Henri-Camille Danger
Henri-Camille Danger (1857–1939) was a French artist known for history paintings, allegorical and mythological subjects, genre scenes, landscapes and designs for tapestries.
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- Name
- Henri-Camille Danger
- Born
- 31 January 1857
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Died
- 2 May 1939
- Place of death
- Fondettes
- Field
- Paintings
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- French Academy in Rome · Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- Jean-Léon Gérôme · Aimé Millet
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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Henri-Camille Danger (1857–1939) was a French artist known for history paintings, allegorical and mythological subjects, genre scenes, landscapes and designs for tapestries.
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Henri-Camille Danger (1857–1937) was a painter, of French nationality. The painter was born in Paris and died in Indre-et-Loire.
Henri-Camille Danger was educated at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The painter worked in Paris and Rome.
Languages used include French. Works are held at Musée d'Orsay and Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Honours include Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.
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Henri-Camille Danger studied at French Academy in Rome and Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Aimé Millet is recorded. Pierre-Laurent Baeschlin is recorded as having studied under Henri-Camille Danger. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Rome. Work by Henri-Camille Danger is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay and Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.
Henri-Camille Danger PARIS 1857 - 1937 PARIS CUPID ASLEEP Signed lower right HENRI DANGER Pastel on paper 61 x 87 cm; 24 by 34 1/4 in.
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• Name — Henri-Camille Danger • Born — 31 January 1857 • Birthplace — Paris • Died — 2 May 1939 • Place of death — Fondettes • Field — Paintings
Early life and education
Early life and education
Henri-Camille was the son of Jules Félix Camille Danger, a tailor, and Marie Joséphine Tacheux. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Aimé Millet, and exhibited his work at the Paris Salon from 1886 to 1937. Danger was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1887 for his painting The Anger of Achilles Relieved by Minerva. This allowed him to study in Villa Medici between 1888 and 1891.
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Gallery
• Illustration — Sketch for the north entrance lounge of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. The night. The Dragon. Petit Palais • Illustration — North entrance lounge: L'Aurore boréale, 1892 (ceiling), Petit Palais • Illustration — Fléau!, 1901, Musée d'Orsay • Illustration — Chez un ami • Illustration — Les lucioles c. 1896 • Illustration — French: Thémistocle buvant le poison, 1887, Beaux-Arts de Paris
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He debuted at the Salon of 1898 with The Great Artisans of Arbitration and Peace, boldly dedicated it to Alexander III of Russia. A member of the Société des Artistes Français from 1899, he won a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900), and was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1903. His salon submissions included historical subjects such as The Hague Conference (1903), allegories such as The Great Designers of Arbitration and Peace, mythological subjects such as Venus with Two Gifts (1937), more intimate genre scenes, and landscapes of Italy. He also produced sketches for tapestries for the Gobelins Manufactory, and illuminations in 15th-century style. In 1999 his painting Aphrodite and Eros was sold for GBP 10,350. A year later Allegory of industry and labor fetched US$11,750. Both sales took place at Christie's. His works can be found in private collections, at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, Musée d'Orsay, Petit Palais, Hôtel de Ville, Paris, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours and others.
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- 1.Christie's Lot dl date=July 2026
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- 3.Danger at the Musée des Beaux-arts de Tours
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- "Benezit Dictionary of Artists" 2006
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