Landscape Signed And Dated 1847 By Henri Joseph Harpignies, “rock At Fontainebleau” Oil

Oil on cardboard by the French painter Henri Harpignies signed lower left dated 1847 and located (illegible) Henri Arpignies entered the studio of Jean Achard in Paris in 1846. After two years of training, he left to travel to Italy. Back in France in 1850, Henri Harpignies devoted himself to children's bambochades in a landscape setting and joined Corot and the Barbizon School, whose influence he was influenced by. The two artists became friends and traveled together to Italy in 1860. In 1859, he collaborated on the decoration of the staff room of the Charité hospital in Paris[ref. necessary], partially rebuilt at the Musée de l'Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris2. On his return from Italy in 1861, he achieved his first success at the Salon with his Lisière de bois sur les bords de l'Allier. He then exhibited regularly at the Salon. In 1866, he received his first medal for Le Soir dans la campagne de Rome3, acquired by the State4. During his very long career, Henri Harpignies painted a large number of works in Hérisson in the Bourbonnais, as well as in the Nivernais and Auvergne. He produced decorative works for the Paris Opera, including the panel of Val d'Égrie, which he exhibited at the Salon in 1870. He was a friend of Léon Bonnat who painted his portrait twice in 1889 (Museum of Fine Arts in Valenciennes5 and Petit Palais in Paris6).