Henri Charles Guérard (26 April 1846,

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- 24 March 1897, Paris) was a French painter and printmaker, particularly in

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and

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Biography

He began his studies at the

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, majoring in architecture, but slowly turned his attention to painting and engraving. In 1870, he became a student of . The year 1873 saw the first issue of ', a weekly magazine of current affairs and amusements, founded by the writer . Guérard and

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were in charge of the illustrations. During this time, he frequented the salon of

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and became a friend of

Édouard Manet Édouard Manet (, ; ; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French Modernism, modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism (art movement), R ...

. Later, together with the actress,

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, he posed for one of Manet's paintings; "At the Café". In 1879, he married

Eva Gonzalès Eva Gonzalès (19 April 1849 – 6 May 1883) was a French Impressionist painter. She was one of the four most notable female Impressionists in the nineteenth century, along with Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), Berthe Morisot (1841–95), and Mari ...

, one of Manet's students and models. They moved to a farm near

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, where they hosted several well known painters, including

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and

Norbert Goeneutte Norbert Goeneutte (23 July 1854 – 9 October 1894) was a French painter, etcher and illustrator; notably for the novel by Émile Zola. Biography He was born in Paris into a family that had moved there from Saint-Omer 1850.Emmanuel Gonzalès. Eva died in 1883, while giving birth to their son, Jean Raimond, who would become a theatrical painter.Notice par Laurent Monoeuvre, ''Gonzalès-Guérard Eva et Gonzalès-Guérard Jeanne''
en ligne
sur le site ''culture.gouv.fr''. His friend, Manet, had also died five days earlier, leaving him too depressed to work for a long period. He remarried in 1888, to his sister-in-law, , who was also a painter. During this period, he provided illustrations for ''L'Art Japonais'' of Louis Gonse, published by . Shortly after, he created his own ''Japonisme'', an album of ten etchings, published by . In 1889, together with

Félix Bracquemond Félix Henri Bracquemond (; 22 May 1833 – 29 October 1914) was a French painter, etcher, and printmaker. He played a key role in the revival of printmaking, encouraging artists such as Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro to use ...

, he created the , which held exhibits at the Durand-Ruel Gallery. He was named a Knight in the

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in 1893.Base Léonore
cote LH/1218/14. He was an avid collector (what might now be called a "hoarder") of everything from old shoes to lanterns. Many of his etchings are of odd objects and earned him a title: "The Engraver of Curiosities".

Selected works

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and

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"Henri-Charles Guérard's Curiosity"
by Madeleine Viljoen @ the

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Biography

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