Émile Friant

Émile Friant (* 1863 in Dieuze in Lorraine, France, † June 9, 1932 in Paris) was a French painter.

Life

Émile Friant began his training at the School of draftsmanship and painting to Nancy ( Ecole de Dessin et de peinture de Nancy). For the first time he exhibited at the age of fifteen years into the local art exhibition. He continued his studies in Paris, in the studio of the painter Alexandre Cabanel. At twenty, he was the winner of the Prix de Rome for his painting Œdipe maudissant son fils Polynice ( Oedipus curses his son Polynices ) ( 1883).

As a painter of naturalism he created mainly portraits and scenes of everyday life. Like many of his contemporaries, he used photography as a means by which he could grasp reality better.

1889 at the World Exhibition in Paris his painting La Toussaint (All Saints ) was shown with great success and was awarded the gold medal.

He was appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour. After this award he received numerous commissions for portraits of personalities from politics and society. In 1889 he painted the painting Portrait de Mysette Vienna dans un salon discussion and La politique.

Works (excerpt)

Oil painting

• Autoportrait ( Self-Portrait ), 1878, Musée de la Cour d'Or, Metz
• Pose entre amis or Le repos des artistes, 1880, private collection
• Anvers. Maison sous la neige, 1886/1887, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Nancy
• Le Steen d' Anvers, 1886/1887, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Nancy
• Aux alentours du Sport Nautique, 1884, private collection
• Toëra tunisienne, lavant, 1887, private collection
• Le déjeuner des canotiers, 1887, Musée de l' Ecole de Nancy, Nancy
• Jeune Nancéienne dans un paysage de neige, 1887, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Nancy
• Idylle sur la passerelle, 1888, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Nancy
• Portrait de Mystte Vienna dans un salon, 1889, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Nancy
• L' ivresse, Coquelin Ainé dans le rôle de Don Annibal d' Emile Augier dans L' aventurière, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Nancy ( several other portraits of the actor Coquelin Ainé privately owned )
• La lutte, 1889, Musée Fabre, Montpellier AgglomÃ
• La politique discussion, 1889, private collection
• La Toussaint, 1889, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Nancy
• Ville au bord du fleuve, 1891, private collection
• Le repas frugal, 1894, private collection
• L' Etudiante, 1923, private collection

Lead drawings

• Portrait du peintre Bussières, 1904, city Dieuze
• Portrait of Jean- Louis Forain you dessinateur, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Nancy
• Portrait de Jean Scherbeck, 1928, private collection