Henri Adrien Tanoux

Henri Adrien Tanoux studied at École des beaux-arts de Marseille and Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Léon Bonnat is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are genre, landscape and orientalist. Residence is recorded at avenue de Tourville. Work by Henri Adrien Tanoux is recorded in the collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina and Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille. Distinctions recorded are gold medal.

• Illustration — Street vendors, 1895 • Illustration — Nymphs In A Forest He began his studies in 1878 at the École supérieure d'art et de design Marseille-Méditerranée. After graduating there, in 1886, he enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris, where he became a student of Léon Bonnat. During this time, he presented some works at the Salon. He would exhibit there regularly throughout his life. In 1889, he received an honorable mention at the Exposition Universelle. He was initially attracted to painting scenes in the outlying suburbs but, after receiving a travel grant from the Conseil supérieur des Beaux-Arts in 1895, he turned to genre scenes, portraits and Orientalist works, becoming especially well known for his nudes. In 1905, he was elected a member of the Société des artistes français. A retrospective of his work was held in 1924. His works may be seen at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry, Musée de Grenoble, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille, Musée Cantini, Musée de la Faïence et des Beaux-Arts, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, among others. • Illustration — (1905) • Illustration — The maid, 1892 • Illustration — Weiblicher Akt in Waldlandschaft, 1903 • Illustration — 1905 • Illustration — The sultan's favourite • Illustration — Rêverie • Illustration — (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes) • Illustration — Diana