Henri Le Sidaner ~ Intimist painter

Henri Eugene Augustin Le Sidaner [1862-1939] was an French painter, known for working in the Intimist style [1900-1914].
Le Sidaner began his career around 1880 as a young apprentice of Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Soon he was seduced by the Parisian artistic fervour, particularly the works of both the Impressionists and the post-Impressionists. After a few months, repressed by the academic milieu, the painter abruptly decided to settle in Étaples, a small village near Pas-de-Calais, where he finished his training in solitude.