Jean-Jacques Henner

MarJean-Jacques Henner was born on March 5, 1829, in Bernwiller, Alsace.¹

Henner entered the École des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1848.¹

Jean-Jacques Henner won the Prix de Rome in 1858 with his painting 'Adam and Eve finding the Body of Abel'.¹

In 1863, Henner exhibited 'Bather Asleep' at the Salon.¹

'Chaste Susanna' was created in 1865 and is now in the Musée d'Orsay.¹

His 1885 painting 'Saint Fabiola' is one of Henner's most widely known works.¹

In 1889, Henner succeeded Cabanel in the Institut de France.¹

Henner received a Grand Prix for painting at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900.¹

JulJean-Jacques Henner died on July 23, 1905, at the age of 76 in Paris.¹