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Family portraits
Culture · Wednesday, October 7 · 11:00 · Paris
Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner, 43, avenue de Villiers
Free
Jean-Jacques Henner's family plays a central role in his work. After the death of his father, Georges Guillaume Henner, his relatives provide him with unwavering support and accompany him throughout his career.\n\nBeyond material help, they also contribute to his artistic training: it is by painting their portraits that Henner explores, then perfects, this genre to which he remained deeply attached. Represented at the various ages of their lives, the members of his family are his first but also his last models. This profusion of portraits bears witness to the…
