The deaths of Henri Regnault

313 Pages·2016·19.188 MB·English

by  Gotlieb, Marc;Regnault, Henri

The Deaths of Henri Regnault

T he Marc Gotlieb
Deaths
of
Henri
R egnault
University of ChiCago Press Chicago and London
MarC gotlieb is the Class of 1955 Professor of Art at Williams College
and director of the Williams College / Clark Art Institute graduate
program in the history of art.
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
© 2016 by The University of Chicago
All rights reserved. Published 2016.
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isbn- 13: 978- 0- 226- 27604- 5 (cloth)
isbn- 13: 978- 0- 226- 29885- 6 (e- book)
Doi: 10.7208/chicago/9780226298856.001.0001
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gotlieb, Marc, author.
The deaths of Henri Regnault / Marc Gotlieb.
pages cm
Includes index.
isbn 978-0-226-27604-5 (cloth : alkaline paper) — isbn 978-0-226-29885-6
(e-book) 1. Regnault, Henri, 1843–1871. 2. Painters—France—Biography.
I. Title.
nD553.r4g68 2016
759.4—dc23
[B]
2015035766
∞ This paper meets the requirements of ansi/niso Z39.48- 1992
(Permanence of Paper).
Frontispiece: Joseph Blanc, Henri Regnault, frontispiece to Gustave
Larroumet, Henri Regnault, 1843– 1871 (Paris: Quantin, 1889), etching,
private collection.
for laUren

Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction JanUary 9, 1871 1
1 esCaPe froM the eternal City 11
2 the orientalist sUbliMe 39
3 art anD Desire 68
4 how to Paint blooD 104
5 bUZenval 126
6 Painter to legenD 170
7 CanoniCity 216
Notes 251
Index 289

Illustrations
Frontispiece. Joseph Blanc, Henri Regnault, frontispiece to Gustave
Larroumet, Henri Regnault, 1843– 1871
1. Georges Clairin, Woods at Buzenval, 1871 2
2. Hippolyte Blancard, War of 1870– 71, Farm Buildings at Buzenval 3
3. M. Lix, Battlefield at Buzenval, January 19, 1872 3
4. Anonymous photographer, Henri Regnault, in Galerie contemporaine,
littéraire, artistique 6
5. Anonymous photographer, Benvenuto Cellini, Perseus with the Head of
Medusa 12
6. Henri Regnault, Thetis Brings the Arms Forged by Vulcan to Achilles, École
nationale supérieure des beaux-a rts 13
7. Anonymous photographer, Villa Medici, Rome 14
8. Henri Regnault, Automedon with the Horses of Achilles, 1868 19
9. Henri Regnault, Automedon with the Horses of Achilles, Le Journal illustré,
April 14, 1872 20
10. Henri Regnault, sketch for Automedon with the Horses of Achilles, 1867 21
11. Henri Regnault, Horse from the Stables of Napoleon III at St. Cloud,
1856 22
12. Horace Vernet, Raphael at the Vatican, 1832 31
13. Ernest Hébert, Malaria, 1850 31
14. Henri Regnault, Roman Carnival, 1867 32
15. Henri Regnault, Juan Prim, October 8, 1868 33
16. Henri Regnault, Spanish Muleteer, 1868–6 9 35 [ ix ]
17. Henri Regnault, Patio in Tangier, 1869 38
18. Horace Vernet, Abraham Sends Hagar Away, 1837 44
19. Alexandre- Gabriel Decamps, Turkish Children near a Fountain, 1846 45
20. Jules Didier, Jules Laurens Sketching the Euphrates, 1857 47
21. Eugène Fromentin, A Street at Laghouat, 1859 49
22. Prosper Marilhat, Ezbekiah Square, Cairo, 1833 51