The Palette of Henri Fantin-Latour, “The Visual Poet of Flowers.”
by Matthew Innis |The career of the 19th century French painter Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) is sadly one that can be summed up with the phrase, “almost, not quite.” He rebelled against Academic tradition, but always sought the approval of the Salon; he was grouped among the Impressionists, but hated painting en plein air; he was a Realist, but loved to paint the imaginary; he was hard-working and ambitious, but quit each time his successes threatened the purity of pursuing art “for art’s sake” alone.
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