HAMON, JEAN LOUIS (18211874)

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HAMON, JEAN LOUIS (18211874) , French painter, was born at Plouha on the 5th of May 1821. At an early age he was intended for the priesthood, and placed under the care of the brothers Lamennais, but his strong desire to become a painter finally triumphed over family opposition, and in 184o he courageously left Plouha for Parishis sole resources being a pension of five hundred francs, granted him for one year only by the municipality of his native town. At Paris Hamon received valuable counsels and encouragement from Delaroche and

Gleyre

GLEYRE, MARC CHARLES GABRIEL (1806-1874)

, and in 1848 he made his

appearance

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

at the Salon with " Le Tombeau du Christ" (Musee de Marseille), and a decorative

work

WORK

, " Dessus de Porte." The works which he exhibited in 1849" Une Affiche romaine," " L'Egalite au serail," and " Perroquet jasant avec deux jeunes filles "obtained no marked success. Hamon was therefore content to accept a place in the manufactory of Sevres, but an enamelled casket by his hand having attracted notice at the London International Exhibition of 1851, he received a medal, and, reinspired by success, left his post to try his chances again at the Salon of 1852. " La Comedie humaine," which he then exhibited, turned the tide of his fortune, and " Ma sceur n'y est pas" (purchased by the emperor) obtained for its author a third-class medal in 1853. At the Paris International Exhibition of 1855, when Hamon re-exhibited the casket of 1851, together with several vases and pictures of which " L'Amour et son troupeau," " Ce n'est pas moi," and "Une Gardeuse d'enfants" were the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

, he received a medal of the second class, and the ribbon of the legion of honour. In the following year he was absent in the

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

, but in 1857 he reappeared with " Boutique a quatre sous," " Papillon enchaine," " Cantharide esclave," " Devideuses," &c., in all ten pictures; " L'Amnur en visite " was contributed to the Salon of 1859, and " Vierge de Lesbos," " Tutelle," " La Voliere," "L'Escamoteur" and"La Sceur ainee" were all seen in 1861. Hamon now spent some time in Italy, chiefly at

Capri

CAPRI (anc. Capreae)

, whence in 1864 he sent to Paris " L'Aurore" and " Un Jour de fiancailles. The influence of Italy was also evident in" Les Muses a Pompei," his sole contribution to the Salon of 1866, a

work

WORK

which enjoyed:

great

GREAT

popularity and was re-exhibited at the International Exhibition of 1867, together with " La

Promenade

PROMENADE

" and six other pictures of previous years. His last work, " Le Triste Rivage," appeared at the Salon of 1873. It was painted at St Raphael, where Hamon had finally settled in a little

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

on the shores of the Mediterranean, close by Alphonse Karr's famous garden. In this

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

he died on the 29th of May 1874.

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