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1819 Valenciennes, France - 1916 Saint-Prive, France. Known for: Landscape painting, watercolors.
Active in late-19th, early 20th-century France, Henri-Joseph Harpignies did landscape painting that combined Realism with influences of the Barbizon School and Tonalism, especially the composition... Read full biography
Active in late-19th, early 20th-century France, Henri-Joseph Harpignies did landscape painting that combined Realism with influences of the Barbizon School and Tonalism, especially the composition and coloration of Cámille Corot (1796-1875). Harpignies began his career in 1846, when he was 27 years... Read full biography
Active in late-19th, early 20th-century France, Henri-Joseph Harpignies did landscape painting that combined Realism with influences of the Barbizon School and Tonalism, especially the composition and coloration of Cámille Corot (1796-1875). Harpignies began his career in 1846, when he was 27 years old. He was born in Valenciennes to a family that ran a sugar beet factory. As a child he had only a few art lessons, and did not turn to any serious focus on painting until he had worked for several... Read full biography
Active in late-19th, early 20th-century France, Henri-Joseph Harpignies did landscape painting that combined Realism with influences of the Barbizon School and Tonalism, especially the composition and coloration of Cámille Corot (1796-1875). Harpignies began his career in 1846, when he was 27 years old. He was born in Valenciennes to a family that ran a sugar beet factory. As a child he had only a few art lessons, and did not turn to any serious focus on painting until he had worked for several years in business. He began his formal art education in the studio of J.A. Achard, and on his teacher's recommendation went to Italy, Germany and the Netherlands to paint scenes from those countries and to study their 'Old Masters'. In 1853, he had... Read full biography
Active in late-19th, early 20th-century France, Henri-Joseph Harpignies did landscape painting that combined Realism with influences of the Barbizon School and Tonalism, especially the composition and coloration of Cámille Corot (1796-1875). Harpignies began his career in 1846, when he was 27 years old. He was born in Valenciennes to a family that ran a sugar beet factory. As a child he had only a few art lessons, and did not turn to any serious focus on painting until he had worked for several years in business. He began his formal art education in the studio of J.A. Achard, and on his teacher's recommendation went to Italy, Germany and the Netherlands to paint scenes from those countries and to study their 'Old Masters'. In 1853, he had his first work accepted at the Paris Salon, and in 1859, he submitted one of his most m... Read full biography
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Active in late-19th, early 20th-century France, Henri-Joseph Harpignies did landscape painting that combined Realism with influences of the Barbizon School and Tonalism, especially the composition and coloration of Cámille Corot (1796-1875).
Harpignies began his career in 1846, when he was 27 years old. He was born in Valenciennes to a family that ran a sugar beet factory. As a child he had only a few art lessons, and did not turn to any serious focus on painting until he had worked for several years in business.
He began his formal art education in the studio of J.A. Achard, and on his teacher's recommendation went to Italy, Germany and the Netherlands to paint scenes from those count...But wait, there's more...
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