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Manguin
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Henri Manguin was born on in Paris on 23 March, 1874. At the age of sixteen, he left the Lycée Colbert, where he was enrolled, and dedicated himself exclusively to painting. A few years later, in 1894, Manguin moved to Montmartre, joined the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and began apprenticing in the workshop of Gustave Moreau. It was at this time that he befriended Henri Matisse, Louis Valtat, Albert Marquet, Charles Camoin and other artists, who were...
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Henri Manguin was born on in Paris on 23 March, 1874. At the age of sixteen, he left the Lycée Colbert, where he was enrolled, and dedicated himself exclusively to painting. A few years later, in 1894, Manguin moved to Montmartre, joined the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and began apprenticing in the workshop of Gustave Moreau. It was at this time that he befriended Henri Matisse, Louis Valtat, Albert Marquet, Charles Camoin and other artists, who were briefly known as the Moreau Group.
In 1899, Manguin built a studio in his garden which became a gathering place for the artists and intellectuals like Matisse who created and led the Fauvist movement. The next year, the Berthe Weill Gallery and the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts exhibited Manguin’s work for the first time. Then, in 1902, he showcased some of his paintings at the Salon des Indépendants, where he continued to exhibit for a decade.
In 1904, Manguin went to visit Paul Signac in Saint Tropez and remained fascinated by the light, atmosphere and landscapes in the South of France. The artist went back to Saint Tropez the following year, where he rented a villa and produced several paintings reflecting the area. However, despite his close friendship with Signac, Manguin did not adopt the pointillist style.
The same year, the Salon d’Automne exhibited five of Manguin’s paintings in the same room as the other Fauvist artists, named ‘La cage aux Fauves’. Although he is often regarded as one of the founders of Fauvism, the artist’s work always reflected him debt to Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists like Cézanne.
In 1906, Ambroise Vollard bought one-hundred and fifty of Manguin’s paintings, and he internationally exhibited in New York, and at the Russian International Exhibition and Venice Biennale. In the following years he met Henri-Edmond Cross and Félix Vallotton who connected him with some collectors, and also held the first solo exhibition of his work at the Galerie Druet, which consolidated his success, both critical and commercial.
During the Second World War Manguin moved to Lausanne in Switzerland, and from 1920, although he was living in Paris, frequently travelled to the South of France. In fact, in 1924, he worked on the decoration of the newly built Musée de L’Annonciade in Saint Tropez.
Manguin moved to Saint Tropez in 1949, where he died on September 25, the same year, at the age of seventy-five.
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Born
March 23, 1874
Paris
Died
September 25, 1949
Saint-Tropez
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