Henri Ottmann

Henry Ottmann
Henry Ottmann, self-portrait c.1914
Born	(1877-04-10)April 10, 1877 Ancenis (Loire-Atlantique)
Died	(1927-06-01)June 1, 1927 Vernon
Nationality	French
Known for	Painter
Movement	Post-Impressionism

Henry Ottmann (also Henri Ottmann) (10 April 1877 – 1 June 1927)^[1] was a French painter and printmaker.

Biography

Henry Ottmann was born on 10 April 1877 in Ancenis (Loire-Atlantique). He made his debut at the Salon La Libre Esthétique in Brussels in 1904 and took part in the Salon des Indépendants^[2][3] in Paris from 1905, the Salon d'Automne,^[4] the Salon Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Tuileries.^[5]

In 1911 and 1912, Ottmann exhibited at the Artistes de la Société Moderne at the Gallery Paul Durand-Ruel together with Armand Guillaumin, Henri Lebasque and others.^[6]

In 1912, Henry Ottmann exhibited at the gallery Eugène Druet.^[7]

In 1919 he was working on illustrations of La Gebre periodical in Woodcut technique together with Paul Signac,^[8] Henriette Tirman and other painters.^[9]

In 1920, Ottmann exhibited at the gallery Marcel Bernheim together with Manguin, Tirman, Alexandre-Paul Canu and others.^[10]

In 1922, he exhibited at the Exposition du Cercle Artistique de Bruxelles together with those of Paul-Albert Besnard, Pierre Bonnard, Raoul Dufy, Othon Friesz, Charles Guérin, André Lhote, Henri Matisse, Paul Signac, Maurice de Vlaminck and others.^[11]

In 1926, Ottmann exhibited at the gallery L.Dru^[12] (Paris)^[13] and at the Parisian gallery La Palette Française,^[14] and in March 1927 in the gallery Armand Drouand.^[15]

He died in Vernon on 1 June 1927 after a car accident.

Gallery of paintings

• 
  The Luxembourg Station in Brussels, 1903; (Musée d'Orsay)
• 
  Woman With Blue Stockings, 1917; (Musée National d'Art Moderne)
• 
  Sleeping Courtesan, 1920;^[16] (Musée National d'Art Moderne)
• 
  Saint-Tropez, 1927 (Musée National d'Art Moderne)

References

Sources

• Site Oxford Index Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2006, (subscription or library membership required)
• Gazette des beaux-arts 1906/07 (A48,T36)-1906/12, p.476, Salon d'automne, Gallica BnF
• Les Hommes du Jour, 1914/05/30 (A7,N332) p.10, Gallica BnF
• Le Carnet des artistes: art ancien, art moderne, arts appliqués/ rédacteur en chef Louis Vauxcelles, 1917 (N1)- (N21), p.3, Henry Ottmann, Gallica BnF
• Le Bulletin de la vie artistique, 1923/07/01 (A4,N13), p.281; 1926/05/15 (A7,N10) p. 152;1926/06/01 (A7,N11) Gallica BnF
• Gazette des beaux-arts; 1920/07 (A62,T2)-1920/12, p.320; 1925/07 (A67,T12)-1925/12, p.277; 1926/01 (A68,T13)-1926/06, p.279; 1927/07 (A69,T16)-1927/12, p.323; Gallica BnF
• La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne, 1926/01 (T49)-1926/05, p.156; 1927/06 (T52)-1927/12, p.221 Gallica BnF
• Art et décoration; 1920/01 (T37)-1920/06; p.75; 1927/07 (A31,T52,N307)-1927/12 (A31,T52,N312), p.162. Gallica BnF
• Les Annales politiques et littéraires: revue populaire paraissant le dimanche/ dir. Adolphe Brisson, 1927/06/15 (T88,N2288), p.621, Retrospective, 1928/07/15 (N2314), p.82 Gallica BnF
• La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe, p.361;1926/06 (A9,N6); 1926/07 (A9,N7), p.432;1926/07 (A9,N7), p 624; Retrospective, 1928/01 (A11,N1)-1928/12 (A11,N12), p.358; Retrospective, 1930/08 p.214 Gallica BnF
• Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, 1928/06/29 (Numéro 180), p.4 Tableaux Modernes Gallica BnF
• Les Trois Grâces Henry Ottmann, retrospective 1933 at the gallery Georges Petit (Hôtel Drouot) archive.org

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