menn made a second voyage to rome in 1852 and, in conjunction with corot, henri baron (1816–1885), (1818–1885) and françois-louis français, decorated the large salon in gruyères castle that then belonged to the bovy family. menn also organized three exhibitions with contemporary french painting in geneva in 1857, 1859 and 1861 that showed works by corot, courbet, daubigny and delacroix. yet, the critics in calvin's hometown were harsh and hostile towards contemporary art, which annoyed menn so much as that he resolved never to exhibit in public again. he became even reluctant to sell his works privately and finally, in the 1880s, destroyed many of his paintings. 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. it is here that menn found peace and painted most of his last landscapes.