Jean_Benner

Jean Benner

Jean Benner

French painter

Jean Benner (28 March 1836, in Mulhouse – 28 October 1906, in Paris) was a French artist. He was twin to fellow artist, Emmanuel Benner, and the father of Emmanuel M. Benner, another artist.

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Early life

Emmanuel and Jean Benner, 1883, National and University Library of Strasbourg

Twins Jean and Emmanuel Benner were born in March 1836 in Mulhouse, Alsace, France to Jean Benner-Fries.[1][2]

Career

The Benner brothers were first designers at Mulhouse mills and factories. By 30 years of age, Jean was able to study art with Léon Bonnat, Eck and Jean-Jacques Henner and exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1868. In 1881 he won his first medal there for this painting Le Repos.[3]

He painted still-life, portrait and genre paintings, including After a Storm at Capri (1872), Trappist in Prayer (1875), Petite Falle de Capri, Flowers and Fruits (1868),[1] and Reverie.[4]

He also painted in the Isle of Capri, which was an artist colony at that time, its residents included Frederic Leighton, Walter McLaren, John Singer Sargent, Edouard Alexandre Sain, and Sophie Gengembre Anderson.[5]

Works

References

  1. [1]
    John Denison Champlin; Charles Callahan Perkins. Cyclopedia of painters and paintings. C. Scribner's sons; 1913. p. 139.
  2. [2]
    Jean Benner biography. Rehs Galleries. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  3. [3]
    Famous Pictures Reproduced from Renowned Paintings by the World's Greatest Artists, Selected from the Best and Most Noted Art Galleries of France, England, Italy, the United States and Many Other Countries. Stanton and Van Vliet Company; 1917. p. 36.
  4. [4]
    Famous Pictures Reproduced from Renowned Paintings by the World's Greatest Artists, Selected from the Best and Most Noted Art Galleries of France, England, Italy, the United States and Many Other Countries. Stanton and Van Vliet Company; 1917. p. 106, 108.
  5. [5]
    Sophie Anderson. Falmouth Art Gallery. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  6. [6]
    Base Joconde: Portrait de Jean-Jacques Henner, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
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