Alphonse Périn

Alphonse Périn studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Pierre-Narcisse Guérin is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Alphonse Périn is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, Museum of Fine Arts of Reims and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.

His father was the painter Lié Louis Périn-Salbreux. In 1817, he entered the École des beaux-arts de Paris, where he studied in the workshops of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin and Jean-Victor Bertin. In 1821, he was awarded the Prix de Rome for historical painting. He lived in Rome for nine years altogether, and often collaborated with Victor Orsel at the French Academy. This influenced him to devote himself to figure studies, rather than history. In 1827, he sent his first works to Paris, for exhibition at the Salon. He was awarded a second-class medal. He returned to France in 1830. Three years later, he painted several murals in the Chapel of the Eucharist at the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. They were created with the assistance of his friend, Orsel, and Michel Dumas, a student of Ingres. They are now considered to be his major work. His late works consisted almost entirely of drawings and lithographs. In 1854 he was named a Knight in the Order of Léopold and the Legion of Honor. His last exhibit at the Salon was in 1859. In addition to painting he wrote Le sculpteur suédois Fogelberg (E. Chunot, 1855), and Œuvres diverses de Victor Orsel (Rapilly, 1852–1878, 2 volumes), which was completed by his son Félix.

The authorities additionally record the headings Alphonse Henri Périn, Alphonse Henri Perin, Alphonse Perin and a. h. perin. His recorded language was French.

Alphonse Périn is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.