Henri Harpignies

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Portrait of Henri Harpignies by Léon Bonnat
Henri Harpignies in his Paris studio

Henri Joseph Harpignies , (born July 28, 1819 in Valenciennes , † August 28, 1916 in Saint-Privé , Yonne department ) was a French landscape and genre painter .

Life

Landscape from Harpignies
in the Musee de Denain

Harpignies was born in Valenciennes, his family has its roots in Belgium. It was not until 1848 that he began studying painting after he had given up his activity as a traveling salesman. His teacher was the landscape painter Jean Alexis Achard (1807-1884). In the years 1850-1852 he traveled through Germany and the Netherlands to Italy . In Rome he studied at the academy .

After his return in 1852, Harpignies set up his own studio in Paris . Here in the metropolis he met the two artists Jean-Léon Gérôme and Jean-Louis Hamon , who, like him, were at the beginning of their careers. The following year he made his exhibition debut in the Salon with views of Capri and his native Valenciennes. He exhibited regularly in the salon, but only became known in 1861 for the forest on the banks of the Allier . In 1863 he made his second trip to Italy, where he stayed until 1865. This stay left lasting impressions and influenced his later work. In 1866 he received a medal for the painting Evening in the Roman Campagna , which was bought for the Musée du Luxembourg . Harpignies continued the landscape painting initiated by Camille Corot .

In 1868 and 1869, respectively, he won a medal, in 1875 he became an officer of the Legion of Honor (Légion d'honneur) and in 1900 he received the Grand Prix at the World Exhibition . Harpignies was also active as a graphic artist and watercolorist . From 1878 he was based in Saint-Privé. His atmospheric landscapes were created under the influence of the Barbizon School .

On his 97th birthday he could look back on a long and successful life. He died a month later.

Works (selection)

His later landscapes include:

  • Wolf pit
  • Oaks of the Renard Castle
  • Flora pavilion of the Louvre
  • Return from the hunt
  • Victim of winter
  • The Loire

His works are represented in well-known museums.

Student (selection)

literature

  • Hermann Alexander Müller, Hans Wolfgang Singer: General artist lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists. Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt / Main 1921
  • Zeller auction catalog

Web links

Commons : Henri Harpignies  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lucien Boissonnas: Jacques Odier. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 23, 2010 , accessed June 8, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Harpignies, Henri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harpignies, Henri Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French landscape and genre painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Valenciennes
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1916
Place of death Saint-Privé