmaster in Mont-Saint-Pere, France, Leon L'Hermitte had precocious drawing skills, which won him an annual grant from the state. In 1863, he went to Paris and became a student at the Petite Ecole. Jean-Charles Cazin, a fellow pupil, became a lifelong friend, and L'hermitte later got to know Alphonse Legros, Henri Fantin-Latour, Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin, all who had all studied at the school. In 1864 his charcoal drawing the Banks of the Marne near Alfort was exhibited at the Salon; he continued to exhibit his drawings at the Salon until 1889. In 1871 Legros introduced him to the dealer Durand-Ruel, who agreed to sell several of his drawings. In 1873, Durand-Ruel sent some of L'Hermitte's works to the Dudley Gallery for the first of the annual Black and White exhibitions and L'hermitte subsequently became a regular participant... Read full biography
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