Page loaded successfully. Showing biography for Henry-Pierre Picou.
Henry-Pierre Picou BIOGRAPHY
1824 Nantes, Upper Brittany, France - 1895. Known for: Neo-classical painting.
Henry-Pierre Picou (1824-1895) was a French Neoclassical / Neo-Grec painter known for his mythological, history, and Orientalist paintings. He was born in Nantes, Upper Brittany, France on February... Read full biography
Henry-Pierre Picou (1824-1895) was a French Neoclassical / Neo-Grec painter known for his mythological, history, and Orientalist paintings. He was born in Nantes, Upper Brittany, France on February 27, 1824. Picou studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Swiss academic... Read full biography
Henry-Pierre Picou (1824-1895) was a French Neoclassical / Neo-Grec painter known for his mythological, history, and Orientalist paintings. He was born in Nantes, Upper Brittany, France on February 27, 1824. Picou studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Swiss academic painter Charles (Marc-Charles) Gleyre (1806-1874). Gleyre was a popular teacher and his students became giants in the art world, including Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and James... Read full biography
Henry-Pierre Picou (1824-1895) was a French Neoclassical / Neo-Grec painter known for his mythological, history, and Orientalist paintings. He was born in Nantes, Upper Brittany, France on February 27, 1824. Picou studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Swiss academic painter Charles (Marc-Charles) Gleyre (1806-1874). Gleyre was a popular teacher and his students became giants in the art world, including Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Swiss master's precise draughtsmanship and perspective drawing was instilled within his students, including the work of Picou. It was at the Ecole that Picou met like-minded fellow artists Jean-Léon Gérome (1824-1904),... Read full biography
Henry-Pierre Picou (1824-1895) was a French Neoclassical / Neo-Grec painter known for his mythological, history, and Orientalist paintings. He was born in Nantes, Upper Brittany, France on February 27, 1824. Picou studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Swiss academic painter Charles (Marc-Charles) Gleyre (1806-1874). Gleyre was a popular teacher and his students became giants in the art world, including Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Swiss master's precise draughtsmanship and perspective drawing was instilled within his students, including the work of Picou. It was at the Ecole that Picou met like-minded fellow artists Jean-Léon Gérome (1824-1904), Jean-Louis Hamon (1821-1874) and Gustave Boulanger (1824-1888), all of whom with Picou championed the French Neoclassic m... Read full biography
Artist Biography
Biography page for Henry-Pierre Picou ((1824 - 1895)), known for Neo-classical painting. Showing 1 biographical entries and 0 sample artworks.
Henry-Pierre Picou - Artist Info
About Henry-Pierre Picou
Name variants
Henri Pierre Picou
Biography
Henry-Pierre Picou (1824-1895) was a French Neoclassical / Neo-Grec painter known for his mythological, history, and Orientalist paintings. He was born in Nantes, Upper Brittany, France on February 27, 1824.
Picou studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Swiss academic painter Charles (Marc-Charles) Gleyre (1806-1874). Gleyre was a popular teacher and his students became giants in the art world, including Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Swiss master's precise draughtsmanship and perspective drawing was instilled within his students, including the work of Picou. It was at the Ecole that Picou met like-minded fellow artists J...But wait, there's more...
Displaying 4,042 of 4,026 characters.
Subscriber Members, please Sign In for full artist biographies and all services.
For non-paying users, good news! Full text bios for all artists are available every Friday.
If you are not currently a member, please See Details about membership.