Joseph Félix Henri Auvray (1800–1833) was a French
historical painter.
Life and career
Auvray was born at
Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; ; ), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Escaut river.
A sub-pref ...
in 1800. He was a pupil of
Momal in
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, and afterwards of
Antoine-Jean Gros in Paris. In 1824 he exhibited ''St. Louis a Prisoner'', and in 1827, ''Gautier de Châtillon defending St. Louis against the Saracens'', now in the
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Cambrai, and ''St. Paul at Athens''. He died at Cambrai in 1833.
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19th-century French painters
French male painters
1800 births
1833 deaths
People from Cambrai
Artists from Nord (French department)
Painters from Hauts-de-France
Pupils of Antoine-Jean Gros
19th-century French male artists
18th-century French male artists
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