Paul Huet
(1803–1869) French painter (1803-1869)
Paul Huet (France, 1803–1869) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Paul Huet belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Paul Huet was born in Paris and died in Paris. Paul Huet trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and Lycée Henri-IV. The teachers included Pierre-Narcisse Guérin and Antoine-Jean Gros. Wikidata associates Paul Huet with Romanticism. Paul Huet was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour. The students included Louis Godefroy Jadin.
The best-known works include ‘Le Gouffre, paysage’, ‘Normandy thatched cottage, Old Trouville’, and ‘The Flood of Saint-Cloud’. The catalogue has 28 works by Paul Huet with free images. The dated works span the years 1820–1868. Works by Paul Huet are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Département des peintures du Louvre.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Charles-Antoine Cambon, Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Camille Roqueplan, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, and Hermann Stilke.