Henri Alphonse Barnoin

Place: Paris

Born: 1882

Death: 1940

Biography:

Henri Alphonse Barnoin (7 July 1882 – 17 March 1940) was a French painter born in Paris. He studied art at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and initially studied with Luc-Olivier Merson, but it was his second teacher, Émile Dameron, who became a more significant influence on his artistic style, attracting Barnoin to Impressionism. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He first exhibited his paintings at the Salon des Artistes de Paris in 1909 and continued to exhibit regularly at this annual Salon, winning a silver medal in 1921 and a gold medal in 1935. Barnoin chose to live in Concarneau in 1919 and opened a studio on the