Henri Martin

Henri Jean Guillaume Martin was born in 1860 in Toulouse, France. His art can be classified as Neo-Impressionism. Numerous styles were influenced by him, such as symbolism and primitivism. He studied at the art academy of Toulouse. His teacher there was Jules Joseph Garipuy, once a student of Eugène Delacroix. His studies were followed by many years in Paris, where he was apprenticed to the famous history painter Jean-Paul Laurens. Classical and historical themes dominated his work at that time. The intensive studies paid off, because only a few years later one of Henri Martin's paintings received an award at the art exhibition "Salon de Paris.