art.wikisort.org - Artist

Paul Huet (3 October 1803 – 8 January 1869) was a French painter and printmaker born in Paris. He studied under Gros and Guerin.[1] He met the English painter Richard Parkes Bonington in the studio of Gros, where he studied irregularly from 1819 to 1822.[2] Bonington's example influenced Huet to reject neoclassicism and instead paint landscapes based on close observation of nature.[3] The British landscape paintings exhibited in the Salon of 1824 were a revelation to Huet, who said of Constable's work: "It was the first time perhaps that one felt the freshness, that one saw a luxuriant, verdant nature, without blackness, crudity or mannerism."[4] Huet's subsequent work combined emulation of the English style with inspiration derived from Dutch and Flemish old masters such as Rubens, Jacob van Ruisdael, and Meindert Hobbema.[5]

He exhibited in the Salon for the first time in 1827, when one of the eight paintings he submitted was accepted by the jury.[2] Afterwards he showed at the Salon regularly, and won the support of many important critics. Among his champions was Eugène Delacroix, whom Huet had met In November 1822.[2] Less enthusiastic was Étienne-Jean Delécluze, who criticized Huet as "the painter who has been the most faithful to the principles of Constable, Turner, Daniell and by extension Watteau ... he totally neglects design."[2]

Huet participated in the July Revolution of 1830, and was involved in republican politics for a period afterwards.[6] He was awarded a pair of Sèvres porcelain vases from King Louis-Philippe in 1844.[7] He was awarded a gold medal at the Salon of 1848.[6] He exhibited in the Exposition Universelle of 1855, where he was awarded a medal, and also exhibited in the International Exposition of 1867.[6]

Huet's works, which include oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, and lithographs, are Romantic in feeling.[6] He was unusual among French landscape painters in his use of watercolor for sketching as well as for finished works, which were often so richly developed that they resemble oil paintings.[8] The vividness with which he depicted natural forms influenced the painters of the Barbizon School and later the Impressionists.[3]

Huet died in Paris on 8 January 1869.

Selected works

• The Flood of Saint-Cloud
• Normandy Thatched Cottage, Old Trouville

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paul Huet.

На других языках

---

[de] Paul Huet

Paul Huet (* 3. Oktober 1803 in Paris; † 9. Januar 1869 ebenda) war ein französischer Maler, Zeichner und Radierer.

---

- [en] Paul Huet

---

[es] Paul Huet

Paul Huet (París, 3 de octubre de 1803 - París, 1869) fue un pintor romántico francés de paisajes influido inicilmente por los grandes paisajistas ingleses,[1] que evolucionó en la cercanía de la escuela de Barbizon y fue un claro precursor del impresionismo.[2]

---

[fr] Paul Huet

Paul Huet né à Paris le 3 octobre 1803 et mort dans la même ville le 9 janvier 1869 est un peintre et graveur français.

---

[it] Paul Huet

Paul Huet (Parigi, 3 ottobre 1803 – Parigi, 1869) è stato un pittore e incisore francese.

---

---