Jean-Louis Hamon

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Child, it is entrusted to the Lamennais brothers in order to become priest. But in 1840, it leaves Plouha for Paris hoping to embrace a career of painter in spite of the opposition of his parents. Its only income is a pension of 500 francs poured by the municipality of its birthplace.

In Paris, it receives invaluable councils and encouragements on behalf of Delaroche and Gleyre. In 1848, it makes its first appearance with the Living room with its work: “The tomb of Christ” (Museum of Marseilles) and a work of decorative art: “Above of door”. Works which it exposes in 1849: “A Roman poster”, “the equality with the seraglio” and “Parrot jasant with two young girls” do not hold the attention of the public.

So Hamon accepts a station with the factory of Sevres which it will not preserve a long time because the price which it receives for a varnished coffin presented to the World Fair of London in 1851 it encourages to produce new works in order to try its chance with the living room of 1852. It is in particular about “the human comedy” which will mark the beginning of its fortune and “My sister is not there” (bought by the emperor) for which he receives the 3rd price of the contest of 1853. To the international exhibition of Paris in 1855, Jean-Louis Hamon exposes the coffin of 1851 again, like several other vases and paintings of which most important are: “The love and its herd”, “It is not me” and “gardeuse of child”, it then receives the 2nd price and the Légion of honor.

After several last years in the East, it returns with ten works of which:

“Shop with four sounds”, “connected Butterfly”, “Cantharicle slave”, “Reeling machine” like “Amtiur in visit” exposed to the Living room of 1859 and “Virgin of Lesbos”, “Supervision”, “the birdcage”, “Escamoteur”, “the older sister” presented in 1861.

It remains in Italy, mainly with Capri from where it sends in 1864 in Paris “the Dawn” and “a day of engagement”. The Italian influence on its works is also present in “Iuses ft Pompi”, the single work exposed to the Living room of 1866 and which was largely acclaimed. This work was again exposed with the International exhibition of 1867 with “the walk” and six other works dating from the previous years.

It paints its last work “the sad shore” with Saint Raphaël on the Mediterranean coast and exposes it to the Living room of 1873. Jean-Louis Hamon settles in this city and lives in a small house located close to the gardens of Alphonse Karr until his death on May 29th, 1874.

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List of French painters

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