Henri Callot (1875-1956) La Rochelle "the Mulberry House, Ile d'Yeu" Official Marine Painter

Henri CALLOT (1875-1956) La Rochelle "The murier's house, Ile d'Yeu" Official painter of the navy. Member of an old family from La Rochelle, Henri Callot is the son of Ernest Callot (de) (1840-1912)1, director of an insurance company and founding member of the International Olympic Committee2. He is also the great-grandson of Pierre Simon Callot, mayor of La Rochelle between 1830 and 1834, and grandson of Eugène Dor, mayor between 1879 and 1883. A student of Jules Lefebvre and Robert-Fleury, he exhibited at the Salon des artistes français, of which he was a member from 1898 and won a gold medal in 1920, the year he was placed in the hors-competition category. In 1929, he exhibited the paintings La vague and Port Joinville, les voiles which were noticed6. His paintings mainly represent landscapes of Brittany, ports, rivers, fishing boats…7 Knight of the Legion of Honor and Croix de guerre 1914-1918, he died in 1956 in Paris. He then lived on rue de Lévis in the 17th arrondissement8.