Henri rouart biography
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Henri Rouart
French painter
Stanislas-Henri Rouart (2 October 1833, Paris – 2 January 1912, Paris) was a French engineer, industrialist, art collector and painter.
Biography
[edit]His father was a wealthy manufacturer of military uniforms. He was a student at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, where he became a friend of Edgar Degas. Later, he attended the École Polytechnique and studied engineering, but also took art classes.[1] He was an artillery captain in the Franco-Prussian War, and rescued Degas during the Siege of Paris.
He was involved in numerous engineering projects, including tubes for the Paris pneumatic post, a prototype for making "artificial ice", and an engine with external fins for cooling. In his fifties, having participated in the occasional exhibition since 1868, he decided to devote himself entirely to painting. A former student of Corot and Millet, his works were largely Impressionistic in nature.[2]
In addition to painting, he was
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Henri Rouart
Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:
(1833 – 1912)
an impression of his collection
Introduction:
Henri Rouart not only was a painter and an person som äger eller driver industrier, but also a collector of paintings, see the main page. His house was filled with excellent paintings. Degas and others agreed this was the best art-collection they had ever seen (R47,p52+102). After his death their was in månad 1912 a large auction of his vast collection (aR10=iR19-R45). April 1913 there was 3rd auction at Hôtel Drouot (aR37=iR40). What paintings of which artists did he collect? On this page we will give an impression of the collection he gathered through his life. Our main source is the catalogue of the 1912 auction* bygd Arsène Alexander (aR10=R45, see). For the general references see. For references to internet pages (=iR) see. For the other additional references (=aR) see at the bottom of the main page of Henri Rouart. But first we will look at the l
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The ageing of Henri Rouart
Andrew Green • October 2, 2021
Henri Rouart was one of Edgar Degas’ oldest and most loyal friends. They went to same school in Paris, Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and served in the artillery together during the Franco-Prussian War (Degas was an indifferent soldier). Rouart became an engineer and industrial designer, specialising in vapour-compressed refrigeration. He owned a successful company and used his wealth to collect historic and contemporary art, including a few of his friend’s paintings. He was himself a part-time impressionist and exhibited many of his paintings, in both the Salon and the Salon des Refusés, in the 1870s and 1880s.
Degas lived alone, and the Rouarts acted as his surrogate family for decades. He would call on their home at least once a week, and the two kept up a frequent correspondence when Rouart was on his many foreign travels. Degas said Rouart’s was the only family he had. When He