"Maria Pucci"Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert (3 November 1817 - 5 December 1908) was a French painter and academic. He was born in Grenoble and died in La Tronche. His painting Mal'aria was exhibited in the Salon of 1850-1851, and now hangs in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Painted in a Romantic style, it depicts a family of Italian peasants escaping an epidemic by raft, a scene inspired by events Hébert had witnessed while in Italy.
His student Paul Trouillebert was an important artist of the Barbizon School. The artist's house is preserved in the Musée Hébert in the VIe arrondissement of Paris. There is another museum near Grenoble.
His student Paul Trouillebert was an important artist of the Barbizon School. The artist's house is preserved in the Musée Hébert in the VIe arrondissement of Paris. There is another museum near Grenoble.
"Madame Eugène Gaillard"
"Sainte Louise"
"Comtesse de Pourtalès"
"Marcelle"
"Bibiana"
"Petit berger de la campagne romaine"
"Pasqua Maria"
"Baronne la Caze"
"Madame de Villegruy"
"Henriette Isabey"
"Madame Jules Claretie"
"Marie Delessert"
"Madame Pannifex"
"Portrait de la baronne Eléonore d'Uckermann"
"Virgin and child"
"Portrait of Rosemonde Gérard"
"Mona Luccia"
"La Musique"
"Catherine du Bouchage, enfant"
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Another amazing artist I'd never heard of. At first glance a person might shrug it off as a typical romantic style, but when you look closer it seems he really had a neat shimmering brush stroke going on. My favorite of the bunch is the portrait of Comtesse de Pourtales. The well of great underappreciated artists is deep!
Hébert is hardly little known. There are two museums dedicated to his work in France, and currently the Musée d'Orsay in Paris is running an show of his work.
Cheers for the comments.
Bruce, I hope some of the works posted were at least fresh to you. You must appreciate that not everything I post can be completely new to everyone reading the blog. I feature fairly well known artists all the time, but I hope to dig up some of their more obscure works when I can.
Thanks again!
my goodness, these are lovely ! thanks so much for sharing.
Approximately 15 years ago, give or take, I saw a picture of Mona Luccia which had been stolen. I fell hopelessly in love with this little girl, her face so innocent yet so sad, her small sullen pout, and her enormous dark eyes one could only get lost in. I searched the internet, museums, every art book I could get my hands on trying to find the artist and the portrait. Trying to find her became an obsession. Today I found her! I have never been so captivated by such a beautiful picture as Mona Luccia, so mesmerized by her that I actually cut her picture out of the newspaper and framed it. Looking at the other paintings Hebert did, I can only applaud him and will definitely search out any works this shinning master has produced. Thank you Antoine Auguste Ernest Hebert for capturing such beauty and sharing your work with the world. Bravo!
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