Jeanne-Henriette Tirman (9 July 1875 in Charleville-Mézieres (Ardenne) – 30 October 1952 in Sèvres (Hauts-de-Seine)) was a French woman painter and printmaker.

Biography

Henriette Tirman was a Post-Impressionist painter, printmaker and illustrator with an association with figures of the Bloomsbury Group.

She was the daughter of doctor Charles-Louis-Henry Tirman and Berte Hanonet de La GrangeHenriette TIRMAN, geneanet.org and also the niece of Senator Louis Tirman (1837–1899). She lived in the family of her brother, Councillor of State Alexandre-Louis-Albert Tirman (1868-1939) in Paris, 22 rue de l'Yvette.Annuaire des grands cercles (Paris); BnFAnnuaire de la curiosité et des beaux-arts : Paris, départements, étranger 1911-1924, BnF

Her art was influenced by Cézanne. She painted in a manner that respected Cézanne's ideas of logical composition, simple tonality, solidity of volume, and distinct separation of planes. While Matisse represented the reflective and rationalized aspects in the group, Tirman embodied a more spontaneous and instinctive style.

The painter exhibited at the Salon de Champs-Élysées starting in 1897.Salon de Champs-Élysées 1897, BnFSalon de Champs-Élysées 1897, It is corrected; BnF In 1900 she had participated at the Exposition Universelle of Paris.Catalogue officiel illustré de l'exposition décennale des beaux-arts / Exposition universelle de 1900, p.263, №1833-1836 Since 1906 to 1951[Salon d'Automne, Listing of artists/Jeanne-Henriette TIRMAN]; Comoedia (Paris. 1907), 1910/10/03 (A4, N1099), p.2, Comoedia au Salon d'Automne; Gallica BnF she exhibited her paintings at the Salon d'AutomneCatalogue des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, dessin, gravure, architecture et art décoratif, Société du Salon d'automne 1906, p.162, №1672; archive.org and at the Salon Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts Société nationale des beaux-arts (France), Catalogue illustré du salon de 1906, №1154; archive.org

Since 1907 exhibited at the Salon des IndépendantsSociété des artistes indépendants/ Catalogue de la 23me exposition, 1907. p.304 (p.306). Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); 1909, no.1528-1529; Bnf; 1910, no.4959-4964; Bnf where her paintings were put together with those of Henri Matisse, René Schützenberger, Maurice de Vlaminck, Robert Delaunay, Othon Friesz, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Signac, Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy, Henri Manguin, Georges Braque, Louis Valtat, Charles Camoin, Albert Marquet, Félix Vallotton and other artists.

In 1915 she participated at the Exhibition of French and Belgian Art Panama–Pacific International Exposition.Toledo Museum of Art, Catalogue an exhibition of French and Belgian art from the Panama-Pacific International exposition, November 1916. p.17 archive.org In 1919 she was working on illustrations of La Gerbe periodical in Woodcut techniqueComoedia (Paris); 1921-07-20 Gallica BnF together with Paul Signac,La Gerbe; 1921/04 (A3, N31) BnF Henri Ottmann and other painters.La Gerbe; 1919-1921; BnF In 1920, Tirman exhibited at the Gallery Marcel Bernheim together with Henri Manguin, Henri Ottmann and others.Le Petit Parisien, 1920/03/01 (Numéro 15708), p.2, Salons at Expositions; Gazette des beaux-arts (Paris), 1920/03/15 (N5), p.36; Gallica BnF

Since 1920s Henriette Tirman exhibited at the annual Salon des TuileriesMercure de France : série moderne / directeur Alfred Vallette, 1934; BnFLes Nouvelles littéraires, artistiques et scientifiques : hebdomadaire d'information, de critique et de bibliographie; BnF in Paris.

In 1933 she took part in Salon de Echanges. At the same time, in accompany with her friend Sonia Lewitska (1880-1937),Journal officiel de la République française, 1938/12/02 (A70, N282), p.13580, Les Amis De Sonia Lewitska(Paris, 22 rue de l'Yvette); Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 / Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes. p.298, Sonia Lewitska; birth date 1880; Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, 1937/09/24 (Numéro 264), p,2, death date Sonia Lewitska - 1937/09/20; Gallica BnF she helps André Fau and Francis Thieck in room decoration suggesting services of painters from her closest circle: Raoul Dufy, André Lhote, André Hellé and Jean Marchand. Thereby she supported her friends in tough times of economic crisis in the country.Comoedia (Paris. 1907), 1933/12/21 (A27, N7621), p.1, Le Salon de Echanges..; Gallica BnF

Also as Othon FrieszExposition du Premier Groupe des Artistes De Ce Temps, Petit Palais, 1935 (Paris) she was part of group of artists called Artistes de ce TempsArchives des expositions Artistes de ce temps (1934-1939); 7e and exhibited at the Petit Palais in 1935.L'Art et les artistes (Paris); La Croix, 1935 (Paris); Comoedia 1935-04-11; Comoedia 1935-02-08; Gallica BnF

In 1937, Henriette Tirman with friends creates in her house (Paris, 22 rue de l'Yvette) the Society of Friends Sonia Lewitska, which organized in 1938 two retrospective exhibitions of the artist in the Gallery Sagot - Le Garrec.Journal officiel de la République française, 1938/12/02 (A70, N282), p.48; Gallica BnFsagot-legarrec.com

After decease of her brother in 1939 she moves to Sèvres (Seine-et-Oise), to madam Berthe-Marie CazinSalon d'Automne, catalog with the exhibited works by the artist; 1941, p. 122 wife of ceramist Jean-Michel Cazin and lives in her house at 30 avenue de Bellevue.Christie's, Arts Décoratifs du XXe siècle et Design, 21 November 2012, sale 3516; lot 20; Michel Cazin (1869-1917) VASE AUX FLEURS, 1900 '..étiquette manuscrite Michel Cazin/30 Av. de Bellevue/Sèvres..'

She was rewarded with the rank of Officier d'Academie.

Illustrations La Bhagavadgìta BodhicaryavataraBodhicaryavatara, 1920La Bhagavadgìta, 1922 archive.org; Comoedia(Paris), 1923-03-25 BnF Shantideva, La Marche à la lumière Rudyard Kipling, Lettres du Japon (design of pages) Sainte-Beuve, Portraits de femmesComoedia 1928-04-24; Gallica BnF Jean Cocteau, Bertrand Guégan (1892-1943); L'almanach de Cocagne pour l'an 1920-1922, Dédié aux vrais Gourmands Et aux Francs Buveurs (1921)Notice WorldCat; sudoc; BnF. Engraved on wood and unpublished drawings of: Matisse, J. Marchand, R. Dufy, Sonia Lewitska, de Segonzac, Jean Émile Laboureur, Friesz, Marquet, Pierre Laprade, Signac, Louis Latapie, Suzanne Valadon, Henriette Tirman and others.´ La Gerbe (Nantes), periodical.

References

Notes Bénézit, 1976 : Tirman ou Tirmon (Jeanne Henriette)

External links

Le Petit Parisien (Paris) - evening daily newspaper; Salons 1920-1940; Catalogue de luxe of the Department of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) p.150, (n°509), archive.org Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2006, site Oxford Index (subscription or library membership required) Petit Parisien (Paris); 1920, P.2, Salons et Expositions BNF Le Temps, 1930, Le Salon d'Automne p.4, Sale XVII BNF Comoedia (Paris), 1935-04-11, Une exposition qui nous oblige à méditer sur le cubisme éternel; BNF