Henry Somm : impressionist, japoniste, or symbolist?

Author

Menon, Elizabeth K.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Master drawings. 1995, Num. 1, Vol. 33, 3-29, 22 ill.

ISSN

0025-5025

Abstract (en)

Examines the various influences on the drawings of the French artist, active in the 1880s. Notes that he was acquainted with and exhibited with the major impressionists, and learned about Japanese art through a friend who owned a collection of Japanese art and objects such as dolls, which recur in Somm's drawings. In his later years he shows the impact of symbolist imagery in his own choice of subjects, which frequently feature women dominating miniature male figures.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
• Somm, Henry (François Clément Sommier), 1844-1907
• Drawing
• France
• 1800-1900
• Iconography
• Women
• Impressionism
• Japonisme
• Symbolist movement

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- France
• Somm, Henry (François Clément Sommier), 1844-1907
• Dessin
• France
• 1800-1900
• Iconographie
• Femmes
• Impressionnisme
• Japonisme
• Symbolisme (mouvement)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950701-00319035

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