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Henri Pierre Léon Pharamond Blanchard (1805–1873) was a French lithographer, and painter of landscapes and historical subjects.

Life

Blanchard was born at La Guillotière, a suburb of Lyon, in 1805. He studied under Antoine-Jean Gros, travelled in many distant countries, and went to Mexico with the French expedition of 1858–9. In 1856 he was in Russia, and was present at the coronation of Alexander II.[1] Much of his career was devoted to lithography, and he contributed extensively to L'Illustration.[2] In 1855 he published L'Itinéraire Historique et Descriptif de Paris à Constantinople (12 plates).[1]

He died in Paris in 1873.[1]

Works

His principal works include:.[1]

• Bull-Hunting.
• Puente Colgado of Aranjuez. 1834.
• The Smugglers. 1836.
• The Disarmament of Vera Cruz. 1840. (At Versailles.)
• The Street of El Alari at Tangiers.
• San Isidoro Labrador, the Patron Saint of Madrid.
• Vasco Nuñez de Balboa discovering the South Sea. (Paris Univ. Exhib. 1855.)
• The Valley of Jehoshaphat. (Paris Univ. Exhib. 1855.)
• The Arrival of the French at Plan-del-Rio. 1865.
• Farm Yard at Chatou.
• The Djiguietofka.
• An American Glade.

References

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Blanchard, Henri Pierre Léon Pharamond". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

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- [en] Pharamond Blanchard

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[es] Pharamond Blanchard

Henri Pierre Léon Pharamond Blanchard fue un pintor, ilustrador y dibujante francés especializado en pintura de género e histórica. Nació en La Guillotière, Lyon, el 27 de febrero de 1805 y murió en París el 19 de diciembre de 1873.[1] A lo largo de su vida realizó diferentes viajes por España, México, Rusia y el norte de África.

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[fr] Pharamond Blanchard

Henri Pierre Léon Pharamond Blanchard né le 27 février 1805 à Lyon (Rhône) et mort le 19 décembre 1873 à Paris est un peintre, lithographe, illustrateur et écrivain français.

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