{"Id":878,"Name":"Jean-Jacques Henner","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EHENNER, JEAN JACQUES\u003C/strong\u003E (1829-1905), French painter, was born on the 5th of March 1829 at Dornach (Alsace). At first a pupil of Drolling and of \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=2696\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EPicot\u003C/a\u003E, he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1848, and took the Prix de Rome with a painting of \u003Cu\u003EAdam and Eve finding the Body of Abel\u003C/u\u003E (1858). At Rome he was guided by \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=160\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EFlandrin\u003C/a\u003E, and, among other works, painted four pictures for the gallery at Colmar. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1863 a \u003Cu\u003EBather Asleep\u003C/u\u003E, and subsequently contributed \u003Cu\u003EChaste Susanna\u003C/u\u003E (1865); \u003Cu\u003EByblis turned into a Spring\u003C/u\u003E (1867); \u003Cu\u003EThe Magdalene\u003C/u\u003E (1878); \u003Cu\u003EPortrait of M. Hayem\u003C/u\u003E (1878); \u003Cu\u003EChrist Entombed\u003C/u\u003E (1879); \u003Cu\u003ESaint Jerome\u003C/u\u003E (1881); \u003Cu\u003EHerodias\u003C/u\u003E (1887); \u003Cu\u003EA Study\u003C/u\u003E (1891); \u003Cu\u003EChrist in His Shroud\u003C/u\u003E, and a \u003Cu\u003EPortrait of Carolus-Duran\u003C/u\u003E (1896); a \u003Cu\u003EPortrait of Mlle Fouquier\u003C/u\u003E (1897); \u003Cu\u003EThe Levite of the Tribe of Ephraim\u003C/u\u003E (1898), for which a first-class medal was awarded to him; and \u003Cu\u003EThe Dream\u003C/u\u003E (1900). Among other professional distinctions Henner also took a Grand Prix for painting at the Paris International Exhibition of 1900. He was made Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1873, Officer in 1878 and Commander in 1889. In 1889 he succeeded \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=5\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ECabanel\u003C/a\u003E in the Institut de France.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESee E. Bricon, \u003Cu\u003EPsychologie d\u0027art\u003C/u\u003E (Paris, 1900); C. Phillips, \u003Cu\u003EArt Journal\u003C/u\u003E (1888); F. Wedmore, \u003Cu\u003EMagazine of Art\u003C/u\u003E (1888).\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://81.1911encyclopedia.org/H/HE/HENNER_JEAN_JACQUES.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":true,"HasLetters":true,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":357}