Henri Regnault

Henri Regnault
Michel Berthaud, Public domain

(1843–1871) fransk målare

Henri Regnault (France, 1843–1871) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Henri Regnault belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.

Henri Regnault was born in former 12th arrondissement of Paris and died in Buzenval. Henri Regnault trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris, Lycée Henri-IV, and French Academy in Rome. The teachers included Louis Lamothe and Alexandre Cabanel. Wikidata associates Henri Regnault with Orientalism. Henri Regnault was awarded Prix de Rome.

The best-known works include ‘Côtes et rochers en Bretagne’, ‘Spanish woman’, and ‘Étude de mer à marée basse’. The catalogue has 17 works by Henri Regnault with free images. The dated works span the years 1860–1870. Works by Henri Regnault are held by several collections, among them Musée d’Orsay, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Art Institute of Chicago, and Cleveland Museum of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alexandre-Louis Leloir, Adrien Moreau, Karl Gussow, Knut Ekwall, and Alfred Agache.