Henri-Paul Motte

He won a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900, a world's fair in Paris. He is best known for his rendition of the 17th century Siege of La Rochelle, which depicts Cardinal Richelieu in battle, completed in 1881.

Training under Jean-Léon Gérôme is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are Richelieu on the Sea Wall of La Rochelle and The Fiancée of Belus. Work by Henri-Paul Motte is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay and Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Rochelle. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.

• Le cheval de Troie (The Trojan horse) (1874; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut) • Baal Moloch dévorant les prisonniers de guerre à Babylone (Baal Moloch devouring the prisoners of war in Babylon) (1876; National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers) • Passage du Rhône par l'armée d'Annibal (Hannibal's army crossing the Rhône) (1878) • Circé et les compagnons d'Ulysse (Circe and the companions of Ulysses) (1879) • César s'ennuie (1880) • Richelieu sur la digue de La Rochelle (Richelieu on the sea wall of La Rochelle) (1881; Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Rochelle) • La fiancée de Bélus (The Fiancee of Belus) (1885) • Vercingétorix se rend à César (Vercingetorix surrenders to Caesar) (1886) • Les oies du Capitole (The geese of the Capitol) (1889) • Napoléon au trône de Charlemagne (Napoleon at Charlemagne's Throne) (1898)