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Henri Joseph Thomas (1878 - 1972) was a Belgian genre, portrait and still life painter, sculptor and etcher from the Belgian School, Brussels, Belgium. ==Biography== Henri Joseph Thomas was born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek in June 1878.〔 E. Benezit, 1976. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. Volume 10, p. 154. Librairie Gründ. Paris, France. ISBN 9782700001495. In French.〕〔 G. Schurr and P. Cabanne, 2003. Dictionnaire des petits maîtres de la peinture (1820-1920). Ed. de l'Amateur, 1120 p. ISBN 2859173781.〕〔 P. Piron, 2003. Dictionnaire des Artistes Plasticiens de Belgique des XIXe et XXe Siècles. Editions Art in Belgium. 3 Volumes, 1932 p. ISBN 2930338113.〕〔 P. Roberts-Jones, 1995. Le dictionnaire des peintres Belges du XIV° siècle à nos jours: depuis les premiers maîtres des anciens Pays-Bas méridionaux et de la Principauté de Liège jusqu'aux artistes contemporains, 3 Volumes. Publ. Brussel - La Renaissance du Livre.〕 He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels from 1895 until 1898 and started a studio in Brussels afterwards, where he mainly worked as an illustrator of avant-garde books.〔 Luis d' Herdy, 1898. L'Homme-sirène. Publ. Girard et Villerelle, Paris. 197 p.〕 He also specialized in marine paintings, floral still life paintings〔P. Berko and V. Berko, 1995. Dictionary of Belgian and Dutch flower painters born between 1750 and 1880. Text by N. Hostyn and W. Rappard, publ. Berko, Belgium. 417 p. ISBN 9074524060.〕 and portraits of elegant ladies.〔 P. Loze and D. Vautier, 1988. Art Déco Belgique 1920-1940 (exposition cat.), Editions I.P.S., Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels.〕 He eventually started his career with the presentation of a ''Vénus de bar'' at the Godecharle contest in 1909.〔〔 (Le Dictionnaire des peintres belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours depuis les premiers maîtres des anciens Pays-Bas méridionaux et de la principauté de Liège jusqu'aux artistes contemporains ) (1995). La Renaissance du Livre, département de De Boeck-Wesmael, Bruxelles, 2 Vols.〕 His expositions in the Belle Époque include those at the Cercle Artistique et Littéraire in Brussels in 1906, 1909 and 1921, and in the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1906〔 A. Alexandre, 1906. (Les Salons de 1906, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts ). Le Figaro, supplément littéraire, 2° Année (Nouv. Série) N° 15, 14 Avril. Paris.〕 and 1910.〔 Thomas was a member of the ''Labeur'' society for fine artists that organised annual expositions for its members in the Museum of Modern Arts (Musée Moderne) in Brussels between 1898 and 1907. He often depicted night life scenes in bars and portraits of ladies, with suggestions of decadence, temptation, adultery and prostitution in the poses of his women.〔 His paintings of elegant women date mainly from the Belle Époque and interbellum. In his painting of luscious women he was a follower of the Belgian painter and etcher Félicien Rops.〔 S. Pierron, 1920. Le livre d'art en Belgique. Le Musée du livre 56.〕 Henri Thomas illustrated several books with his drawings and etches. This already started just after he ended his training when in 1898 he contributed 40 illustrations to the gay-erotic book ''L'Homme-sirène'' by Louis Didier who worked under the pseudonym Luis d'Herdy.〔 In 1909 ''La muse'' (the muse) was published in a ''Au claire de la dune'', a collection of poems by the Belgian poet Théo Hannon.〔 T. Hannon, 1909. (Au claire de la dune ). Ed. Oscar Lamberty, Brussels〕 He later illustrated a collection of erotic poems, ''La toison de Phryné'' published in 1913 by Théodore Hannon,〔〔 T. Hannon, 1913. La toison de Phryné. Illustrations de Henri Thomas. Paris, Publ. Dorbon-Aîné.〕 with 11 engravings, of which two were in colour. He also illustrated ''Du coeur aux lèvres'' by Lucien Solvay〔 L. Solvay, 1921. Du coeur aux lèvres. Ed. Oscar Lamberty, Brussels. 126 p.〕 and ''Les Diaboliques'' (the She-devils) by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly〔 J. Barbey d'Aurevilly, 1925. Les Diaboliques. Printed by Pierre Dykmans, Brussels.〕〔 Some of his engravings also appeared in the fourth (1926-1927) and eight (''Volupté'', 1935) series of ''La Gravure Originale Belge'' (Original Belgian Engravings). This series consisted of 11 paper portfolios of about ten original engravings signed by the artist that were published for subscribers in limited editions by the ''Comité de La Gravure Originale Belge'' between 1924 and 1939. Henri Thomas lived in Brussels at Rue Hydraulique 44 around 1907 and moved to Rue du Berceau 28, where he lived during the interbellum. He died in Brussels on 22 November 1972.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henri Joseph Thomas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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