Henri martin artist biography

Henri Martin (FR. Henri Jean Guillaume Martin) - French neo-Impressionists, pointillist, symbolist.

Born in 1860 in Toulouse. His father was a carpenter. Mother was of Italian origin.

Martin persuaded his father to allow him to become an artist.

Henri-Jean Guillaume, known as Henri Martin, was a French post-impressionist painter who was born on August 5, in Toulouse and died on November 12,

He began his study in 1877 at the School of fine arts in Toulouse. In 1879, Martin relocated to Paris, where, due to his previous knowledge, was able to continue training in the Studio of Jean-Paul Laurens.

Four years later he received his first medal at the Paris Salon, where three years later, in 1886, he held his first exhibition.

A year after receiving their medals on the first day Martin was awarded a scholarship to travel to Italy, where he studied the works of old masters such as Giotto and Masaccio.
Soon he left academia and became interested in neo-impressionism but in a more casual manner than prescribed by the theory: broad and short strokes of his brush are separated and parallel, form and light are created in the perfect chroma