Henri Guérard

Henri Guérard studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Henri Guérard is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Frick Collection and Museum Het Valkhof.

He began his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, majoring in architecture, but gradually turned his attention to painting and engraving. In 1870, he became a student of Nicolas Berthon. The year 1873 saw the first issue of Paris à l'eau-forte, a weekly magazine of current affairs and amusements, founded by the writer Richard Lesclide. Guérard and Paul Gachet were in charge of the illustrations. During this time, he frequented the salon of Nina de Callias and became a friend of Édouard Manet. Later, together with the actress, Ellen Andrée, he posed for one of Manet's paintings; "At the Café". In 1879, he married Eva Gonzalès, one of Manet's students and models. They moved to a farm near Honfleur, where they hosted several well known painters, including Paul Cézanne and Norbert Goeneutte, who became a close friend. Two years later, he illustrated Les Caravanes de Scaramouche, by his father-in-law, Emmanuel Gonzalès. Eva died in 1883, while giving birth to their son, Jean Raimond, who would become a theatrical painter. His friend, Manet, had also died five days earlier, leaving him too depressed to work for a long period. He remarried in 1888, to his sister-in-law, Jeanne Guérard-Gonzalès, who was also a painter. During this period, he provided illustrations for L'Art Japonais of Louis Gonse, published by Albert Quantin. Shortly after, he created his own Japonisme, an album of ten etchings, published by Edmond Sagot. In 1889, together with Félix Bracquemond, he created the Société des peintres-graveurs français, which held exhibits at the Durand-Ruel Gallery. He was named a Knight in the Legion of Honor in 1893. He was an avid collector (what might now be called a "hoarder") of everything from old shoes to lanterns. Many of his etchings are of odd objects and earned him a title: "The Engraver of Curiosities".

• Illustration — The Garotte • Illustration — Self-portrait at Work • Illustration — Portrait of Édouard Manet • Illustration — Solomon and Cleopatra • Illustration — Elephant and Clown

The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars.

On origins, the institutional record states the following. Born in 1846 at Paris. It is also recorded that henri Guérard died in 1897 at 9th arrondissement of Paris.

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.