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Henri Joseph Harpignies Biography
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1819 |
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Born in Valenciennes on July 28 to a family of Belgian descent
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1848 |
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In his late twenties, he decided to abandon a career as a travelling salesman and begin training as an artist in the studio of the landscape painter Jean-Alexis Achard.
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1850 |
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He made a trip through Germany, the Netherlands and Italy
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1852 |
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Returns to France to establish his own studio in Paris and met the artists Jean-Leon Gerome and Jean-Louis Hamon, both of whom were at the beginnings of their careers.
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1853 |
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Harpignies makes his Salon debut, exhibiting views of Capri and Valenciennes, and he continued to show regularly at the Salons throughout his very long and productive career
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1863 |
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Makes his second visit to Italy, remaining there until 1865,and this sojourn was also to have a significant effect on his later work.
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1875 |
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Received the Legion d’honneur
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1900 |
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Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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