Regnault, Henri |
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BORN 31 Oct 1843, Paris - DIED 19 Jan 1871, Buzenval BIRTH NAME Regnault, Alexandre George Henri CAUSE OF DEATH killed in action GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière du Montparnasse, 3 Boulevard Edgar Quinet (division 04, ligne 1 sud, numéro 10 est) |
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Henri Regnault was the son of the chemist and physicist Victor Regnault. He started painting in 1857. In 1857 Louis Lamothe became his teacher and in 1864 Alexandre Cabanel. With his fifth attempt he won the Prix de Rome for his painting "Thétis apportant à Achille les armes forgées par Vulcain". He stayed at the villa Medici and he he travelled to Spain with Auguste Laguillermie (1841-1934. In Spain he witnessed the Carlist revolution and the flight of Queen Isabella II. In December 1869 he left from Spain for Marocco woth George Clairin (1843-1919). They stayed in Tangier and he painted "Exécution sans jugement sous les rois maures de Grenade" (1870, Musée d'Orsay, Paris). In 1870 he succesfully exhibited his paintings "Général Prim" and "Salomé" at the Salon. By that time Paul Durand-Ruel's sold his works. He was back in France when the Franco-Prussian War started in 1870. Geneviève Bréton (1849-1918) became his fiancee. On 19 January 1871 he was killed at the Battle of Buzenval. Nothing came of his plans to visit India and settle in Tangier. Family • Father: Regnault, Victor Related persons • travelled with Benjamin-Constant, Jean-Joseph • was pupil of Cabanel, Alexandre |
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 The mausoleum of Victor Regnault and Henri Regnault at the Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris. Picture by Androom (02 Nov 2022) |
