Henry Marius Camille Bouvet - Artist Info

About Henry Marius Camille Bouvet

  • Biography

    A native of Marseilles, Henry Bouvet entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon and arrived in Paris in Eugène Carrière's studio only at the age of 32. He exhibited regularly at the Salon, renowned for his light and chiaroscuro effects.

    The present squared cartoon is preparatory to a painting presented at the 1908 Salon, entitled Au Bois , now in the Musée de Bourgoin-Jallieu (fig. 1; see Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Salon de 1908. XVIII exposition , no. 145 ; and Wines, vines, winegrowers in French painting , exhibition cat., Narbonne, Museum of Art and History, and Nice, Museum of Fine Arts of Nice, 1996-1997, p. 136).

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