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Henri Edmond Cross BIOGRAPHY
1856 Douai, France - 1910 St. Clair, France. Known for: Impressionist and pointillist figure, genre, land-and seascape painting.
Henri Cross was born in Douai, France and grew up in Lille. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts*. His early works, portraits and still lifes, were in the dark colors of Realism*, but after meeting... Read full biography
Henri Cross was born in Douai, France and grew up in Lille. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts*. His early works, portraits and still lifes, were in the dark colors of Realism*, but after meeting with Claude Monet in 1883, he painted in the brighter colors of Impressionism*. In 1884, Cross... Read full biography
Henri Cross was born in Douai, France and grew up in Lille. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts*. His early works, portraits and still lifes, were in the dark colors of Realism*, but after meeting with Claude Monet in 1883, he painted in the brighter colors of Impressionism*. In 1884, Cross co-founded the Société des Artistes Indépendants* with Georges Seurat. He went on to become one of the principal exponents of Neo-Impressionism. He began his Pointillist* period after spending time with... Read full biography
Henri Cross was born in Douai, France and grew up in Lille. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts*. His early works, portraits and still lifes, were in the dark colors of Realism*, but after meeting with Claude Monet in 1883, he painted in the brighter colors of Impressionism*. In 1884, Cross co-founded the Société des Artistes Indépendants* with Georges Seurat. He went on to become one of the principal exponents of Neo-Impressionism. He began his Pointillist* period after spending time with Paul Signac in 1904. His later works are Fauvist*, perhaps influenced by his acquaintance with Henri Matisse. His final years, plagued by rheumatism, were spent in Saint-Clair, where he died in 1910. His pieces include The Church of Santa Maria degli... Read full biography
Henri Cross was born in Douai, France and grew up in Lille. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts*. His early works, portraits and still lifes, were in the dark colors of Realism*, but after meeting with Claude Monet in 1883, he painted in the brighter colors of Impressionism*. In 1884, Cross co-founded the Société des Artistes Indépendants* with Georges Seurat. He went on to become one of the principal exponents of Neo-Impressionism. He began his Pointillist* period after spending time with Paul Signac in 1904. His later works are Fauvist*, perhaps influenced by his acquaintance with Henri Matisse. His final years, plagued by rheumatism, were spent in Saint-Clair, where he died in 1910. His pieces include The Church of Santa Maria degli Angely Near Assisi (1909) and Landscape with Stars. Among public collecctions holding his work are the Allen... Read full biography
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About Henri Edmond Cross
Name variants
Edmond Cross, Henri-Edmond Joseph Delacroix
Biography
Henri Cross was born in Douai, France and grew up in Lille. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts*. His early works, portraits and still lifes, were in the dark colors of Realism*, but after meeting with Claude Monet in 1883, he painted in the brighter colors of Impressionism*.
In 1884, Cross co-founded the Société des Artistes Indépendants* with Georges Seurat. He went on to become one of the principal exponents of Neo-Impressionism. He began his Pointillist* period after spending time with Paul Signac in 1904. His later works are Fauvist*, perhaps influenced by his acquaintance with Henri Matisse.
His final years, plagued by rheumatism, were spent in Saint-Clair, where he died in 1910. His pieces include The Churc...But wait, there's more...
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