In the following year, he exhibited a large alpine landscape, "Wetterhorn from Hasliberg", which caused a minor scandal as it did not meet the public's and critics’ expectations of smooth, highly finished, heroic alpine views.
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When the latter decided to give up his studio to take the post as director of the French Academy in the Villa Medici in Rome, Menn returned to his grandparents in Coinsins before following his master in fall 1834.
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There, Menn copied works by Raphael and Michelangelo, but he also started to produce extraordinary fresh small landscape paintings in the open air.
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In 1865, at the age of fifty, Menn married the widow of his cousin Jean Bodmer, Louise Bodmer-Gauthier (1818–1887), who brought with her a beautiful estate at Coinsins.
Sidney Barthelemy | Saint-Barthélemy | Vi Menn | Saint-Barthélemy, Manche | Saint Barthélemy | Saint Barthelemy | Le Château, Saint Barthélemy | Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire | Jean-Jacques Barthélemy | Jacques-Barthélemy Micheli du Crest | Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy | Barthélemy Vimont | Barthélemy Pitrot | Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville | Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt | Barthélemy de Lesseps | Barthélemy de Jur | Barthélémy Bisengimana | Barthélémy Aneau |