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Henri Meunier (1873-1922)

Henri Meunier: The road from Brévannes to Sucy, circa 1900-1910

Etching and watercolor, in 4 colors – Henri Meunier road Brévannes

Nice proof on ochre laid paper, titled, numbered (‘le chemin – n° 150’) and signed (in the print ‘h.m’) in pencil. Good margins.

Dimensions at the cupper mark : H. 150 mm x L. 230 mm.

Henri Meunier road Brévannes : Henri Meunier chemin Brévannes : Henri Julien Marie Detouche known as Henry Detouche is a French painter, draftsman, watercolorist, engraver, lithographer, writer and art critic.

Henri Meunier is the son and student of the history painter Laurent Detouche (1815-1882). He attended the School of Decorative and Industrial Arts in Ixelles, where his father directed the drawing class. Henri also became a student of Ulysse Butin (1837-1883), a marine painter and engraver, who taught him the art of modeling and drawing in volume as practiced by sculptors. The artist became a member of the Society of French Artists in 1889. A painter until his thirties, he then turned to engraving.

From 1884, Henry Detouche devoted himself to illustration and original prints. He received the gold medal in 1893 at an exhibition in Limoges.

He began creating advertising posters in 1895; his images are characterized by a strong visual impact created by the technique of Japonism, very fashionable at the time.

Around 1896-1897, Detouche traveled to Spain. His souvenirs of Spain (nine etchings and aquatints): Tango, The Bolero, La Purissima, Juana, among others, are the first manifestations of this stay where dances and dancers seduce him.

In 1908, he presented the sixteen etchings from Turbulences andalouses at the Salon des Humoristes: La Page, La Perversité, etc. His main themes are mountain landscapes and female figures, a little perverse, inspired by the motifs of Félicien Rops. But his favorite subject remains Spain, which inspired his most interesting plates between 1897 and 1910.