Henri-Pierre Picou
(27 February 1824 - 17 July 1895) was a French painter born in Nantes.His oeuvre began with portraits and classical historical subject matter but he later moved on to allegorical and mythological themes.He was an academic painter and one of the founders of the Neo-Grec school, along with his close friends Gustave Boulanger, Jean-L??on G??rôme, and Jean-Louis Hamon, also academic painters. All of them studied in the workshops of both Paul Delaroche and later Charles Gleyre. Picou's style was noticeably influenced by Gleyre. While the rest of the group generally painted classical and mythological subjects, Picou also received commissions for large religious frescoes from many churches, including the Église Saint-Roch. His artistic debut was at the Salon in 1847. The next year he was awarded a second-class medal for his painting, Cl??opâtre et Antoine sur le Cydnus. Also known as Cleopatra on the Cydnus, it is commonly regarded as Picou's masterpiece. This showing at the Salon in 1848 was written about by the critic Th??ophile Gautier, who felt that the subject matter was too ambitious, but also said that "As it is, it gives the best hope for the future of the young artist, and ranks among the seven or eight most important paintings of the Salon.In 1875 the painting was exhibited in New York, and afterward found lodgment on the walls of a private art gallery in San Francisco.Picou maintained a large workshop in Paris on the Boulevard de Magenta, which provided him room to work on his expansive frescoes. His popularity continued to rise and he went on to win the Second Prix de Rome in 1853 for his painting, J??sus chassant les vendeurs du Temple (The Moneylenders Chased from the Temple), and another second-class medal for his Salon painting in 1857. From his debut in 1847, he was a regular at the Salon, showing almost every year until his final exhibit in 1893.He has been called the most fashionable painter towards the close of the Second French Empire

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Henri-Pierre Picou flower pickers oil painting


flower pickers
Date 1881(1881) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 62.5 X 50.7 cm (24.61 X 19.96 in) cyf
Painting ID::  74585
Henri-Pierre Picou
flower pickers
Date 1881(1881) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 62.5 X 50.7 cm (24.61 X 19.96 in) cyf
   
   
     

Henri-Pierre Picou La Muse s'amuse oil painting


La Muse s'amuse
Date 1881(1881) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 99.5 X 81.2 cm (39.17 X 31.97 in) cyf
Painting ID::  74586
Henri-Pierre Picou
La Muse s'amuse
Date 1881(1881) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 99.5 X 81.2 cm (39.17 X 31.97 in) cyf
   
   
     

Henri-Pierre Picou Portrait of Mrs oil painting


Portrait of Mrs
1846(1846) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 100 X 80 cm (39.37 X 31.5 in) cyf
Painting ID::  74741
Henri-Pierre Picou
Portrait of Mrs
1846(1846) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 100 X 80 cm (39.37 X 31.5 in) cyf
   
   
     

Henri-Pierre Picou Miraculous Draught oil painting


Miraculous Draught
Date 1850s Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 122 X 163 cm (48.03 X 64.17 in) cyf
Painting ID::  74808
Henri-Pierre Picou
Miraculous Draught
Date 1850s Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 122 X 163 cm (48.03 X 64.17 in) cyf
   
   
     

Henri-Pierre Picou Young women bathing oil painting


Young women bathing
English: Young women bathing. Date 1879 cyf
Painting ID::  75042
Henri-Pierre Picou
Young women bathing
English: Young women bathing. Date 1879 cyf
   
   
     

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     Henri-Pierre Picou
     (27 February 1824 - 17 July 1895) was a French painter born in Nantes.His oeuvre began with portraits and classical historical subject matter but he later moved on to allegorical and mythological themes.He was an academic painter and one of the founders of the Neo-Grec school, along with his close friends Gustave Boulanger, Jean-L??on G??rôme, and Jean-Louis Hamon, also academic painters. All of them studied in the workshops of both Paul Delaroche and later Charles Gleyre. Picou's style was noticeably influenced by Gleyre. While the rest of the group generally painted classical and mythological subjects, Picou also received commissions for large religious frescoes from many churches, including the Église Saint-Roch. His artistic debut was at the Salon in 1847. The next year he was awarded a second-class medal for his painting, Cl??opâtre et Antoine sur le Cydnus. Also known as Cleopatra on the Cydnus, it is commonly regarded as Picou's masterpiece. This showing at the Salon in 1848 was written about by the critic Th??ophile Gautier, who felt that the subject matter was too ambitious, but also said that "As it is, it gives the best hope for the future of the young artist, and ranks among the seven or eight most important paintings of the Salon.In 1875 the painting was exhibited in New York, and afterward found lodgment on the walls of a private art gallery in San Francisco.Picou maintained a large workshop in Paris on the Boulevard de Magenta, which provided him room to work on his expansive frescoes. His popularity continued to rise and he went on to win the Second Prix de Rome in 1853 for his painting, J??sus chassant les vendeurs du Temple (The Moneylenders Chased from the Temple), and another second-class medal for his Salon painting in 1857. From his debut in 1847, he was a regular at the Salon, showing almost every year until his final exhibit in 1893.He has been called the most fashionable painter towards the close of the Second French Empire

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