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1863 Montreal, Quebec - 1949 Paris, France. Known for: History, landscape, and genre painting, illustration, murals.
Henri Beau (1863 - 1949). A painter, draftsman, muralist and illustrator, Henri Beau was born in Montreal, Quebec, but lived most of his life in Paris, France where he died. Although, during the... Read full biography
Henri Beau (1863 - 1949). A painter, draftsman, muralist and illustrator, Henri Beau was born in Montreal, Quebec, but lived most of his life in Paris, France where he died. Although, during the first half of his career he established a reputation as a brilliant Impressionist painter, at the age of... Read full biography
Henri Beau (1863 - 1949). A painter, draftsman, muralist and illustrator, Henri Beau was born in Montreal, Quebec, but lived most of his life in Paris, France where he died. Although, during the first half of his career he established a reputation as a brilliant Impressionist painter, at the age of 52 he marginalized that part of his oeuvre and took a full time job with the Canadian Public Archives. He spent the next 23 years making illustrations of 17th and 18th century European places,... Read full biography
Henri Beau (1863 - 1949). A painter, draftsman, muralist and illustrator, Henri Beau was born in Montreal, Quebec, but lived most of his life in Paris, France where he died. Although, during the first half of his career he established a reputation as a brilliant Impressionist painter, at the age of 52 he marginalized that part of his oeuvre and took a full time job with the Canadian Public Archives. He spent the next 23 years making illustrations of 17th and 18th century European places, people, things and events that had an historic link with Canada. (1). His mediums included oils, watercolors, gouache*, fresco*, pencil, pen & ink*, charcoal and mixed mediums. His subjects could be divided into two categories: Those he painted in a semi... Read full biography
Henri Beau (1863 - 1949). A painter, draftsman, muralist and illustrator, Henri Beau was born in Montreal, Quebec, but lived most of his life in Paris, France where he died. Although, during the first half of his career he established a reputation as a brilliant Impressionist painter, at the age of 52 he marginalized that part of his oeuvre and took a full time job with the Canadian Public Archives. He spent the next 23 years making illustrations of 17th and 18th century European places, people, things and events that had an historic link with Canada. (1). His mediums included oils, watercolors, gouache*, fresco*, pencil, pen & ink*, charcoal and mixed mediums. His subjects could be divided into two categories: Those he painted in a semi Realist* style, for the Canadian archives, which included period costumes, hairstyles, military uniforms, royalty, sol... Read full biography
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About Henri Beau: Keywords
Keywords (47)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Engraving, Engraver
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Semi Realism
Art Subject
- •Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Still Life
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Europe
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
Art Association
- •Pen and Pencil Club of Montreal
Art Teacher
- •Abbe Joseph Chabert
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Academy Colarossi, Paris, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Order of the Palmes Academiques, France
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Art Association of Montreal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
- •Salon d'Automne