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Émile Friant (16 April 1863 – 9 June 1932) [1] was a French artist. Friant was born in the commune of Dieuze. He would later be forced to flee to Nancy by the encroachment of the Kingdom of Prussia's soldiers. He exhibited paintings throughout his lifetime at the Paris Salon. Friant created works in charcoal, oil, and other media.
Émile Friant (16 April 1863 – 9 June 1932) was a French artist. Friant was born in the commune of Dieuze. He would later be forced to flee to Nancy by the encroachment of the Kingdom of Prussia's soldiers. He exhibited paintings throughout his lifetime at the Paris Salon.
- French
- April 16, 1863
- France
- June 9, 1932
Émile Friant (1863–1932) was a French artist renowned for his keen observation of social realities and the human condition, which he portrayed with remarkable detail and emotional depth.
Émile Friant is a French artist whose name is little known today. Yet he was a painter of immense and widely acclaimed talent in his own era, being awarded the highly prestigious Legion of Honour when he was just 25 years old in 1888.
Émile Friant was born in Dieuze on April 16, 1863. His father, Virgile, was a foreman at the local salt manufacture. His mother, Catherine Torlotin, was a maid, notably working for the Parisots, who without a child of their own, almost considered Émile as their own son.
Overview. Like many Naturalist artists of the nineteenth century, Émile Friant has been long overlooked, or simply forgotten, despite his overwhelming success and notoriety in his own time. A flurry of recent scholarship on Naturalism however, along with an important monographic exhibition at the Musées des Beaux-Arts de Nancy in 2016, has ...
Like many Naturalist artists of the nineteenth century, Émile Friant has been long overlooked, or simply forgotten, despite his overwhelming success and notoriety in his own time.
