Country of origin: France
Medium: Oil on panel
Signed: Signed lower right
Dated: c. 1900
Condition: Very good condition
Size: 7.00" x 5.50" (17.8cm x 14.0cm)
Framed Size: 9.00" x 7.50" (22.9cm x 19.1cm)
Provenance: Private french collection
Armand François Joseph Henrion was born in Liège in Belgium on May 30, 1875. He died in Paris in 1958. He eventually naturalized as a French citizen.
He was a regular exhibitor at various Salons throughout Paris and Belgium. He was best known for his small portraits depicting smiling facial expressions of clowns - these works are actually self portraits of the artist himself who would spend his days painting before a mirror in whatever costume or facial expression he chose depending on his mood..
Henrion had an all-consuming fascination with the character of Pierrot. Henrion portrayed himself as this comic trickster, who traditionally did not wear a mask, but instead applied heavy white face make-up. Henrion explored nuances of humor in his works which encompass the facial expressions conveying such qualities as the tongue-in-cheek, the retort, the comeback, the riposte, and the droll comment. His animated, gestural style in the creation of the small, jewel-like, depictions matches the feelings they convey of a light-hearted sense that life is to be enjoyed.
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Liège
c. 1910
Oil on panel
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Pierrot
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1910
Oil on panel
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Pierrot
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1910
Oil on panel
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Pierrot
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1910
Oil on panel
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Pierrot
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1910
Oil on panel
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Pierrot au bonnet bleu
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1910
Oil on panel
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Pierrot au bonnet rouge
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1900
Oil on panel
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Pierrot fumant
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1920
Oil on panel
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Pierrot fumant
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1920
Oil on panel
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Pierrot Fumant
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1900
Oil on panel
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Pierrot fumant une cigare
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1910
Oil on panel
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Pierrot grincheux
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1910
Oil on panel
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Smoking Pierot
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD
c. 1910
Oil on panel
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Smoking Pierrot
by Armand Francois Henrion - SOLD