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Henri Jean Guillaume Martin Biography
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1860
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Born August 5th in Toulouse
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1879
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After winning the Grand Prix, moved to Paris where a scholarship enabled him to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Jean Paul Laurens
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1880
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Exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris
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1883
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At the age of 23, was awarded his first medal at the Paris Salon
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1885
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Won a trip to Italy where he studied masters Giotto and Masaccio and, shedding his earlier academic approach, turned almost exclusively to landscape painting upon his return to France
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1889
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Submitted a Pointillist style painting to La Fete de la Federation where he was presented with a gold medal
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1892
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Exhibited in the first Salon de la Rose Croix
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1893
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Featured work in the Munich Secessionist exhibition
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1896
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Exhibited in La Libre Esthetique in Brussels; was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
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1898
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Featured work in the Vienna Secessionist exhibition
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1900
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Won the grand prize at the Exposition Universelle
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1914
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Named Commander of the Legion of Honour
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1918
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Became a member of the Institute
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Martin exhibited at all the major venues of the Symbolist painters: the first Salon de la Rose Croix in 1892; the Munich Secessionist exhibition of 1893, La Libre Esthetique in Brussels in 1896 and the Vienna Secessionist exhibition of 1898 |
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