Henri Harpignies (
June 28,
1819 -
August 28,
1916),
French landscape
painter, was born at
Valenciennes.
He was intended by his parents for a business career, but his determination to become an artist was so strong that it conquered all obstacles, and he was allowed at the age of twenty-seven to enter Achard's
atelier in
Paris. From, this painter he acquired a groundwork of sound constructive draughtsmanship, which is so marked a feature of his landscape painting. After two years under this exacting teacher he went to
Italy, whence he returned in 1850.
During the next few years he devoted himself to the painting of children in landscape setting, and fell in with Corot and the other
Barbizon masters, whose principles and methods are to a certain extent reflected in his own personal art. To
Corot he was united by a bond of warm friendship, and the two artists went together to Italy in 1860.
On his return, he scored his first great success at the
Salon, in 1861, with his "Lisire de bois sur les bords de l'Allier". After that year he was a regular exhibitor at the old Salon; in 1886 he received his first medal for "Le Soir dans la campagne de Rome", which was acquired for the
Luxembourg Gallery.
Many of his best works were painted at Hérisson in
Bourbonnais, as well as in
Nivernais and
Auvergne. Among his chief pictures are:
- "Soir sur les bords de la Loire" (1861)
- "Les Corbeaux" (1865)
- "Le Soir" (1866)
- "Le Saut-du-Loup" (1873)
- "La Loire" (1882)
- "Vue de Saint-Privé" (1883).
He also did some decorative work for the Paris Opéra--the Valle d'Egrie panel, which he showed at the Salon of 1870.
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| NAME | Harpignies, Henri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harpignies, Henri Joseph |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | french painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valenciennes |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28 1916 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | St-Privé (Yonne) |
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