Henri-Charles Guerard

Honfleur – The Artists – Guerard, Henri

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who worked in Honfleur. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

Henri-Charles Guerard
Henri-Charles Guerard

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Henri Charles Guerard (1846 – 1897) was a French painter, engraver, lithographer and printer. He was born and died in Paris.

He married in 1879 to Eva Gonzales, painter, student, model and friend of Monet. Eva left many of her portraits to her husband. She dies at the age of 36 of an embolism following the delivery of her son (On September 17, 1888, he married his sister-in-law Jeanne Gonzales (1852-1924), also a painter, as a second wife.)

The couple went to the Saint-Simeon farm in Honfleur, where they found their painter friends: Felix Bracquemond, Felix Buhot, Cezanne, Adolphe-Felix Cals, Jules Cheret, Ernest Cabaner, Norbert Goeneutte.

Not much else is known about this artist.

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1874 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Honfleur, 2 Beached Boats
1874 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Honfleur, 2 Beached Boats
1874 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Honfleur, 6 August 74 Stranded Boat
1874 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Honfleur, 6 August 74 Stranded Boat
1875 - Henri-Charles Guerard -, Boats Stranded, Honfleur
1875 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Boats Stranded, Honfleur
1875 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Honfleur, Two Boats Stranded
1875 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Honfleur, Two Boats Stranded
1876 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Boats Honfleur
1876 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Boats Honfleur
1876 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Leaving the port of Honfleur
1876 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Leaving the port of Honfleur
1878 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Honfleur, Lock under repair
1878 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Honfleur, Lock under repair
1880 - Henri-Charles Guerard - A Wharf, Honfleur
1880 – Henri-Charles Guerard – A Wharf, Honfleur
1881 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Return to Honfleur fishing
1881 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Return to Honfleur fishing
1887 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Construction of the Amelia Celina, Honfleur
1887 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Construction of the Amelia Celina, Honfleur
1887 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Moon effect, Honfleur
1887 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Moon effect, Honfleur
1887 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Small harbor quay, Honfleur
1887 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Small harbor quay, Honfleur
1887 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Coal dock, Honfleur
1887 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Coal dock, Honfleur
1888 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Louedin courtyard, Honfleur, the Firefighters party
1888 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Louedin courtyard, Honfleur, the Firefighters party

NOTE: Every 14th of July (National holiday – better known as Bastille Day) most firefighter stations hold a fireman ball.

1888 - Henri-Charles Guerard - The Butcher, Honfleur
1888 – Henri-Charles Guerard – The Butcher, Honfleur
1890 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Market in Honfleur
1890 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Market in Honfleur

TODAY: Still today, a weekly market is held every Saturday morning around the Sainte-Catherine church.

1890 - Henri-Charles Guerard - The Stone Quay, Honfleur
1890 – Henri-Charles Guerard – The Stone Quay, Honfleur
1890 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Trolley in Honfleur
1890 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Trolley in Honfleur
1890 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Walkers in Honfleur
1890 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Walkers in Honfleur
1891 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Honfleur, Child on the Rocks
1891 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Honfleur, Child on the Rocks
1892 - Henri-Charles Guerard - The new sail, Honfleur
1892 – Henri-Charles Guerard – The new sail, Honfleur
1894 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Return from Fishing, Honfleur
1894 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Return from Fishing, Honfleur
1895 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Honfleur Sunset
1895 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Honfleur Sunset
1895 - Henri-Charles Guerard - Flower market in front of the Sainte-Catherine church, Honfleur
1895 – Henri-Charles Guerard – Flower market in front of the Sainte-Catherine church, Honfleur
???? - Henri-Charles Guerard - The Bay of Honfleur
???? – Henri-Charles Guerard – The Bay of Honfleur
???? - Henri-Charles Guerard - The White Boat, Honfleur
???? – Henri-Charles Guerard – The White Boat, Honfleur

Guerard did not paint much, but he did paint in the following places in France (a link “⇠” to his works will appear below when published):

Honfleur was (and is) a very picturesque town, so it saw many artists capturing the beauty of this very scenic town. The reason it has so many tourists is obvious…. it’s very pretty. Here are some of the artists that have come to apply their art in the town (a link, symbolized by a ““, to the artist’s works will appear when published. A “*” indicates that the artist did not work directly in Honfleur but instead worked outside of Honfleur in a nearby town).

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