Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret (30 December 1788 in

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– 1875 in Paris 8e) was a French painter and lithographer.''Procès-verbaux de l'Académie des Beaux-arts: 1821-1825'' p.464

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- 2003 "Pingret, Édouard-Henri-Théophile, 1788-1875, peintre, "

Life

He was born at Saint-Quentin, Aisne, the son of a middle-class family in a mainly agricultural region, but also home to the celebrated General Cambronne and to illustrious notaries and

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judges. Pingret's father, Henri Pingret Jullien, was related to the highest spheres of the

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aristocracy, and took up the practice of law in 1781. During the

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, his father was named a representative of the

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. Pingret studied under painter

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as well as

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; studied also at the

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. He exhibited in Paris salons from 1810 onward. Was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1831. From 1850 to 1855 he lived and worked in

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, exhibiting annually at the Academia de Bellas Artes. He produced outstanding portraits, including those of Emperor

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(1808) in France and General Mariano Arista (1851; Mexico City, Mus. N. Hist.). His most important works in Mexico were costumbrista genre scenes. He died in his home town of Saint-Quentin.

Works

He was also an illustrator of monographs such as "Voyage de S.M. Louis-Philippe Ier Roi des Francais au Chateau de Windsor. Dedie A S. M. Victoria, Reine d'Angleterre." Ed. Pingret, Paris and Ackermann, London, 1846. Large folio, with 25 lithographed plates, some tinted. A fine example of his portrait work can be found in the collection of the

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Foundation in Brooklyn, New York. A painting titled ''Reading A Letter'' by Pingret is displayed at the

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at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pingret, Edouard 1788 births People from Saint-Quentin, Aisne 1875 deaths 19th-century French painters French male painters French romantic painters 19th-century French lithographers Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur 19th-century French male artists