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Henri-Paul Mottez (1855–1937) was a French portrait painter and artist.

Life

He was born in London 1855 to Victor Mottez and his second wife, Georgina Page.[1] Henri-Paul was trained in the Académe Julian under Jules Lefebure, and ultimately entered the École des Beaux-Arts under Lehmann.[2] The Mottez family was highly religious and devoted to the House of Bourbon, and so the July Revolution in 1830 came as a catastrophe to them. Henri-Paul Mottez died in 1937.

Henri-Paul Mottez's painting of his father's studio 'In the Studio of the Artist, Oil on Canvas' was auctioned at Christie's New York, in 1989.[3]

Family

1. His father, Victor Mottez, French fresco painter and portraitist, born in Lille.
2. His mother, Georgina Page, whom Victor Mottez married in the England.
3. His step-brother, contre-amiral Jean Mottez (1866–1942),[4] who became director of the fleet's military personnel, commander of the Mediterranean schools and sous-chef d'État-Major général of the Navy,[5] (Knight of the Legion of Honor 10 July 1901, Officer of the Legion of Honor 27 February 1913, Croix de Guerre) and who had many descendants.[6]

Portraits

• Portrait of Victor Mottez (1809-1897) Oil on Canvas. Painting signed Henri Mottez. Current ownership of National Museum of the Palace of Versailles and Trianon, Versailles acquired 1932.[7]
• Portrait of the painter Edmond Labrador, Oil on Canvas. Painting Signed H. Mottez, dated 1855. Current ownership of Bordeaux Museum of Fine Arts, acquired 1945.[8]
• Portrait of contre-amiral Jean Victor Mottez (1866–1942) Oil on Canvass. Painting signed Henri Mottez, dated 1837.
• Portrait of Una Jovan, Oil on Canvass. Painting signed H. Mottez.
• Portrait of Jeune bretonnes Huile sur toile, Oil on Canvass. Painting Signed H. Mottez
• In the Studio of the Artist, Oil on Canvas. Depicting his father Victor Mottez, together with his brother Jean Mottez and himself. Painting signed Henri Mottez, circa 1890-95.[9]

References

External links

• Base Joconde: Victor Mottez (1809-1897), Palace of Versailles, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
• Base Joconde: Portrait du peintre Edmond de Labrador, Bordeaux Museum of Fine Arts, French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
• (in French) Mottez family history by one of his descendants

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