Jacques Durand-Henriot

Biography of Jacques Durand-Henriot

Jacques Durand-Henriot, born December 4, 1922 in Paris and died October 15, 1997 in Rennes, is a French painter, engraver and designer. His works, often of great poetry, explore themes such as the landscapes of Brittany, Normandy, and Italy, as well as scenes of horses in Deauville.
A student of Nicolas Untersteller at the École des beaux-arts in Paris, Durand-Henriot became a professor at the École régionale des beaux-arts in Rennes from 1952 to 1971, before becoming its director until 1988. He participated in numerous group exhibitions, obtaining various regional distinctions, and exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'automne — of which he had been a member since 1948 — as well as at the Salon du dessin et de la peinture à l'eau and the Salon de la Marine.


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Since 1945, he has exhibited individually in various galleries and museums. Notable exhibitions include those of 1950 and 1951 at the Galerie de Seine in Paris, from 1952 to 1954 at the Galerie Chardin, and those from 1955 to 1968 at the Galerie Jobbé-Duval in Rennes. Retrospectives were organized in 1989 at the Rennes City Hall and in 1991 at the Musée des Ursulines du Faouët.