Henri Somm
Mestre da gravura Belle Époque
Born François Clément (Henri) Sommier, the artist adopted an abbreviated surname and often signed himself “Henry”, “Hy Somm”, or simply “Hy S”, as on this particularly fine proof impression. An impassioned collector of Japanese art, Henri Somm was a close friend of the famous critic and art collector, Phillipe Burty. Influenced by the style of J.J. Tissot, Henri Somm’s work follows two distinct sources of inspiration: the Japonism prevalent in Paris towards the end of the nineteenth century and the elegant Parisian ladies of the Belle Époque. In his finest works Henri Somm demonstrates an absolute mastery of drypoint technique which places him amongst the great original printmakers of the Parisian Belle Époque.
Artworks by this artist
- Elégante au bois
- Femme de profil 1890-1900
- Program for ‘Théatres l’Athénée’ 1881
- Elégante à la pélerine rouge 1890-1900
- Elégante sur un boulevard 1890-1900
- Femme tenant une assiette 1890-1900
- A Belle of the Seventies c. 1875
- Trois femmes de profil 1890-1900
- Portrait of Marcellin Desboutin
- Woman at a Window, Surrounded by Miniature Men 1880s
- Eaux-fortes contenues dans l’Album 1880
- Procession de personnages en costume japonais 1890-1900
- Parisian Street Scene with a Fashionably Dressed Woman 1890s
- Femme tenant une tasse devant un paravent japonais 1890-1900
- Promeneurs devant le Moulin Rouge, place Blanche, actuel 18ème arrondissement 1890-1900
- Head of a Parisian Woman 1894
- Élégante au verre d’absinthe
- Japonisme 1881
- Elégante dans un jardin japonais 1890-1900
- Woman in Profile at a Picture Gallery