page_title: Émile Friant
section_title: The Salon
hierarchical_section_title: Émile Friant / The Salon
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Emile Friant, Jeune Nancéienne dans un paysage de neige, huile sur toile, 1887, Musée des beaux-arts de Nancy
context_page_description: Émile Friant was a French artist.
  Friant was born in the commune of Dieuze. He would later be forced to flee to Nancy by the encroachment of the Kingdom of Prussia's soldiers. He exhibited paintings throughout his lifetime at the Paris Salon.
  Friant created works in charcoal, oil, and other media. He also used photographs to prepare finished paintings.
context_section_description: In 1882, Aime Morot, a friend of Friant, encouraged him to debut two of his works at the Salon: The Prodigal Son and Studio Interior, for which he received an honourable mention. The following year, Friant again presented at the Salon and took second place in the Prix de Rome concours. In 1884 he received a third class medal at the Salon with his painting Un coin d'atelier and in 1885 a second-class medal. He would form a lasting friendship with the actors Ernest and Benoit Coquelin. With the travel grant he received from the Salon of 1886, Friant traveled to and studied in the Netherlands. His portrait of the Coquelins' mother reflects the influence of that trip. In 1889 he exhibited his 1888 painting La Toussaint at the Salon, for which he received a first prize. This painting depicts a revanchist patriotic image of a group of people visiting a cemetery in which the French victims of the Franco-Prussian War were buried. He received a gold medal for the same painting at the  Universal Exposition of 1889, as well as the Legion of Honour. The painting was acquired by the State and added to the collection of the  Luxembourg and is now on permanent display in the Musée des beaux-arts in Nancy. He received a second gold medal from the jury at the  Universal Exposition in 1900, where he exhibited five paintings including La Discussion politique, Jours heureux and La Douleur.
caption: Young lady from Nancy in snow landscape, 1887. Musée des beaux-arts, Nancy
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