Henri Guinier (1867-1927) - The Communicant - Oil On Canvas

Henri GUINIER (1867-1927)

The communicant
Oil on canvas (oval) signed in the center right
Framed under glass
Format (canvas): 54 x 45 cm / Format (frame): 61 x 52 cm

Scenes of communion, prayer or of forgiveness in Brittany are recurring subjects in the work of Henri Guinier. The following tables can also be noted under similar titles. Sometimes it is undoubtedly the same painting. The First Communicant(number 284) for the French Art Exhibition organized by the Society of Fine Arts of Basel in 1906, A communicant "dazzling with whiteness in the middle of multicolored flowers", at the Petit Palais in 1906 for the Exhibition working artists of the Seine, The First Communicant (number 282) at the Salon de Lyon in 1907, A young communicant in Toulouse in 1908, The Communicant at the Salon des Artistes français in 1913, The First Communicant (number 299) at the Salon des Artistes French of 1919, and finally The Communicant (number 905), in 1927, still at the Salon. Our painting was perhaps presented at one of the fairs...

Works visible in numerous museums including the Breton departmental museum of Quimper, the Faouët museum, the Orsay museum...

A detailed biography visible on Wikipedia which can be be completed by reading the book Henri Guinier, by Jean-Marc Michaud, Éditions du Chasse-Marée, 2008