Henri-Joseph Harpignies

{"Id":1038,"Name":"Henri-Joseph Harpignies","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EHARPIGNIES, HENRI (1819-1916)\u003C/strong\u003E, French landscape painter, born at Valenciennes in 1819, 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 [Jean-Alexis] Achard\u0027s [1807-1884] \u003Cem\u003Eatelier\u003C/em\u003E 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 \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=992\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ECorot\u003C/a\u003E [1796-1875] 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 \u003Cu\u003ELisire de bois sur les bords de l\u0027Allier\u003C/u\u003E. After that year he was a regular exhibitor at the old Salon; in 1886 he received his first medal for \u003Cu\u003ELe Soir dans la campagne de Rome\u003C/u\u003E (\u003Cu\u003EEvening in the Roman Countryside\u003C/u\u003E), which was acquired for the Luxembourg Gallery. Many of his best works were painted at Brisson in the Bourbonnais, as well as in the Nivernais and the Auvergne. Among his chief pictures are \u003Cu\u003ESoir sur les bords de la Loire\u003C/u\u003E (1861), \u003Cu\u003ELes Corbeaux\u003C/u\u003E (1865), \u003Cu\u003ELe Soir\u003C/u\u003E (1866), \u003Cu\u003ELe Saut-du-Loup\u003C/u\u003E (1873), \u003Cu\u003ELa Loire\u003C/u\u003E (1882), and \u003Cu\u003EVue de Saint-Priv\u003C/u\u003E (1883). He also did some decorative work for the Paris Opera: the \u003Cu\u003EValle d\u0027Egrie\u003C/u\u003E panel, which he showed at the Salon of 1870.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003EEntry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://100.1911encyclopedia.org/H/HA/HARPIGNIES_HENRI.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia Britannica\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":true,"HasLetters":true,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":30}