Henri-Joseph de Forestier
Illustration — The Deliverance of Saint Peter, 1828, in the south arm of the transept of Rennes Cathedral Henri-Joseph de Forestier (born in San Domingo in 1790) was a pupil of Vincent and David, and obtained in 1813 the first prize, which enabled him to go to Rome. There he became very favourably known through his paintings of Anacreon and Cupid. He died in 1872.
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Henri-Joseph de Forestier
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- Born
- 1787 · Santo Domingo.
- Died
- 1872 · 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- history
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris · French Academy in Rome
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — The Deliverance of Saint Peter, 1828, in the south arm of the transept of Rennes Cathedral Henri-Joseph de Forestier (born in San Domingo in 1790) was a pupil of Vincent and David, and obtained in 1813 the first prize, which enabled him to go to Rome. There he became very favourably known through his paintings of Anacreon and Cupid. He died in 1872.
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Among his historical and genre paintings may be mentioned: • Christ healing the Demoniac. (Louvre, Paris.) • The Funeral of William the Conqueror.
Henri-Joseph de Forestier studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Work by Henri-Joseph de Forestier is recorded in the collections of Musée de Fontenay-le-Comte. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.
Henri-Joseph de Forestier is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.
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1787
Henri-Joseph de Forestier was born in 1787 at Santo Domingo.
1872
Henri-Joseph de Forestier died in 1872 at 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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Santo Domingo.
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10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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Henri-Joseph de Forestier is recorded as having studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome.
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Henri-Joseph de Forestier
The Cipher of Love, 1943.827 Brown wash and white gouache over graphite and black chalk on brown wove paper
Henri-Joseph de Forestier · Fogg Art Museum
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Henri-Joseph de Forestier received Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de Rome.
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- 1.Également mentionné comme Henri Joseph Forestier, Henri Joseph Le Forestier, Joseph-Henri Deforestier , sur son dossier comme client du notaire Gauthier (étude XCIV des Archives nationales) on trouve cependant « Joseph Henry de Forestier », né le . Sur le même dossier, conservé aux Archives nationales, son père se nomme Henry Joseph de Forestier ; il était capitaine des carabiniers à Port-au-Prince en 1784.
- 2.Acte de décès de Joseph-Henri de Forestier sur le site des Archives de Paris 10e, vue 17/26, acte n° 4725.
- 3.« Mort d'Henri-Joseph Forestier », Le Rappel, (en ligne sur Gallica).
- 4.Hubert Lavigne, État civil d'artistes français ; billets d'enterrement ou de décès depuis 1823 jusqu'à nos jours, 1881, (en ligne sur archive.org).
- 5.Bulletin de la Cour impériale de Paris, 1877, (en ligne sur Gallica).
- 6.Voir aussi la Gazette des Tribunaux, , .
- 7.Archives départementales des Yvelines, commune de Versailles, acte n°|196 (en ligne sur archives.yvelines.fr).
- 8.Nobiliaire de Normandie, Tome 2, de Magny, en ligne sur Gallica).
- 9.Comte de Portalis, Rapport fait à la Cour des Pairs - Attentat du , Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1835, (texte en ligne).
- 10.Procès des accusés du devant la Haute-Cour de justice, Paris, 1849 (texte en ligne).
- 11.Christophe Marcheteau de Quinçay, « Grandeur et déchéance de Guillaume le Conquérant sur la scène artistique française au siècle », dans Julie Romain, Noémie Boudet (sous la dir.), cat. exp. Des Vikings et des Normands. Imaginaires et représentations, Caen, Musée de Normandie, 2023, p. 116, et repr. p. 114, fig. 92.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie, Louis Auvray, Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'École française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours : architectes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs et lithographes, Tome 1, Paris, Librairie Renouard, 1882, (en ligne sur Gallica).
- Christophe Marcheteau de Quinçay, De la révolution de Saint-Domingue en 1791 à la révolte montagnarde de juin 1849 : l'étrange itinéraire du peintre Joseph-Henri de Forestier (1785-1872), lauréat du Grand Prix de Rome en 1813, 2026 (à paraître).
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