Pierre Henri de Valenciennes
(1750–1819) fransk landskapsmålare
Pierre Henri de Valenciennes (France, 1750–1819) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Pierre Henri de Valenciennes belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.
Pierre Henri de Valenciennes was born in Toulouse and died in former 11th arrondissement of Paris. Pierre Henri de Valenciennes trained at Institut supérieur des arts de Toulouse. Pierre Henri de Valenciennes studied under Gabriel François Doyen. Pierre Henri de Valenciennes worked in Paris. Pierre Henri de Valenciennes was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour. The students included Jean-Victor Bertin and Achille Etna Michallon.
One of the best-known works is ‘A Wooded Landscape with a Bacchic Scene’. The catalogue has 29 works by Pierre Henri de Valenciennes with free images. The dated works span the years 1701–1817. Works by Pierre Henri de Valenciennes are held by several collections, among them Département des peintures du Louvre, Bowes Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, and Musées Nationaux Récupération. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jacques-Louis David, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Louis Pierre Deseine, Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, and Benjamin Patersen.