Hector Hanoteau
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Hector Hanoteau (25 May 1823 - 7 April 1890) or Hector Charles Auguste Octave Constance Hanoteau [1] was a French landscape painter, born at Decize in Nièvre. At the École des Beaux-Arts, he was a pupil of Gignoux, and devoted himself chiefly to landscapes, characterized by sturdy realism and skillful color. He famous works are "The Village Pond," "The Frogs," and "The Water Lilies," all of which are in the Musée du Luxembourg. He is represented also in several French provisional museums. He received a first-class medal at the Paris Exposition of 1889 and the cross of the Legion of Honor in 1870.
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